This week’s collection of items you may have missed but which, in the interests of public service, we didn’t.

First let’s get the boring bit out of the way. CERN’s Large Hadron Collider might have spotted the first glimpse of the elusive Higgs Boson. Maybe. Maybe not.

Talking of glimpses, how doctors die shows they have a different approach to their glimpse of the afterlife than the rest of us.

Which may be related to why we invented monsters (aka. dragons).

From something scary to something scary? Why peach fuzz makes it harder for parasites.

And if you’re male you can now be really scared. Apparently donating sperm can be scary. Seems like all in a day’s work for the average male to me. 😉

Of course then there are plastic carrier bags.

Everything you ever wanted to know (and more) about … shoelaces!

And finally just to prove that cat’s can’t think outside the box.