http://www.ansa.it/site/notizie/awnplus/scienza/news/2008-05-18_118221654.html
What’s “Vigorexia”?
Eggs, chicken, vitamins... After anorexia and bulima, vigorexia is the lastest feeding disorder among sporty people to stay strong and to stand up to long and exhausting trainings.

http://edition.cnn.com/TECH/
20 times stronger.
An aluminum and electronics dress can multiply the wearer's strength and endurance.
The Army believes soldiers may someday wear the suits in combat.

http://www.livescience.com/animals/080516-gay-animals.html
Homosexuality is not against nature.
In order to fight omosexuality among human beings, people who still don’t tolerate it have often turned to the “wild argument” , saying that homosexuality has no a reprudictive function.
Scientists are not sure about it any more.

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China is trying a new method to dealing with the food crisis. They have been blasting seeds up into space on rockets, and the seeds have been coming down as giant vegetables, ten times the size of normal produce. While the government is not sure what exactly is causing this crazy growth, the are expanding the program, and 22 provinces will now grow their food in this way.
http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/offbeat-news/huge-vegetables-from-outer-space-may-end-world-food-crisis/1173

There are still a few places in the US that use a mechanical system to pump gas (the pump with the little scrolling numbers) They're going to have a problem when fuel prices hit 4$ a gallon, because they are not equipped to show anything higher than 3.99.
http://www.boingboing.net/2008/05/16/mechanical-gaspumps.html

A Social Networking map of the world.
http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2008/04/worldwide-social-network-market-share.html