"If the kids are slouching, not only is that bad for you, but it cuts off your blood flow," says Lisa Witt, a former Elementary School teacher and founder of WittFitt. WittFitt markets stability balls as a healthy alternative to the stiff wooden/ceramic chairs traditionally used in schools. Tiffany Miller a teacher who ... [Read More]

"It is a fantasy on earth but can humans fly in space?" ponders the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). We'll soon have an answer. Astronaut Koichi Wakata will attempt to ride a "flying" carpet inside the Japanese laboratory Kibo at the International Space Station (ISS). And while that will no doubt provide ... [Read More]

For years programmers having been trying to teach robots to be more human. Now ironically the robots are teaching us. As part of Japan's 'robot in every home by 2015' agenda (AKA enslave humanity), Professor Hiroshi Kobayashi has created Saya, a robot that can speak multiple languages, take roll call, and never goes on ... [Read More]

For those that don't speak Bizarro, "Bizarro am Stupid" means "Bizarro is smart." Bizarro was recently recruited as part of Demiurge's "Aberrant Six" in Strange Adventures #1. The Deacon Dark in the guise of Superman tells Bizarro "you must become more than you have ever been... your brain must become engaged," portending a ... [Read More]

If you listen to rap, odds are you won't be going to an Ivy League school. Virgil Griffith, inventor of WikiScanner (a database that tracks anonymous edits to Wikipedia in order to humiliate said people), has turned his attention to humiliating the musically-challenged. Griffith compared students' Facebook music preferences ... [Read More]

Long before Queen Hippolyta breathed life into Wonder Woman, she had a son with Ares the God of War. Together father & son waged war on the Amazons until Hippolyta ended it by chopping her son's head off. But before she could do the same to Ares, Zeus intervened and demanded he be spared. Ares' powers were summarily ... [Read More]

Ah St. Patrick's Day, a solemn day when Americans do their best Irish impression - by getting drunk! What's worse, Tropicana Casino and Resort in Atlantic City, New Jersey apparently saw nothing wrong with sponsoring a bar-hopping event called "Running of the Micks" even after receiving several complaints from ... [Read More]