Improbable research: the German beer belly is misunderstood

By measuring the weight, waists and hips of almost 20,000 Germans, scientists have concluded that beer is not the main cause of the "site-specific effect" known as the beer belly.

100 Things You Should Know About People: #11 — Why You Can’t Resist Paying Attention to Food, Sex, or Danger

It’s not really your fault, you can’t resist looking at scenes of danger. It’s your “old brain” telling you to PAY ATTENTION.

Des Moines-area man buys bacon coffin

No, it’s not made of actual pork. The coffin merely is graced with a bacon-style paint job — a pig-on-a-plate color scheme equivalent to camouflage.

Russia developing a gun that turns people into zombies (seriously)

Russian President Vladmir Putin confirmed that his country is working on the creation of an electromagnetic gun that attacks its target's central nervous system, putting them in what we hope is a temporary, zombie-like state.

Stall Brook Elementary Reverses Decision To Cut 'God' From Lee Greenwood Song After Parental Outrage

The press release states that students would be free to sing or not sing the words "God bless the U.S.A.", and that the school had not intended to censor a patriotic song.