In honor of the upcoming 200th birthday of Charles Darwin (Feb. 12, 2009) Nature has published 12 very elegant examples of evolution.

If you have a Nature subscription you may go here: Darwin's enduring legacy

Otherwise it is summarized at Wired magazine: 12 Elegant Examples of Evolution

There are some cool examples listed such as the intermediate ancestor to whales, dinosaur feathers, competing epochs of water fleas and more.

And as an added bonus to our vast readership here at techRivet, here is the wikipedia article on Charles Darwin for your elucidation: Charles Darwin

This is certifiably insane.  Kenny Powers was clearly attempting to win a Darwin Award but failed when the safety parachute opened early.

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Powers was lucky, he had broken his back. This was nothing new for he had suffered the same injury seven times before. As he was carried to the ambulance in a state of semi-consciousness, all that he kept asking was, "Did I make it, is everyone pleased?"

But wait that's not all.

There is soap opera behind all this.  It wasn't Kenny Powers jump it was going to be Ken Carters jump.  Ken Carter spent 5 years and a million dollars getting this stunt prepped and then the film producer stuck Powers in the car and filmed it.

Without letting Ken Carter know.

cold.

Read the whole story over here: [linky]

Now I need to go round up that snake river jump attempt.

found it:

Complete with a schmaltzy over-dub from Evil himself. Sweeeeeeeet.

Oh and just getting lost down the rabbit hole that is teh interwebs here is the definitive stunt drivers website: Stunt World 1

What's the internet law about the fact if you can think of it, there is a website out there for it?