Hunter, gatherer, vegetarian masterchef? Neanderthals cooked and ate plants and vegetables, a new study of Neanderthal remains reveals.
Researchers in the US have found grains of cooked plant material in their teeth. More here.
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Neanderthals cooked and ate vegetables
Hunter, gatherer, vegetarian masterchef? 
Political views 'hard-wired' into your brain
Tories may be born not made, claims a study that suggests people with right wing views have a larger area of the brain associated with fear.
The brains of MPs and students were examined Photo: CORBIS
Scientists have found that people with conservative views have brains with larger amygdalas, almond shaped areas in the centre of the brain often associated with anxiety and emotions. More here.
16 of the Dumbest Things Americans Believe -- And the Right-Wing Lies Behind Them
November 13, 2010 |
Americans are often misinformed, occasionally downright dumb, and easily misled by juicy-sounding rumors. But while the right wing is taking full advantage of this reality, the Left worries that calling out lies is "rude." More here.
Sunday, November 07, 2010
Coffin technologies that protect you from being buried alive
In the eighteenth century, rumors swirled about people accidentally buried alive when they lapsed into a deathlike state from cholera. As a result, the safety coffin was invented. Here's how it worked. MORE HERE.
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Colosseum's dungeons opening to visitors
Workers are pictured Thursday inside the Colosseum in Rome, Italy. The Colosseum will open two new areas to tourists next week, the upper tier and the underground chambers.
The Associated Press 
Underground chambers once held gladiators, caged animals
ROME — Underground dungeons at Rome's Colosseum, considered to be one of the great feats of Roman architecture and where gladiators once locked in mortal combat, will open to the public for the first time next week. More Here.
Neolithic Immigration
How Middle Eastern Milk Drinkers Conquered Europe
Peter Roggenthin
An excavation of a Linear Pottery village in Bavaria
Wedged in between dump trucks and excavators, archeologist Birgit Srock is drawing the outline of a 7,200-year-old posthole. A concrete mixing plant is visible on the horizon. She is here because, during the construction of a high-speed rail line between the German cities of Nuremberg and Berlin, workers happened upon a large Neolithic settlement in the Upper Franconia region of northern Bavaria.
This ancient culture provided us with the blessing of bread baking. At around 5300 BC, everyone in Central Europe was suddenly farming and raising livestock. The members of the Linear Pottery culture kept cows in wooden pens, used rubbing stones and harvested grain. Within less than 300 years, the sedentary lifestyle had spread to the Paris basin.
The reasons behind the rapid shift have long been a mystery. Was it an idea that spread through Central Europe at the time, or an entire people? More here.
Saturday, August 14, 2010
They All Hung Out at Max’s
ames Wolcott spotlights Max’s Kansas City, the über-hip 60s and 70s nightspot, now recaptured in a book and exhibition.
September 2010
David Johansen and David Bowie at Max’s Kansas City, New York City, 1974. MORE HERE!!!
'Acting white my ass'
Beyond the myths of Black student underperformance
By: Mark Anthony Neal | TheLoop21Mon, 08/02/2010 - 00:00
Do kids even know what 'acting white' means?
As a kid growing up in the Bronx, my friends often said that I sounded white—too much Brady Bunch and The Partridge Family in my daily re-run consumption. I have visceral memories of being outed one day for being a fan of 1970s teen-pop idol Andy Gibb—“you listen to that shit?"
More than half of schoolgirls are bullied because of their appearance
More than half of young women are bullied at school because of how they look, according to a report published today.
Some youngsters miss months of education to avoid their tormentors, according to the survey.
Researchers spoke to girls in England and Wales, between the ages of 15 and 22. They found 56 per cent were abused verbally, physically or online because of their weight, height or hair colour. MORE HERE!
Only one in five of the girls surveyed was happy with her appearance. More than half were bullied at school (posed)
5 Ancient Egyptian Inventions We Still Use Today
A country that is rich in history, a land that has known great prosperity and despair, a world that is beautiful and full of life yet can be just as raw and difficult to survive in. Egypt is a place that holds the roots of humankind and secrets still undiscovered. Many of the objects we use every day and the use of certain everyday objects originated in Egypt. Objects such as the toothbrush, toothpaste, locks and keys, makeup, combs, wigs, deodorant and scissors. Makeup was used not for beauty but for skin-care; it was mainly used to protect people's skin from the sun's harmful rays. Let's take a look at just five of those objects: More HERE!!
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Amish teens: pious, prudish - yet remarkably tolerant
Members of the sect have come to the UK for a C4 series. The results are surprising, says Catherine Gee
FRIENDS IN UNLIKELY PLACES: the Amish visitors with some of their UK hosts Photo: Channel 4
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America, meet Yoshiki
In Japan, the heavy metal drummer-pianist is so big that Hello Kitty released a likeness of him. He and his band, X Japan, play Lollapalooza next month. He wants to keep building on that.
KEYS: Yoshiki and his band, X Japan, have a main-stage slot at Lollapalooza next month. He hopes to keep building momentum. (Liz O. Baylen / Los Angeles Times) More here.
Why Does God Reveal Himself to Some People and Not to Others?
July 24, 2010 |
If God exists… why isn't his existence obvious?
And is "free will" a good answer to this question?
Friday, July 16, 2010
Artwork at Sacramento County law library called anti-Christian
PAUL KITAGAKI JR. / pkitagaki@sacbee.com
A mixed-media artwork at the Sacramento County Public Law Library titled "Moral Values" shows a Bible with a label across the cover that reads: "Warning! May Impair Judgment."
Friday, July 02, 2010
Archaelogists muscular body female gladiator Britain
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 2:08 PM on 2nd July 2010
Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of a 'massive, muscular woman' who may have been a female gladiator during the Roman occupation of Britain.
The woman was buried in an elaborate wooden coffin with iron straps and copper strips in Credenhill, Herefordshire - close to the headquarters of the SAS.
Her remains were found in a crouched position in an area thought to be a suburb of the nearby Roman town of Kenchester. More here.
Archaeologists uncover the remains of what could possibly be a female gladiator
Gary Kemp: My teen crush on David Bowie
Ziggy Stardust wore nail varnish and platforms, and he changed Gary Kemp's life for ever. The Spandau Ballet guitarist recalls his love affair with glam - More here.
Starman ... David Bowie. Photograph: Roger Bamber/Rex Features
Monday, June 28, 2010
Finally, Christian Couples Have a Place to Buy Their Dildos
Trying to get her spark back in the bedroom, a Christian woman went looking for "marital aids" and all she found was porn. Her solution? The world's first Christian sex toy shop. You're going to love their euphemisms. MORE HERE.
Friday, June 25, 2010
'Old swingers' at high risk of sex infections
Page last updated at 10:52 GMT, Thursday, 24 June 2010 11:52 UK
Swingers tend to be established couples Partner-swapping swingers could be bringing sexually transmitted infections into the general population, Dutch researchers warn.
Of 9,000 sexual health clinic patient consultations, 12% were with swingers, with an average age of 43. More here.
Why God Doesn’t Listen To Your Prayers
by Be Scofield (cross-posted from Tikkun Daily)
God does not answer prayer.
There, I’ve said it. I know for some my assertion is scandalous, while for others it is mere common sense. But before you summon the inquisitor to prepare the rack or brand me a heretic or rush to my defense, hear me out. More here.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Mystery of the pregnant pope: New film reopens one of the Vatican's most enduring wounds
By Peter Stanford
Last updated at 12:36 PM on 22nd June 2010
For centuries, the Roman Catholic Church has tried to bury her story. But of all the legends suppressed by the Vatican over the years, this is one that refuses to go away. Now, a new film has brought to life the story of the only female pope - and it is being shown this week in cinemas cheek by jowl with the Vatican. And there are plans to bring it to Britain.
For a Church that still treats women as second-class citizens, it is a source of considerable embarrassment and will once again raise the question of whether Pope Joan, as she is called in medieval chronicles, really did exist.
The Vatican claims that she was a mythical figure used by early Protestants to discredit and embarrass Rome. MORE HERE.
Grisly end: Johanna Wokalek as Pope Joan in the new film
'Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone' premieres at L.A. Film Festival
That the documentary premiered at the event is no coincidence. The story of the local band, part of the '80s alternative scene, is inextricably linked to Los Angeles. More here.
Saturday night saw the world premiere of "Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone" as part of the documentary competition at the Los Angeles Film Festival. (Ann Summa / Los Angeles Film Festival)
Bones from a Cheddar Gorge cave show that cannibalism helped Britain's earliest settlers survive the ice age
New carbon dating techniques reveal that 14,700 years ago humans living in Gough's Cave in the Mendips acquired a taste for the flesh of their relatives, and not just for ritual reasons More here.
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Monday, May 24, 2010
Cum Has 2,000 Calories!?: Sex According to Right-Wing Moralist Crusaders
April 29, 2010 |
Photo Credit: Pink Sherbet Photography
For many who grew up in America public Sex Education did a lot more harm than good. When you’re taught that sex is not a recreational activity—unless you’re a disease-ridden whore—and condoms don’t work (if you have sex, you WILL get pregnant). Let’s just say, it’s a lot to overcome. More HERE.
Friday, May 07, 2010
List of Christian evangelist scandals
Christian leader tells ‘rentboy’ not to talk to the press
Revealed: Florida AG paid $60,000 for Rekers' testimony against gay adoptions
The case of a Christian leader who claims the male prostitute he hired to accompany him on a ten-day European vacation was only along to carry his luggage grew more complex on Thursday, as Family Research Council cofounder and anti-gay activist George Alan Rekers threatened to bring a lawsuit for defamation against the Miami New Times. More here.
May 5, 2010 |
Photo Credit: Yuki_K_
You can't really say the penis doesn't get enough attention. There's a fertility festival in Japan called Kanamara Matsuri that celebrates the appendage, there's the Icelandic Phallological Museum, and a Chinese penis restaurant where diners can sup on the wangs of various animals. At one point, a luxury car manufacturer scrapped plans to produce an SUV upholstered in whale penis due to pressure from environmentalists. More here.
Friday, April 02, 2010
Japanese Penis Festivals
Why they worship the penis in Japan
Posted on19 March 2010.
In the village of Komaki, 45 minutes from the central city of Nagoya, there is a shrine devoted to the phallus. Each spring, the old and young alike come here to see an enormous wooden penis carried through the streets, to eat penis shaped sweets, and to make a penis-spirited wish to god.
More Here!This might give new meaning to the name Volcano Roll.
Famed Japanese eatery Matsuri is bringing a little bit of Japan to the US with a special penis-themed menu in honor of Kanamara Matsuri, or Penis Festival.
During the first week of April, residents of Kawasaki, Japan fill the streets with phallic see-saws, penis carving contests, and edible penis replicas in honor of fertility.
Extending this tradition stateside, the Maritime Hotel restaurant is offering a menu featuring Get It Up Hot Pot, Big Sausage, Hard Banana Cream Pie, and a Ginseng Up Cocktail.
And of course no penis-themed would be complete without free condoms, so Planned Parenthood will be handing those out for any after-dinner celebration.
Check out the invite below:
In Pictures: The Japanese Penis Festivals
IT’S spring time in Kanamara, Japan and that means it’s time for the festival of the penis. Cheb Fest 2010 will ensure fecundity. They will bumper crops of wheat and babies. LOTS MORE PICTURES HERE.
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Manabu Numata: Chronicling Tokyo's host clubs
This Tokyo-based photographer has spent five years snapping Tokyo's famous paid Lotharios so we sat him down for the inside story - more here.
A host's birthday party, Manabu Numata, "Shimei ari (『指名あり』)" series, 2009.
Read more: Japanese host clubs in photographs | CNNGo.com http://www.cnngo.com/tokyo/play/manabu-numata-chronicling-tokyos-host-clubs-784426#ixzz0jOOGzk0Q
Tajomaru -- Film Review
"Tajomaru"
Bottom Line: Derivative samurai mini-epic may appeal to fans of the genre but crossover success is out of reach. More here.
Tourists flock to 'Jesus's tomb' in Kashmir
By Sam Miller
Srinagar
Srinagar
A belief that Jesus survived the crucifixion and spent his remaining years in Kashmir has led to a run-down shrine in Srinagar making it firmly onto the must-visit-in India tourist trail. more here.
Jesus is reputed to be buried in this run-down shrine in the Kashmir capital
History That’s More Than the Sum of Its Parts
By ROBERT PEELE
Published: March 25, 2010
ON the surface, it sounds like a nearly impossible task: assembling a rare brass-era car from scratch, using century-old parts that were tracked down one by one from all the dusty, rust-ridden corners of the collecting world. MORE HERE!
Todd D'Addario
STARTING POINT Emily Anderson leaving New York City on her cross-country trip last year. More Photos »
Friday, March 19, 2010
Root Beer Grows Up
With all due respect to the floats of our youth, ours is strictly for the 21-and-over crowd
by Lora Zarubin
Nigel Cox
Who doesn't have a childhood memory of root beer? Mine is vacationing in Napa Valley when I was a kid and always stopping at the local A&W in St. Helena for a hamburger and a frosty mug. Unlike most youngsters, I was not a fan of soda pop in general, but even then I was taken with root beer's complexity of flavors, which were more unusual and provocative than any other soft drink. MORE HERE.
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Cemetery visitors get a taste of Sacramento's beer brewing heritage
Published: Sunday, Feb. 21, 2010 - 12:00 am | Page 1B
Beer is not a drink of choice for retired nurse Frankie Rodriguez, who worked in a jail detox unit and "saw what it can do to some people."
But the Land Park resident joined about four dozen people who turned out Saturday for a tour of pioneer brewers' burial sites at the Sacramento Historic City Cemetery. The program, an inaugural event of Sacramento Beer Week, celebrated the heritage of a thriving local industry founded by mostly German immigrants during the Gold Rush. MORE HERE!
Saturday, January 30, 2010
The 6 Weirdest Things Women Do to Their Vaginas
January 30, 2010 |
What's wrong with your vagina? If you answered "nothing," you're probably wrong. According to the beauty-industrial complex, it's ugly, and it smells bad. But don't worry-- there's nothing that money can't fix. More here.
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Charita Goshay: Founding Fathers knew danger of state-run religion
Make no mistake: We’re a nation of believers, and anyone who thinks differently is in denial. To a man, the Founding Fathers were Christians or, in the case of Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin, deists.
However, those powdered wigs didn’t stunt their thinking. There’s a reason they didn’t give preference to any singular faith, either in the Declaration of Independence or in the Constitution. More Here.
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However, those powdered wigs didn’t stunt their thinking. There’s a reason they didn’t give preference to any singular faith, either in the Declaration of Independence or in the Constitution. More Here.
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The return of rickets: Victorian disease on the rise due to poor diet and lack of exercise
By Jenny Hope
Last updated at 9:58 AM on 22nd January 2010
Modern children' s lifestyles are putting them at risk of developing rickets, doctors have warned.
The bone disease, which was the scourge of Victorian Britain, is making a comeback because poor diets and the decline in outdoor play have led to a vitamin D deficiency.
Factors such as more time spent inside playing on computers have reduced the amount of outdoor activity children get compared with previous generations. More here.
Young victims: Rickets was the scourge of Victorian Britain
The Dry Garden: Foraging for mushrooms after the rain
January 18, 2010 | 11:01 am
After rain come mushrooms. Now is the season to explore one of the most mysterious and all too transient organisms that occur in dry gardens. More here.
BBC orders auction house to remove neo-classical goddess painting 'in case nipple offends viewers'
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 12:29 AM on 22nd January 2010
Offensive? The 19-century oil painting which was removed from shot - more here.
Last updated at 12:29 AM on 22nd January 2010
Offensive? The 19-century oil painting which was removed from shot - more here.
Most Britons descended from male farmers who left Iraq and Syria 10,000 years ago (and were seduced by the local hunter-gatherer women)
By David Derbyshire
Last updated at 1:37 PM on 20th January 2010
Tomb of the Saxon Queen: Discovered, Alfred's granddaughter
Last updated at 1:37 PM on 20th January 2010
Ancestors: Farmers from Iraq and Syria in 8000 BC built up communities in Britain
The invention of farming led to the first towns and paved the way for the dawn of civilisation.
The Leicester University study looked at a common genetic mutation on the Y chromosome, the DNA that is passed down from fathers to sons. More here.
Tomb of the Saxon Queen: Discovered, Alfred's granddaughter
By David Derbyshire
Last updated at 10:13 AM on 21st January 2010
Discovered: The remains of Alfred the Great's granddaughter, Eadgyth - a Saxon Queen and one of the oldest members of the English royal family have been unearthed in a tomb in Germany - More here.
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Haiti's "pact with the devil" myth
How Pat Robertson turned a country's origin myth into a cheap invocation of Satanism Video
Wikimedia Commons
One of the most callous reactions to the Haiti disaster thus far has come from televangelist Pat Robertson, who told viewers of his Christian Broadcasting Network on Wednesday morning that he knew the real reason for the quake: The country's long-standing pact with Satan. More Here.
Stewart to Robertson: ‘Shut your pie hole, old man’‘Utterly stupid’: WH slams Robertson over Haiti remarks
Another Christian Right Madman Suggests Haiti Earthquake May Be God's Wrath
'Attack 2': The Catch-22 of Sequels
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