27-Pound Lobster Caught Off the Coast of Maine

A fisherman off the coast of Maine pulled in a monstrous 27-pound lobster earlier this week.

Plus Size Bodies, What Is Wrong With Them Anyway?

In the January 2012 issue of PLUS Model Magazine, plus-size model Katya Zharkova is featured in an explosive editorial where thought provoking statistics and statements are revealed.

Optical Illusions 2

This article is about visual perception. For the Time Requiem album, see Optical Illusion (album).

An optical illusion (also called a visual illusion) is characterized by visually perceived images that differ from objective reality. The information gathered by the eye is processed in the brain to give a perception that does not tally with a physical measurement of the stimulus source. There are three main types: literal optical illusions that create images that are different from the objects that make them, physiological ones that are the effects on the eyes and brain of excessive stimulation of a specific type (brightness, colour, size, position, tilt, movement), and cognitive illusions, the result of unconscious inferences.

 

An optical illusion. The square A is exactly the same shade of gray as square B. See checker shadow illusion.

Top Ten Celebrity Playboy Bunnies

Playboy magazine is a popular men's magazine created and run by Hugh Hefner. The magazine, along with its articles and interviews, features nude yet tasteful pictures of women. Most of the women featured in the magazine are models, but from time to time Hugh offers enough cash for a celebrity to let her guard down and bare it all. Here is the list of top ten celebrity bunnies: