Alligator Pranks. You’re Doing Them Wrong. Remember that Weeds episode where Mary-Louise Parker got spanked? Yeah, I don’t either, and I mighta just dreamt it,...
Brain Tumor Bling A UC San Francisco team is testing a technique whereby cancer patients are given an oral agent that makes...
Official: vb.ly Link Shortener Seized by Libyan Government UPDATE Feb 23: In light of the current Libyan crisis, read this analysis on current use of .ly domains...
Yale Pranked After Police Tasing Yale Daily News reports that anonymous pranksters plastered Yale bulletin boards with “Get Tasered” ads today, in what the...
Blimps Across America? Update: Jane’s Defense actually published an interesting article on this topic shortly after this Techyum post. I find this...
Improbable Research and the IgNobel Prizes Last week, the IgNobel prizes were awarded. In case you’ve missed the Clue Train to Geektown for the last...
Give UK Police Your Passwords: Or Else With the intent to “send a message” to anyone who wants to maintain privacy on their computers, the UK...
Wishing Jesus Into the Cornfield (With Aborted Fetus) St. John, Indiana, now sports the two things every state really needs: a life-sized walk-through Stations of the Cross...
Ancient Penguins 5 Feet Tall When you live long enough, the news begins to resemble H.P. Lovecraft. Just wait; you’ll see I’m right. The...
War of the Copterphages An epic battle is in progress for the soul (aka dollars) of the soooooooooper-high-speed attack helicopter market. Earlier this...