Quoted: The next time you are plagued with indecision and need a clear way out, it might help to get angry, according to a surprising new study. Despite its reputation as an impetus to rash behavior, anger actually seems to help people make better choices—even aiding those who are usually very poor at thinking rationally. This could be because angry people base their decisions on the cues that "really matter" rather than things that can be called irrelevant or a distraction. ...

Hawking gets pumped full of amphetamines and shot off in the vomit comet.

Quoted: Free of his wheelchair and tethered only to heart rate and blood pressure monitors, astrophysicist Stephen Hawking on Thursday fulfilled a dream of floating weightless on a zero-gravity jet, a step he hopes leads to further space adventures.