Many parents may regard it as a deafening din, but liking heavy metal may be a sign of intelligence in youngsters. New research suggests clever teenagers listen to it as a way of coping with the pressures of being talented. A study of 1000 of the country’s brightest adolescents revealed “metalheads” are often extremely bright. […]
One of the most replayed commercials on television right now is the DirecTV ad with Doc Brown from Back to the Future. Doc, we learn, has forgotten to tell Marty McFly to buy DirecTV in the future. Never mind that the 1955 version of Doc never traveled through time, and therefore wouldn’t know about DirecTV. […]
Pop star Michael Jackson may have found a new religion, after brother Jermaine said it is likely that the 48-year-old former king of pop will convert to Islam. Jermaine said: “I think it is most probable that Michael will convert to Islam.” The Celebrity Big Brother star continued : “When I came back from Mecca […]
“Sword swallowers,” writes radiologist Brian Witcombe, “know their occupation is dangerous.” But how dangerous? Witcombe discovered there weren’t any good data on sword-swallowing injuries, so he teamed up with Dan Meyer, the executive director of the Sword Swallowers’ Association International, to survey 110 sword swallowers and find out about their job-related injuries. The resulting paper […]