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Science may have found an alternative to taking a scalpel to your scrotum for male contraception — a gadget that can block ducts in the testes and zap sperm before they come out of the body.

Artists and scientists have created the first model of a Neanderthal woman, based in part on ancient DNA from 43,000-year-old bones that had been cannibalised. The model has been nicknamed Wilma because she had redhair like the Flintstones character.

YouTube has banned videos containing weapons used in an intimidating manner, after this one from the UK…

HBO drags British import Little Britain across the pond in the hope it will do exactly what Flight of the Conchords did for them. A big weird, niche hit.

Strange News: Man charged with dumping realistic looking sex doll and trying to make it look like a murder … An Australian woman bought a new mobile from Dick Smith Electronics then realised it contained 49 pornographic images: ”It’s sickening to think I’ve been using this phone near my face,” she told the Daily Telegraph … A Japanese funeral home is ordered to pay for disturbing the spiritual calm of a neighbour.

Video link: While Mayor of a town called Wasilla, Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin supported legislation that required rape victims to pay for their own rape kits. Sarah Palin and the rape kits sounds like a punk band, says satirical clip art animation Get Your War On.

Memory game by Ze Frank: Try and match the pairs and post your score (I got 420).

This guy is a catch: He’s a 53 year old Christian control freak, who wants a wife under 30 — she mustn’t want kids and must be slim, with a small chest. His extensive personal ad includes a handy Quick Disqualification List (“You do not have the comprehension skills necessary to ascertain what this profile instructs you to do if seriously interested in me”) and a Quick Qualification List (“Sorry, but when it comes to turning me on, light chocolate to white skin color is needed. However, there are exceptions for darker skin, but they have to be very beautiful”). Read it in full here.

Video: Target Women’s Sarah Haskins makes fun of the cult of domestic cleanliness.