Natalia Pogonina is a grandmaster chess player. At only 25 years old, she has attained a FIDE rate of over 2500. That puts her up with the top male competitors. She is a three time European champion and is a member of the Russian Olympic Chess Team. Check out her website here.

Last night (April 19, 2010) I saw something that has had me up all night. Could UFOs actually be real? Is there really intelligent life out there, and is it actually able to visit our planet? I, for one, am now a firm believer, and you should be too. There is no way the worlds [...]

Wake Forest University researchers have developed a technique to help burn victims heal much more quickly. Spray on skin. No kidding. The process was taken from the inkjet printer, and sprays cell onto the open wound. A laser maps the wound for area and depth which directs the machine to place specific cells in specific [...]

What the heck do you say about an animal like this? I know that it looks like something from a bad sci-fi flick but this is real. This particular one came up with a submersible. It lives around 8500 ft underwater and at 2.5 ft long is believed to be the largest ever found. Check [...]

My “Fun With” posts seem to have become a bit of a series. Hope you like em. Next post: Fun With Thermite

Best I can make out from the translation, the Lun is one scary plane/boat/tank hybrid. Aside from the fact that this thing is enormous it has WWII style gunners plus, as if taken straight from the pages of some post-apocalyptic comic, missile tubes. Not just one or two, but six very large missiles. Designed for [...]

The JustUsLeeg stays out of political conflict. We want this to be a fun webzine, a place to come to brighten up your day, make you laugh, and every now and then, talk about tech. Although, there is defiantly nothing wrong with a good political argument. If that’s what you are looking for, head over [...]

There is a movement afoot, to make Hella the new SI prefix (US) for 10^27, coming after Yotta. Austin Sendek, from the UC Davis Physics Dept. said: “The number of atoms in 120 kg of carbon-12 would be simplified from 6,000 yottaatoms to 6 hellaatoms. Similarly, the sun (mass of 2.2 hellatons) would release energy [...]

Here are a few vids of people putting non-food items in microwaves. I’m gonna have to try some of these. First off is Ivory soap in a microwave. Oh, yeah, and make sure and watch the vids all the way through. This is what happens when you put a sonic boom firework in the microwave. [...]

A few images for this Valentine’s Day. And my personal favorite: Happy VD, guys!