A rare and beautiful swallow appeared in the UK and, before the eager bird watcher's eyes, was abruptly eaten by a bigger bird.

A mad scientist who will probably soon tell the world that we will "rue the day," is planning to test a theory in quantum physics in which a particle will change before he changes it. Eh? Yeah...Quantum Physics is weird.

Scientists have discovered that capsaicin, the molecule that gives hot sauce its bite, acts the same way as tarantula venom. Just let me know when I can get my black widow burrito the next time I go to Taco Bell. YUM!

An industrious scientist with too much free time has taught dolphins to sing the Batman theme song. Batmaaaaaaan!

Turns out positive thinking really does work. Several recent studies (the first one and the others that we able to verify it) have shown that if you believe you can get smarter, you will. So you better convince that discouraged son or little sister that they need to believe they can get smarter (and do better in school) before they can actually do it.

Oops...it reads Natural Born PAIN-Killer...my bad. Opiorphin is a pain killer derived from saliva that appears to be 6 times more powerful than morphine. This great advance could help people who are allergic to morphine as well as those who are too cheap to abuse it.

Forbes has an interesting picture gallery giving hints on how to detect a liar.

Apparently, elephants in Africa are going crazy. They are attacking villages and raping rhinoceroses. Yes...RAPING RHINOCEROSES!

The Miami Zoo has come up with a very original idea. An entire exhibit on animal shit. I don't mean animal "stuff", I mean animal excrement. Hey Paul...this sounds like a good sponorship idea!