Scientists have discovered a new species of lizard in Cambodia, which has neither eyes nor legs.
Neang Thy, a zoologist with the Ministry of Environment in Cambodia and Fauna & Flora International (FFI), found the worm-like creature while he was exploring the Cardamom Mountains — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Several thousand bees that were part a multi-million pound neuroscience research project have been stolen from a British university — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Animal authorities in British Columbia said a found cat was reunited with its owner thanks to workers who thought to use Facebook — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Ambergris is a wax-like substance secreted in sperm whale intestines, and it protects the whale’s stomach from its abrasive diet of beaked squid. It has been used for centuries as a fixative for expensive perfumes, as it traps aroma on the skin for long periods.
The 40-kilogram find was equivalent to the normal total annual export of the substance, which sometimes washes up on west coast beaches in Northland — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Samoa looks set to try to change its time zone and move the country’s clocks forward by a day to be in line with Australia and New Zealand — via redwolf.newsvine.com
You will need to amputate a patient’s leg about five times more often than his arm. Once you have cut off a limb there is no going back, so try to retain as much function as you can.
In the arm save every centimetre. In the leg amputate at the classical sites only — via ubergrid
Do not fuck with Cthulhu, originally uploaded by Gwen.
Security company Symantec has posted a notification on their blog that reveals a flaw in the Facebook web application API that has allowed apps nearly complete access to user’s accounts. This includes profiles, photos, chat and the ability to mine customer information — via bluejackett24.newsvine.com
And what about Cthulhu? Who thinks about Cthulhu?
— via Orbit Books
— via CollegeHumor
Digging through my old photos, trying to find a few to hang up in my new office (lol…it’s a cube). Ran across this one, and decided it was cooler than I originally had thought. I believe it’s skim milk and a little food coloring
Finally got around to signing and numbering my Cthulhu prints.
You can buy one here.
I will only be signing and numbering 77 of the neon variant — via deviantART
Everyone agrees. The unemployed should get a job. But should the unemployed have the right to refuse a bad job?
Currently, refusing a job results in eight weeks without Newstart allowance. Tony Abbott wants to go further than this, suspending all payments for people who just happen to live in areas where unskilled work, like cleaning and fruit picking, is available — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Coeliac sufferers may not have to eliminate gluten from their diets after a successful trial of a potential vaccine — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Whenever Prime Minister Julia Gillard, Opposition Leader Tony Abbott or anyone else in a position to influence and shape public views conjures the notion of their being an orderly queue which asylum seekers must join, they know that they are triggering a strong emotional response in many people. They also know that they are practicing the dark art of the big lie
— via redwolf.newsvine.com
Sony has suffered a third data breach with revelations of details of customers who entered a product sweepstake being discovered on the internet.
And in a blog post on the company’s website, Sony’s Senior Director, Corporate Communications and Social Media, Patrick Seybold said its online entertainment arm had been unaware of the extent of the hacking of its site, first revealed a week ago — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Warner Music has been sold to US businessman Len Blavatnik, according to credible reports, in a $3.3bn deal. The company’s $1.9bn debt is also transferred to its new owner, valuing Warner at $1.3bn — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A man and his dog were stabbed in a vicious attack in Melbourne’s south-east this morning.
The 56-year-old old man was walking his dog – an Australian bulldog named Hank – in Greaves Reserve in the Dandenong Showgrounds Park at the intersection of Cheltenham Road and Bennet Street about 9am when the dog approached a man riding a mountain bike.
Police said the man became agitated before getting off his bike and producing a kitchen knife, which he used to stab the dog in the head.
When the owner went to protect his pet, he was stabbed in the forearm by the man, who then fled on his bike — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Italian design/e-commerce platform Stylemylife — who brought us Max Battaglia & Matteo Mochi’s Pratonzolo — is back with Size
, a chair made out of coat hangers — via Core77
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