Australia's giant burrowing cockroach has the honor of being the world's heaviest insect. According to scientists, the giant burrowing cockroach can weigh as much 30 to 35 grams and nearly 85 millimeters in...
created by Jon Azpiri | 12 wks ago | updated 12 wks ago 460 views | 14 recommendations | 2 comments
The 2010 Winter Games has received much backlash from Vancouver's homeless advocates, and the first annual Poverty Olympics is the latest display of dissent. Think stuffed cockroaches and rats will outsell...
created by Rob Peters | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 665 views | 10 recommendations | 7 comments
How many roaches have you squashed in your life? I know I've manhandled a few of those scurrying little suckers in my time, but maybe I should have just caught them instead. Because now, I could make a pretty...
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I wouldn't frame this story in terms of evolution-versus-creationism, but it's a stellar read anyway: Engineers have developed a way to get systems to "evolve" thourgh self-upgrade."For decades people have tried to replicate the human mind, using more and more sophisticated...
created by Jordan Yerman | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 356 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment
"I had just crushed a cockroach on my table with a shotglass in Discover, a Shenzhen, China gay bar, Saturday night and was in the restroom unzipping at the urinal when I felt two small hands tenatively rubbing my shoulders. It was the helpful men's room attendant. He wasn't,...
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