Today, the folks at Sports Illustrated have unveiled their Swimsuit Issue cover model as Brooklyn Decker, wife of tennis star Andy Roddick. The world of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue is far more cloak and dagger than you'd ever guess. The issue is kept under wraps until the day before it's released and even the models don't know who's going to be on the cover. Apparently everyone ...

For most people, the idea of keeping rodents as pets is off-putting, if not downright creepy. However, it's possible all these reservations could be put aside if we just embrace the capybara as a household pet. The semi-aquatic rodent native to South America can grow to be around 100 lbs. and about 2 feet tall at the shoulder. Click through to check out the pictures of Melanie Typaldos and ...

No trip to the U.K. is complete without getting utterly hammered at a pub. And what better activity when you're utterly hammered than enjoying an interactive, life-like dinosaur experience. The attraction, located in Oxford Street Park in the midst of the wilds of London, features 24 life-size, animatronic dinosaurs ranging from stegosaurus to tyrannosaurus to velociraptors, because even ...

Arguably the only thing that could have made Chuck Palahniuk's "Fight Club" and the 1999 Brad Pitt movie it spawned more awesome would be the inclusion of more fourth graders. Elementary school teacher Joseph Gullotta decided to step in when two of his students at a Queens elementary school seemed to have a beef. Rather than let the two angry students take out their differences on each other, ...

We've all seen news footage of a reporter delivering coverage on location when some joker runs into the frame. What you don't often get to see is a guy in the background checking out racy photos while his boss gives a live interview. During an otherwise stale report on the Australian economy for 7 News, the report cuts to Macquarie Bank, where a representative from the company begins explaining ...

Proving that for every dollar of money wasted on pointless research another dollar is changing the world in wondrous ways, science has determined that if you get a rat addicted to cocaine, you can then get it to ignore the cocaine if you present it with something new and novel. Science, you're magnificent. Researchers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln spent some time injecting rats with ...

Of all the halls of fame devoted to robots, the Robot Hall of Fame in Pittsburgh is clearly one of the best. Past inductees include Lt. Cmdr. Data, Gort, Astroboy and R2-D2. The Hall of Fame is currently seeking nominees for its 2010 roster, and after some soul-searching, we came up with this list of 10 autonomous icons that deserve their spots among the elite. Take the poll and check out the ...

Science is a wonderful thing -- it's given us Hot Pockets and streaming video of monkeys smelling their filthy fingers -- but it looks like it's time to pay the piper, as science is heading off into a horrifying "Jurassic Park" direction. Two different groups of scientists propose bringing two extinct species back to life -- a kind of giant cow called an aurochs that went extinct in the 1600s, and ...

What do you do if you're faced with a dwindling tiger population and a lack of funds to help with conservation? Rent those tigers out to the highest bidder. At least, that's the plan in Indonesia. Though not many environmental groups or, probably, people with a lot of sense think it's a good idea, the plan is to let wealthy Indonesians rent pet tigers at the cost of just over $100,000. Renters ...

"Cheers" is one of the greatest sitcoms in the history of television, and some of its finest moments featured the gang's long-standing competitive battle with rival bar, Gary's Olde Town Tavern. Roughly once a season there would be one of these "Bar Wars" episodes, which would inevitably devolve into over-the-top practical joking, like when Gary's crew filled Rebecca's office with sheep or they ...