Da Shroud of Turin Code
on Nov 20, 2009In a new book, Vatican historian Barbara Frale says computer enhanced images of the Shroud of Turin show faintly written words in Greek, Latin, and Aramaic that prove it's Jesus' burial cloth, this in spite of the radiocarbon dating that found the sh...

The Mile High Plastic Surgery Club
on Nov 18, 2009Having trouble cashing in your frequent flier miles because there are no seats left? Let them accrue and get a breast implant. Or a face lift. Or even hair replacement. You can do this with Finnair's Plus Loyalty program. Breast augmentation surgery...

Don't Ask About The Gerbil Suite
on Nov 17, 2009Tired of the W? Looking for bigger and better hotel thrills? Head to Nantes, France, where you can sleep in the Hamster villa. Yes, for only 99 euros ($158) a night you can live like a hamster by having hamster chow for meals, running in a giant whee...

Have You Got A Prescription For That Dessert?
on Nov 16, 2009Student chefs at a culinary school in Colombia have created a "love dessert" made with passion fruit—which got its name because Catholic missionaries thought parts of the fruit had religious connotations, not because of any aphrodisiac qualities—...

Why You Should Have A Free-Range Mother
on Nov 13, 2009When 27-year-old Sergey Gavrilov's mother refused to give him money for vodka, he did what any deranged Russian son would do—he hit her over the head with a brick, strangled her with an electric cord, put her body out on the balcony, and went on a...

Beauty Is In The Eye Of The...*CLICK*
on Nov 12, 2009According to the dating website BeautifulPeople.com, which only lets "beautiful people" join, the British are just about the ugliest people in the world. You see, when someone applies to become a member, they post a recent photo and fill out a person...

Can I Have A Scoop Of Oat Bran Resveratrol Cookie Dough, Please?
on Nov 11, 2009A professor of food chemistry at the University of Missouri-Columbia is trying to create ice cream that's good for you by adding fiber, antioxidants and probiotics. Ingolf Gruen admits that it will be important for the ice cream to also taste good, b...

Can You Grow One Without Hare?
on Nov 10, 2009Researchers at the Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center's Institute for Regenerative Medicine have discovered the Holy Rabbit Grail—they've managed to create artificial bunny penises. They did this by taking a small piece of rabbit penis t...

Hit 'Em When They're Up, Hit 'Em When They're Down
on Nov 9, 2009The Wall Street Journal reports that Reynolds American, the country's second-largest cigarette manufacturer, is in talks to buy Niconovum, a Swedish company that makes products to help people stop smoking. It's a concept. One akin to your local neigh...

What's An Aging Doll To Do?
on Nov 6, 2009You might remember that a few years back Barbie dumped Ken after 43 fun years together, then took up with an Australian boogie boarder named Blaine. Well it didn't work out —go figure—so they brought Ken back a year later. So what's Ken up to the...