Is there anything better than stupid fashion advice?

I think not.

I honestly have no idea what these people are on, but this article is basically incomprehensible, and the bits I can make out are seriously funny. I will totally keep my trenchcoat providing it is a 'good cut' and 'the right colour for my skin'.

IT'S BLACK, IS THAT OKAY?

Also, were you aware that in theory we’re all meant to be in harem pants, carrot-top trousers and pyjamas? I DID NOT KNOW THAT.

Apparently, freezing water in just the right way (and in lots of different 'just the right way's) is really hard

So say the ice experts in Vancouver, BC who are trying to prepare for the 2010 Olympic Games

Who knew ice was so complicated?

Because we needed more reasons to love Paris. Really.

Cleaning the Seine has brought wild salmon back to the French capital

Will they out-do London, though? I mean, now that it's a bit tidier, the Thames boats otters, salmon AND endangered seahorses.

BEAT THAT, FRANCE. :D

Is Alaska doing better without Sarah Palin at the Helm?

That would be a rousing HELL YES.

With Palin fresh out of the governor's seat, the Alaskan legislature wasted no time in overturning her veto of stimulus funds for energy efficiency. You may recall that Palin had previously said thanks, but no thanks to allotting Alaska $28 million in federal money for statewide energy efficiency improvements--apparently, her state felt differently.

In a resounding 45-14 vote, Alaska legislators have definitively decided that the state will be taking the funds, and making buildings more energy efficient after all. Palin had opposed the efficiency funds--it was the only part of the stimulus for her state that she rejected--because she was concerned it would force Alaska to adopt stricter building codes. After the state received a letter from the US Department of Energy stating that this was certainly not the case, however, she remained unconvinced. Even though she's now out of office, she continued to protest accepting the funds from her Facebook page.

I hate to call her a moron except that, oh wait, no I don't, and I totally just did.

MORON.

Goooooooooo SCIENCE!

Scientists successfully reverse MS in mice

The implications are just insane.

Taxonomy rules!

And this is why.

As a librarian, I'm all about naming things so as to properly organise them and see where they fit with other things.

And no, this has nothing to do with stuffing dead animals.

Taking literary artwork in a whole new direction

Book Autopsies

Beautiful, and mind-blowingly complex.

Whoddathunkit

Bolivians turn to ancient way of farming to survive floods

It really does sound like a headline from The Onion ('Way of Farming That Sustained Civilisation For Thousands of Years Just Might Work After All'), but by using pre-Columbian techniques, Bolivian farmers may have found a modern, liveable, sustainable way to grow crops successfully in areas that sustain annual floods. They are, if anything, MORE productive that current methods, and they may, if used widely, actually cause the agrarian communities in huge parts of the world to prosper, instead of fester.

Entpotic Phenomena

Photographs of voluminous fabric, completely hiding the jumping individual inside them.

Beautiful, a little eerie, and lots of fun.

Breaktaking art made only with toothpicks and nails

Stunningly beautiful.

How many poked fingers and hammered handed did that take?

Guinness is ACTUALLY good for you!

The old advertising slogan "Guinness is Good for You" may be true after all, according to researchers.

"A pint of the black stuff a day may work as well as a low dose aspirin to prevent heart clots that raise the risk of heart attacks."

Snazzy!

We are all so relieved.

Four-hour rescue operation saves over 1500 ceramic gnomes

I know I'll sleep better at night now that I know they're being taken care of.

Yummm.

If you're a fan of Threadless, the the indie t-shirt shop, or Cake Wrecks, the blog that documents how 'professional' cakes can go so wrong, you will probably enjoy Threadcakes, a site which encourages and people who turn their favourite Threadless designs into edible, frosting-covered awesomeness, and then showcases the results.

They're all inventive and interesting, and some are really quite good.

SO BIG!

What scientists think may be the world's largest cave has been found in Vietnam.

It is apparently three times the size of Wembley Stadium in London. HOSHIT is I think the only proper reaction to that.

Hiya.

Yeah, so I haven't really been around, and I apologise for that, but it means I have a super-huge backlog of awesome stuff to post about! So that's fun.

To start:

A food dye that's been around for years may have beneficial effects when used to prevent further damage to already severe spinal injuries... with the one minor side effect that it turns patients blue.

Nothing like waking up from a horrible accident, unable to move and the colour of a blueberry.

Hi!

After dancing about Australia for awhile I've finally plunked myself down somewhere - Wellington, New Zealand, to absolutely no one's shock - and while I'm not totally settled yet, I'll probably be posting here a lot more than I have been lately which is... never. So! Let's start things out with a true meeting of disciplines.

Scientists at two US universities have agreed on naming a new species of Venezuelan diving beetle Agaporomorphus colberti in honour of TV humourist Stephen Colbert.

Apparently, “This new species is similar to members of a clade within the genus exemplified by A. knischi... and unique in having similar, extremely complicated male genitalia.”.

Um. Neat?

An excellent list.

20 Things I Love About Penguins

That's one old baby.

When he was 16, Chris Biblis was diagnosed with leukaemia and the radiation therapy he had made his sterile. 22 years later, he and his wife and taking care of their new baby girl - and she's his biological daughter.

Girl born a record 22 years after father's sperm is frozen

The crazy thing? When they froze his sperm back in 1986, the process used to create Stella didn't even exist.