The questions cover innovation, climate change, energy, genetics, space, and health, among other topics.

See the list -> Wired

Hence today, the list that follows is made up of seven characters that personify the American spirit in pop culture—from comic books to television to movies.

See the list -> Topless Robot, via: msaleem <- digg it!

In a lot of ways, choosing the Bush administration’s 10 greatest moments — disastrous failures, all — is about as pointless as picking out your 10 least favorite hemorrhoids: There are entirely too many of them, and taken together they all add up to a throbbing mass of pain

See the list -> Alternet

6 Ways to Be More Social
26 Ways to Discover More Energy
Four Ways To Pretend You’re Working
7 Steps to Completing Your Projects on Time
10 Ways To Cut Back Without Sacrificing Your Lifestyle
8 Destructive thinking patterns and how to change them
5 Critical Life Lessons You Can Learn From Kung Fu Panda
10 Things To Keep In Mind When Starting Out As A Freelancer

As a speaker of 10 languages I know the benefits of speaking more than one language. We simply have to change the way we go about teaching languages. To start with we need to dispel seven common misconceptions about language learning.

See the list -> PickTheBrain

10 great rail journeys
The Top 10 Airline Meals
The World’s Strangest Hotels
6 Rules of the American Roadtrip
The World’s Most Wired Countries
Europe’s 20 most congested cities
The 100 America’s sweatiest Cities
10 Strange and Wonderful Festivals

Continuing on from our previous exploration of 18 stunning bridges, we take a further look at 10 more of the oldest, newest, biggest and best bridges in existence today from around the globe.

See the list -> Frikoo, tips by: Andy B (you are the man!!)

Language is perhaps the most important function of the human body - it allows us to get sustenance as a child, it allows us to get virtually anything we want as an adult, and it allows us many hours of entertainment through literature, radio, music, and films. This list (in order of least to most spoken) summarizes the most important languages in use today.

See the list -> The List Universe

As we are told in Genesis, man comes from dust, and returns to it. We have found many different ways to return. Here are 10 that I found particularly fascinating:

See the list -> Brave NewTraveller, via: Neatorama

Arsenic-laced drinking water, lead-contaminated soils and choking air pollution are sadly just the start in some of the world’s dirtiest places.

See the list -> PopSci

More TV money, more matches, more shirts shifted and more endorsements have translated into rising incomes for soccer’s top stars. On the following pages we offer our annual ranking of the 20 Top-Earning Players, counting down from No. 20, who is …

See the list -> Forbes

With any exciting and new industry, there are all sorts of previously unheard-of ways to screw the customer. Video games are no different. […] These five brazen attempts to screw over gamers gives us a glimpse of what could be a very annoying future:

See the list -> Cracked, tips by: Dannyboy (thanks!)

CareerBuilder first assembled the big list of interesting jobs and interviewed these fine gentlemen, but now after careful analysis and prolonged meditation we present to you the 6 coolest dream jobs:

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There have just got to be a few business cards floating around out there that toe the line between memorable and terrifying.. We asked you to Photoshop some of them, and the winning entry is below. But first, the runners-up:

See the list -> Cracked

“Imagine books and music and movies being filtered and homogenized. Certified. Approved for consumption. People will be happy to give up most of their culture for the assurance that the tiny bit that comes through is safe and clean. White noise.” —Chuck Palahniuk

See the list -> Alternative Reel

by Robert Greene and Joost Elffers.  Law 1 - Never Outshine the Master. Law 2 - Never put too Much Trust in Friends, Learn how to use Enemies. Law 3 - Conceal your Intentions. Law 4 - Always Say Less than Necessary. Law 5 - So Much Depends on Reputation – Guard it with your Life.

See the list -> Share4vn

Which companies are logging the strongest growth, which industries are the hottest, and how the winners are faring in a treacherous economic climate

See the list -> BusinessWeek

One of the many languages that had spiced up the English language is Indian. In fact, some of these Indian words have become so much part of the language that it is quite easy for us to forget their Indian origin.

See the list -> Writinghood, tips by: ILoveLists (thanks!)

If you know these key Japanese customs, you’ll get closer to the locals and see beneath the surface of Japan.

See the list -> MatadorStudy, tips by: ILoveLists

But it’s not as annoying as some of the office habits which we seem to have allowed ourselves to either fall into or to tolerate. Here are our 10 leading annoying office habits.

See the list -> couriermail, tips by: Emil (thanks!)