This is a conceptual Iron Man iron from an artist who's name may or may not be *squinting* Mái? I don't know. I got the tip several times with jokes included like, "It's an Iron, Man!" and "Iron Man -- iron!" and one time with the joke, "Shouldn't it be, Iron Woman, iron!" That person was being sexist. Now I'm not going to come out and name the person who said it, so just know it's the last one to appear in the shoutouts.
Thanks to Evil Ares, shannon and Brian (the sexist one), who agree irons are dangerous and CAN set your drapes on fire if left plugged in and left on the drapes you were ironing.
Because scientists are always doing things they shouldn't, a group of (presumably D.A.R.E. sponsored) researchers in Israel have developed a strain of weed that won't get you high. You know, because what else are you gonna smoke alongside your non-alcoholic beer? I say try crack!
The work was done by the company Tikkun Olam with Tzahi Klein leading the effort. Klein and his team were apparently able to neutralize the effects of tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, which is primarily responsible for the getting you high part of marijuana. Instead, the plants have increased levels of cannabidiol, which has been shown to have several valuable properties. In addition to being a sedative, cannabidiol has also been shown to work as an antipsychotic, an inhibitor of cancer growth, among others.
Despite having a variant of the plant that seems to promote all the medically valuable aspects of cannabis without the fun stuff, the new species is unlikely to change the plant's legal status.
Geez, I could have sworn they already had a strain of weed that didn't get you high. What was that called again? "Schwag?" Hell no -- they spray schwag with all kinds of chemicals to get you crunk. I'm talking about the male plants. "Yeah but males don't have all the medical benefits of the females either." YOU -- you are a joke ruiner. You probably sit in movies repeating "That would never happen" the whole time. *dropping mic* I'M F***ING OUT. *picking mic back up* Hey and don't forget to tip your bartender -- I may have hit his car on the way in here.
Thanks to Jeremy C., who agrees marijuana is one of the very few medically prescribed drugs with POSITIVE side effects. No anal bleeding here!
"Bee-balling," the act of Japanese honeybees surrounding an enemy wasp and then all vibrating their flight muscles to raise the internal temperature of the ball high enough to cook their enemy, has been known about for some time. And now researchers at the University of Tokyo believe that the bees may actually be using their brains to act collectively to take down the threat. Honey: it will never taste the same again.
Set off if bees posted as "guards" at the entrance to the colony detect an intruder, the move evolved because the bee's stingers aren't strong enough to penetrate the hornet's tough exoskeleton, researchers said.
The research team, whose latest research on the phenomenon appeared in the scientific journal PLoS ONE in mid-March, was astounded by the fact that the collective heat generated by the group, while fatal for the hornet, leaves the bees unaffected.
"When an outsider enters, the honeybees are immediately on their guard. Then, all at once, they gather to attack," he said.
"So, it isn't one commanding all the rest, we believe in this moment of emergency they're acting collectively."
I don't even know. Oh man -- remember when SPOILER: the little kid with the glasses got killed by all the bees in My Girl? That...was sad. I'm not saying I cried, but the next day I did take a flaming baseball bat to a beehive and almost die the same way. Learning lessons: third time's a charm for me (two days later I took a rake to a hornet's nest).
Hit the jump for a nature documentary video about the defense mechanism. And speaking of defense mechanisms -- curling up into a ball and crying "please don't kill me", amirite?
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Note: These aren't all the designs, click HERE to see the whole set.
This is a series of Mass Effect character hoodies from DeviantARTist lupodirosso. Lupodirosso designed them all, then sent an email to Bioware telling them they should produce them, which the company has agreed to on a batch test basis. YES! Who are you gonna get? Because I'm gonna get Thane, Garrus and Wrex. Did I tell you I wound up getting intimate with Liara this go around? Because I did that. Had to give ol' Tali'Zorah the cold shoulder even though we were romantical in the last game. She was hurt, but what can you do? SPOILER: Catch her making out with Garrus in the Main Battery. WTF BRO?! That's my ex-girlfriend, homey. Actually, you know what? Go, be together -- see if I care. She has those weird little lobster hands anyways.
Thanks to beebs, who's more than a little disappointed there's no EDI one because of those ridiculous cans she had.
So Norway has announced that it's selling off Olavsvern Naval Base, a state of the art submarine base on the northern coast of the country for $17.5-million. That means if we each save up $1,750, then it'll only take 10,000 of us to buy the thing. I'm not sure how many it sleeps, but who cares, I'm gonna gas you all as soon as we get there and then it'll all be mine anyway. MWAHAHAHAHA! Are there sharks in Norway?
The property has approximately 13,500 square meters of buildings above ground, about 2500 square meters quay and a real mountain resort of about 25,000 square consisting of among other things:
- Dry dock for submarine / boat
- Workshops
- Office
- Fuel Systems
- Warehouse / repos
- Tunnel System
- Emergency power system
"Among other things?" What the hell kind of other thing are included? I want a FULL LIST. Because if they're "rat infestations" or "ghosts" the deal is OFF. Just kidding, I'll still take it but not for a cent over $61.29. "Your current account balance?" F***ing overdraft fees, man.
Hit the jump for several more shots of the property, including the interior.
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This is a picture circulating the interwebs of an alleged Death Star firepit which is obviously fake because if you take THIS PICTURE RIGHT HERE, flip it horizontally, and superimpose it over the grill you can see that's exactly what the person who made the picture did. Listen: I'll be the first person to admit I believe 115% of everything I see and read on the internet and even I knew this was fake. "What about this photo of you bent over in front of a pack of dinos?" Okay now that I had commissioned by a Photoshop expert.
Thanks to Thaylor and joe, who have smelled the smell of burning Ewok before and it is NOT the kind of thing you want to make love to. Stick to aromatic candles.
GET. THE MERMAN. OUT OF THERE.
How this flew under my radar is beyond me because I swear I had a Google Alert set for Ariel related cosplay, but I'm kidding -- I'm not 26 anymore and I'm way past that. This is a series of girls cosplaying as Ariel and her mermaid sisters all shot by Lunnaya Nadejda (aka DeviantARTist Usagi-Tsukino-krv). I posted several of the group shots after the jump, so imagine those are the appetizer, then check out her DeviantART page for the metaphorical main course. Or the actual main course -- who knows, maybe you're a monster that eats websites.
Hit the jump for several more, but be sure to check out Lunnaya's DeviantART for a ton more of the mermaids individually, and of everything else (Sailor Moon, Jessica Rabbit, etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc.)
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This is a video compilation from beer lovers Chris Sumers and Adam Young opening a bunch of beer bottles with things not made for opening beer bottles. Things like skateboards, belly buttons, power tools, animal hooves -- you name it. "Penises?" No penises. You catch me when I'm drunk enough though and I'll show you that one myself. Also, I'm not saying a lot of the ways they came up with in the video were overkill, but I AM saying I know for a fact Miller High Life bottles are twist-off.
Hit the jump for the video.
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