December 14, 2007

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The Top Ten Astronomy Pictures of 2007. Each of these impressed us through the year, but together they are thoroughly humbling.

Vampire Energy refers to the power your appliances use even when they are turned off, estimated to cost consumers $3 billion a year. This chart shows you how much for each gadget.

What jobs make us happy? TIME ranked occupations for happiness, priests at the top and gas station attendants at the bottom.

How colorblind people see the world. The author has red-green colorblindeness and says the colorblind and non-colorblind images all look the same to him.

How cute is this? A puppy chews on the ear of a rather patient cat.

Enjoy a collection of mp3s of Christmas music originally recorded on wax in the early 20th century. This includes music from the Edison Concert Band and the Edison Mixed Quartet.

Bake for a Change is a design competition that asks you to apply sustainable building design practices to a gingerbread house. Submit your design and photos by December 31st.

Mothers keep telling their children not to play with their food. However, in some cases the results can be works of art!