ZBoard: The Weight-Sensing Electric Skateboard From The Future

Source: Forbes

Though compact and convenient, as far as human-powered transport goes, skateboards are gallingly susceptible to gravity. Steep inclines mean you’re either hoofing it uphill or carefully braking to avoid speeding up and losing ...
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Best Science Photos of the Week

Source: LiveScience.com

Instead of blending in with the background, octopuses hide from predators by taking on the shape and color of specific objects in their environment, new research suggests. "Octopuses are considered to be the master of ...
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Newly-wed couple to join naked cycling event

Source: York Press

Riders taking part in last year’s York Naked Bike Ride A COUPLE getting hitched are adding a natural touch to their wedding celebrations by daring to bare all as part of this year’s York Naked Bike Ride. The event, which coi ...
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Kylie Minogue's new single, "Timebomb"

Source: Tulsa World

5/25/2012 5:05:52 PM Love me some Madonna, but Australian pop diva Kylie Minogue ranks just as high on my list. The diminutive, drop-dead gorgeous dancefloor queen is celebrating 25 years in the music biz this year, and earlier today released her new si ...
Full article at: Tulsa World  More like this  1 day ago, 5:05pm CDT

First Walking Land Animal Demoted to Mudskipper

Source: The Epoch Times

A reconstruction of Ichthyostega in the State Museum of Natural History, Stuttgart, Germany. Models showing the tetrapod as a salamander-like creature are no longer correct, according to new British research. (Dr. Günter Bechly/ ...
Full article at: The Epoch Times  More like this  1 day ago, 4:51pm CDT

Cyclists to strip for protest ride

Source: Sedgefield Advertiser

Cyclists to strip for protest ride 6:03pm Friday 25th May 2012 in News A GROUP of hardy cyclists are hoping the weather stays sunny until at least the beginning of next month. For on June 2 they will be tak ...
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York's naked bike ride pedals into its seventh year

Source: Guardian Unlimited

York's annual naked bike ride will add its particular touch to the season on Saturday week. Would you believe that it is the seventh? Famously flat and therefore cycle-friendly, the city is one of 60 worldwide which stage the event to ce ...
Full article at: Guardian Unlimited  More like this  1 day ago, 7:02am CDT

Swimming pool safety tips

Source: KSDK | St. Louis

There are measures you can do to make sure children are safe around pools. NewsChannel 5 Meteorologist Scott Connell and Stephanie McCormick of Backyard Pools was live at a pool in Creve Coeur and has more on what parents can ...
Full article at: KSDK | St. Louis  More like this  1 day ago, 2:34am CDT

First Land Animal Didn't Walk On Land Using Four Legs

Source: RedOrbit

Scientists say that the 360-million-year-old animal that was first to have moved around on land did not do so using four legs. Images have shown that Ichthyostega walked on land similar to how a salamande ...
Full article at: RedOrbit  More like this  2 days ago, 6:20pm CDT