U @ Q?

A yew tree at Wakehurst Place in South Sussex (Kew) appears to be over 600 years old.

Fantasy City Tours

A Tough Guide to Fantasy Cities, a loving tribute to Diana Wynne Jones.

Now With Added Pudding

Intel and Kraft's iSample vending kiosks rolls out to study shoppers.

The Japanese have something like this to second guess what the consumer wants and provide it for them. The US uses it to refine sales strategies. Lovely.

Fungi From Yuggoth?

The Hubble Space Telescope has spied signs of complex carbon molecules on the surface of Pluto.

No Bananas

Harry Houdini's rider, aka, his prop and show requirements.

Not awake yet

In Scientific American: The Unleashed Mind: Why Creative People are Eccentric.

Raver Spaghetti

A gas cloud is eaten by a black hole will offer scientists a good opportunity to study black holes in action.

What teen want to Spider-Man or Daredevil?

Parkour as a means of escape in Gaza.

Chocolate Chip Brains!

Zombie head cookie jar.

Deadlier of the Species

At the beginning of WWII in Germany, a statue that appears to be a bipedal lion was found, perhaps a shaman in lion garb. After more studies and other related figurines have been found, archaeologists believe this 35,000 representation may possibly be a female shaman in lion garb.

Possible, as primitive man would have noted that in a pride of lions the female did the majority of the hunting.

Pass the Pork Rinds

A lower percentage of protein in your diet may lead to increased snacking.

Money Makes the World Go 'Round

The federal government spent $666,000 to determine that distant prayer will not halt HIV. Many possible cancer cures are not being studied so that superstition and religion can be studied as medical science.

Me and My Baby Grand

Colin Huggins, New York City's piano busker, and other street performers are now forbidden from performing in Washington Square Park.

Theme music: Muse

A US team has found the largest supermassive black holes at the center of two galaxies. Both have masses over 10b times the mass of our sun.

Insert Wookie scream here

Chocolate carbonite-frozen Han Solo. 

A good start

Bank of America, Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup and GMAC have all been taken to court by the state of Massachusetts for their foreclosure shenanigans.