Scientists Solve Mystery of Ireland's Moving Boulders

(slashdot.org) "How has a 78-ton boulder traveled 130 meters inland from the sea since 1991? Live Science reports that geologists have puzzled for years over the mysterious boulders that litter the desolate coastline of Ireland's Aran Islands that somehow move on their own when no one is looking. The sizes of the boulders in the formations range 'from merely impressive to mind-bogglingly stupendous,' writes geoscientist Rónadh Cox. more>

12 Baffling Medical Conditions

(ABC News) Giant limbs and random lumps of fat. Music-induced seizures. Persistent sexual arousal syndrome. They are conditions that have not made an indelible mark in the tomes of medicine. Bring them up in front of a physician and in some cases you may get little more than a blank stare. But they exist, sometimes as a rare disorder, sometimes as a disorder that falls between many medical specialties, and sometimes as an extreme form of a normal bodily function that most people experience every day... more