John - Instablogs
Sep 2 2008
Tens of thousands of bare-breasted virgins competed for Swaziland King Mswati III’s eye on Monday in a traditional Reed Dance.
Aug 29 2008
A tip for parolees: Don’t want to go back in the clink? Just be careful where you take a leak.
Aug 26 2008
Jurors on Tuesday convicted a former nuclear plant engineer of hiding information from government regulators about the worst corrosion ever found at a U.S. reactor.
Aug 26 2008
Michelle Obama gave the headlining speech tonight at the Democratic Convention. Barack joined the crowd via satellite after she was finished and praised his wife
Aug 25 2008
Research led by Dr Elliot Freeman, lecturer in psychology at Brunel University’s School of Social Sciences, recently published in Current Biology, confirms that what we see can sometimes depend as much on our ears as on our eyes.
Aug 25 2008
In the Cold War ’60s, as the space race heated up, another race began: to the center of the earth.
Aug 24 2008
Within the next 10 years, the U.S., China, Israel, and a host of private companies plan to set up camp on the moon. So if and when they plant a flag, does that give them property rights?
Aug 24 2008
COLLEGE OFFICIALS who have signed on to the provocative proposition that the legal drinking age of 21 isn’t working say that they just want to start a debate. Perhaps when they get done with that, they can move on to whether Earth really orbits...
Aug 21 2008
A FREAKY feline with four ears named after a Star Wars character is so rare its owners have to keep it indoors to stop it from being catnapped.
Aug 20 2008
Could it be too late to save the global ocean, which covers 70% of the earth’s surface?