Satisfy your appetite for shiny metal objects, toasty toes, and all things Star Wars with this one-of-a-kind R2D2 wood-burning stove being auctioned on eBay. Seller kidsrusje apparently has a thing for building useful sculpture like this, but it would be a shame to mar such beauty with soot.
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A French architect campaigning for a new exploration of the 4,500-year-old Great Pyramid of Giza said on Thursday that the edifice may contain two chambers housing funereal furniture. A 3-D simulation of the structure suggests an ancient secret lies beneath the desert sand.
The rooms would have housed furniture for use in the afterlife by the pharaoh Khufu, also known as Cheops in Greek, he told a press conference. “I am convinced there are antechambers in this pyramid. What I want is to find them,” he said.
Full story at Discovery News.
Record-breaking winter snowstorms this month have crippled parts of the U.S. Northeast and Canada, but many zoo animals are enjoying the snow and ice, with some species playing outside even more than usual.
At the Bronx Zoo, Amur tigers — also known as Siberian tigers — have been playing in deep snowdrifts. Mother tiger Miss Sasha, along with her three cubs, have been pouncing undeterred through the snow and ice.
Full story at Discovery News.
Sitting at home on a lonely Saturday night often means an evening of catching up on Facebook stalking, but, according to Stanford researchers, all that lurking can deepen depressed feelings.
Facebook offers only a glimpse into a person’s life, and that abbreviated version usually includes an unbalanced amount of newsfeed-worthy highlights and skips over the mundane or unhappy. Showcasing only bits and pieces can make others feel like their life is boring and lonely compared to that of their constantly status and photo-updating friends.
Researchers found that people underestimate their friends’ loneliness or sadness and overestimate pals’ partying and fun.
Full story at Jezebel.
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Like the sound you hear when you shake of a box of LEGO bricks, the smell of Play-Doh modeling compound is instantly recognizable to millions of people. The scent is so memorable and floods people with such nostalgia that there’s even a Play-Doh perfume in honor of the dough’s 50th birthday.
What does wallpaper have to do with one of the coolest toys of all time? Find out in our article where you’ll learn just why the Play-Doh® compound acts the way it does how it stormed the 1950s toy market.
Full article at HowStuffWorks.com.
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It’s easy to see how an underground explosion can shake the Earth. But a dam? A dam is just holding back water. How can that cause an earthquake?
In this article, we’ll see how a dam — and more specifically its reservoir activity — can trigger a quake, and we’ll find out whether dams have caused earthquakes and other “natural” disasters in the past.
Full article at HowStuffWorks.com.
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Getting rich in your spare time isn’t easy. But with the worldwide economy still tanking, making any amount of extra money in your after work hours can’t be a bad idea.
In this quiz, test your knowledge of money making methods like online selling, freelance work and off-the-wall ideas like plastering your car with ads.
Show what you know at HowStuffWorks.com.
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Egypt cut mobile phone and Internet services on Friday and sent columns of riot police trucks into Cairo in a bid to thwart thousands of activists due to join anti-regime protests after noon prayers.
Egyptian police have struggled to deal with protesters, who for the past three days have clashed heavily with police in Cairo and other cities as they demand the ouster of veteran President Hosni Mubarak. Cell phone text messaging was cut late Thursday while Internet services, which had been patchy during the night, were completely severed early Friday, cutting off access to networking sites Facebook and Twitter — key communications’ tools used by organizers of the protests.
Full story at Discovery News.
E-cigarettes may offer a relatively safe way to help smokers quit, but the health effects are still unknown. The devices, which are tobacco-free, may be a safer alternative to cigarettes, say advocates.
New York is pushing to become the first state to ban the devices, which so far remain unregulated and mostly unstudied. With cutesy colors, fruity flavors, clever designs and other options, e-cigarettes may hold too much appeal for young people, critics warn, offering an easy gateway to nicotine addiction.
Full story at Discovery News.
Early human ancestors stopped swinging in trees and started walking on the ground sometime between 4.2 and 3.5 million years ago, according to a new study.
Full story at Discovery News.
