And apparently those of us over 26 don't think so good (I'm 31). A seven-year study at the University of Virginia found that our mental abilities peak at 22. And by the time we're 27, brain speed, reasoning and visual puzzle-solving ability are all in decline. Fortunately, memory doesn't decline until 37 so I can still find ... [Read More]

The Adventures of Superpup isn't the cartoon about Superman's dog Krypto. It's a live-action children's show about Superman except with dogs as the main characters. The actors are little people in animal costumes. Costumes they can't see out of! In one scene, the villain Professor Sheepdip can be seen visibly feeling ... [Read More]

When a little boy asked double amputee Nadya Vessey why she didn't have any legs, she answered, "I am a mermaid." Two-and-a-half years later that dream came true thanks to a mermaid suit designed by the Hollywood special effects company Weta Workshop. But unlike the kind seen in movies like Splash, this prosthesis is ... [Read More]

When a Pennsylvanian pet store received a package from US Airways they were expecting $1,000 worth of exotic fish. But instead of finding fish inside the box, there was a dead mailman. Jon Kenoyer, a retired postal worker, had died of Alzheimer's and was supposed to be shipped to Life Quest Anatomical for medical ... [Read More]

Sometimes no news is good news. That's because I've been doing a new webcomic. Smurfmen is a smurfy parody of the Watchmen comic/movie. There's a whole chapter up now in the webcomics section. Not gonna be a lot of chapters to this and I won't say if or when the next chapter will be out as I'll probably be behind whatever ... [Read More]

"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]