7 Creative, Unique and Twisted Art Photographers

Photography is one of the most accessible forms of art. Even without special training or a vast knowledge of the technical details involved, one can pick up a camera and make a photograph. And like all other forms of art, photography allows for a great deal of variance in method and subject matter. These artists use unique tools and subjects to create compelling artistic images.

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QB Young's No. 8 jersey will be retired by 49ers

The San Francisco 49ers will retire former star quarterback Steve Young's jersey on Oct. 5.

Young, the Most Valuable Player of Super Bowl XXIX, will be the 11th player in franchise history to have his number retired.

"Steve Young is an important part of the 49ers' history and tradition," 49ers owner John York said. "He combined talent, character and a tremendous work ethic to become an incomparable performer and champion on the field. He was a model professional, and he influenced many of the younger players with his dedication."

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Rise of the rat-brained robots

This is no ordinary robot control system - a plain old microchip connected to a circuit board. Instead, the controller nestles inside a small pot containing a pink broth of nutrients and antibiotics. Inside that pot, some 300,000 rat neurons have made - and continue to make - connections with each other.

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Isolation That Chills to the Bone

Can giving someone the cold shoulder literally give them a cold shoulder? New research suggests so. Volunteers asked to recall being left out of a social group were more likely to rate a room chillier than those who remembered being with friends.

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Jill Price, the woman who remembers everything

This woman recalls every detail of her life since she was 14. There is no ‘off’ button. She is one of four people diagnosed with superior autobiographical memory. And it’s a living hell.

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Israel to Display the Dead Sea Scrolls on the Internet

The 2,000-year-old scrolls, found in the late 1940s in caves near the Dead Sea east of Jerusalem, contain the earliest known copies of every book of the Hebrew Bible (missing only the Book of Esther), as well as apocryphal texts and descriptions of rituals of a Jewish sect at the time of Jesus. The texts, most of them on parchment but some on papyrus, date from the third century B.C. to the first century A.D.

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The End of the World?

On September 10th, the Large Hadron Collider will go live! We will either be sucked into a black hole or see how matter behaved a tiny fraction of a second after the Big Bang. If it is the former, it is nice to know you can witness the end live via the internet.

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70 Amazing Houses from Around the World

Do you prefer the quiet calm of a house on the water or the daring adventure of a house hanging off of a cliff? A giant space in which to sprawl or a tiny nook in which to seek solitude? Whether you aspire to something exotic and unique or comfortable and cozy there is sure to be a house here for you. Sorted into eight types, here are seventy of the most amazing, unusual, offbeat and unique houses in the world.

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A Wearable Motorcycle

Jake Loniak is a college junior, he's also the inventor of one of the most innovative concept vehicles we've seen in ages.

Actually, to call Deus Ex Machina a “motorcycle” is a bit of a stretch. It would stand vertically when parked, so that the rider can step in and strap the bike on like a full-body suit.

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HOW TO COOK AN ALIEN

The argument for eating Aliens

1. Aliens come here uninvited.
2. They ate Elvis.
3. They mutilate our cattle, and probe abductees by shoving probes in their rectum and performing other unspeakable acts upon unsuspecting victims.
4. They are plentiful, more plentiful than the strained seas and land resources, and they seem to be coming in increasing numbers (if you beleive what some people are saying).
5. They are Kosher meat.
6. They taste good if prepared well.
7. According to some,they mess around with the Space Shuttle, when astronauts launch sattelites.
8. Their meat is safer than British Beef.

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