Researchers from a Florida Community College and the Ecological Institute of Xalapa have claimed that a 6,000-year-old mural on a cave in Spain could detail the earliest use of hallucinogenic mushrooms in Europe.
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Several “Zombie Ant” Fungi Discovered
Researchers from Penn State University have discovered several new species of a particular fungi that is known for being able to possess, kill and reanimate dead insects.
Read More »Strong Need to Tinkle May Lead to More Rational Decision Making
Researchers at the University of Twente in the Netherlands have a devised a theory, which claims that a strong desire to urinate could lead to wiser decision making.
Read More »Facebook Cited in 20% of Divorces
According to studies from the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, one in five divorces filed in the Untied States cite Facebook as a cause for the separation.
Read More »When ‘Monopoly’ and ‘Internet’ Collide…
If the Internet were to come out with it's own version of 'Monopoly,' it would be one of two things: A highlight of some of the web's greatest successes, or this...
Read More »Man Loses $200K to Fake Girlfriend
An Illinois man discovered that the "girlfriend" that he spent $200,000 on over the span of two years was not a real woman at all, but an online scam.
Read More »Bitter Tastes May Lead to Bitter People
Research from the City University of New York shows that there may be a link between what a person tastes and their overall mood.
Read More »Facebook Bandit Pleads Guilty, Is a Moron
Note to all robbers out there: If you're going to break into the home of anybody, especially a journalist, don't spam their Facebook page with pictures of yourself with the swiped loot.
Read More »Creating Art… With Explosions!
Art, subjective as it is, can be created in many forms. While today's artwork frequently utilizes graphic design programs or Photoshop to "touch up" images, this reminds us that there is still room for the good ol' fashioned method of creating art known as "blowing things up."
Read More »Calculating Doom
There was a time when games like 'Doom' required top-of-the-line computing to play. Now we can play it on a graphing calculator.
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