Denmark's Generous Store 'Sells' Chocolates For Good DeedsHow cool would it be if you could walk into your local confectionery store and pick up a box of candy for just promising to do a good deed! Sounds too good to be true? Not, if you live in Denmark, where the aptly named 'Generous Store' is doing exactly that!...
اقرأ المقالThe Countdown To Earth Hour Has Begun!If you have always wondered what you can do to help our planet, here is your chance. On Saturday March 31st, join the millions of people that are celebrating Earth Hour. All you have to do is switch off all lights and other electrical devices for just 60 minutes from 8.30 - 9.30 pm. This minor action will go a long way in helping global warming....
اقرأ المقالPre-Historic Titanoboa Rattles New York CommutersOn Thursday, March 22nd, sleepy commuters rushing to catch a train from New York's Grand Central Station were jolted from their reverie by a scary sight - A 2,500 pound, 48 foot long Titanoboa snake. Fortunately, it was not real, but a full-sized replica of the one that slithered on earth, 65 million years ago!...
اقرأ المقالWill The Real Batman Please Stand Up?While Brazil and Slovakia may be oceans apart, they appear to have a common vigilante - Batman. However, this is not the comic book superhero come to life and flying across continents, but two totally normal people who somehow seem to have hit on the brilliant idea, at the same time....
اقرأ المقالGreat Great Grandmother Celebrates 101st Birthday ParaglidingMost people don't live to see 100. Those that do can barely walk, let alone handle any strenuous activities. A few however, seem to be like the Energizer bunny - They keep going and going! First there was 100-year old marathon runner Fauja Singh and now, this 101-year old great great grandmother who seems to thrive on thrills....
اقرأ المقالAstronauts Forced To Take Refuge From . . . . . Space Junk!Never has the danger of the man-made debris floating around in Space been more apparent than on Saturday March 24th, when the six residents of the International Space Station (ISS) were forced to take refuge from a piece, that was heading their way....
اقرأ المقالGiant Paper Airplane Soars Over Arizona SkiesBuilding paper airplanes and tossing them around is great fun. However, what would be even cooler is building the world's largest one and taking it to the skies to see how long it could stay afloat. That, is exactly what a 12-year old and some engineers from Tucson's Pima Air and Space Museum did on Wednesday, March 21st....
اقرأ المقالNeed A 3-D Model For School? Print It!Though building 3-D models for school projects can be fun, they take a lot of time and to make matters worse, sometimes don't quite turn out the way you had envisioned them. Wouldn't it be cool it you could simply 'print' them? Believe it or not, now you can!...
اقرأ المقالVolcano Boarding Anyone?While snowboarding was once considered an exciting sport practiced only by an elite few, today it is one even young kids seem to master quite easily. It is therefore no wonder that adventurers seeking an adrenilin rush are resorting to a new thrill - Volcano Boarding!...
اقرأ المقالVideo Of The Week - Felix Baumgartner's First Test Dive From Space Is A Success!Sometime this year, Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner plans to do what no human has done before - free fall from the edge of Space - 23 miles (120,000 ft.) above the surface of earth. On Thursday March 15th, the daredevil came one step closer to fulfilling his dream with a successful test dive, from a height of 13.6 miles (71,581 ft.)....
اقرأ المقالLooking For Me? Kingfisher Responds To 'Wanted' Ad In Person!39-year old amateur photographer Tatyana Zherebstova was searching for a good photo of a kingfisher in the wild. Instead of advertising in the usual way, she decided to create a 'Wanted' poster offering a reward and hung it off a tree trunk that was submerged inside the Chikurelli pond in Crimea, Ukraine....
اقرأ المقالQuick Thinking Beachgoers Saves 30 Beached DolphinsUsually when marine mammals like dolphins and whales get stranded on beaches, people wait for experts to come and help rescue them. What usually ends up happening is that many die because of the time delay. Beachgoers in Brazil were not taking that chance - Instead, they quickly sprang to action and saved a pod of unfortunate dolphins that recently showed up along a sandy beach....
اقرأ المقالLego Mindstorm Robots Become Lab AssistantsLEGO, an abbreviation of two Danish words LEg GOdit (play well), has come a long way since its founder Ole Kirk Kristiansen invented the first brick in his small carpenter's workshop in 1932. While the foundation still remains the original brick, the things that can be built with them now range from simple structures to fully programmable robots - Ones smart enough to help scientists perform monotonous tasks in laboratories....
اقرأ المقالHappy Pi Day!Happy 24th Pi Day! Yes we actually set aside a day to celebrate the numerical constant that represents the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter, on a flat plane surface. Why today? Because while Pi has been calculated to one trillion digits past the decimal point, we all simply recognize it as 3.14, which also happens to be, today's date!...
اقرأ المقالOrigami-Inspired Paper Testing Device May Save Millions Of LivesIn order to correctly diagnose certain diseases like malaria, doctors have to send blood and body fluid samples to specialized laboratories. However, while this is possible in the western world, things are not as easy in third world countries, where labs are few and far between....
اقرأ المقالThis Weekend, Be Sure To 'Spring Forward'For those of you still waiting for the snow, this may come as a bit of shocker - Winter is over! This weekend, most of us living in the United States, as well as, a majorityof the countries in the Northern Hemisphere will 'Spring Forward', by moving their clocks ahead by an hour. Also referred to as Daylight Saving or British Summer Time, this age-old tradition dates all the way back to World War One....
اقرأ المقالIndians Celebrate Holi - The Festival of ColorsFestivals are the mainstay of the Indian culture - Not a month goes by without a celebration. However, none are as fun as Holi, the festival of color. Held annually at the beginning of spring on the day after a full moon, this year's festival was celebrated by Indians all over the world, on March 8th, 2012....
اقرأ المقالAustralian Spiders Weave A Wickedly Cool WebOn Monday, March 5th about 8,000 people living in the low-lying areas of North Wagga Wagga, in New South Wales, Australia were ordered to evacuate their homes thanks to flash flooding caused by the overflowing Murrumbidgee River....
اقرأ المقالAmerica's Iconic Oreo Cookie Turns 100!Who hasn't enjoyed an Oreo? That delicious sandwich cookie that you either dunk in milk whole or savor by peeling off layer after layer. Well believe it or not, you are not the first to appreciate its amazing taste and nor, were your parents, because this amazing cookie which still remains our favorite snack, is 100 years old today!...
اقرأ المقالAlexander Graham Bell, The Recording Artist?Alexander Graham Bell is best known for the invention of the telephone. However, the brilliant scientist also did a number of other things Including, experiment with recording devices to capture sound....
اقرأ المقالAsia's Atlas Is A Giant Among MothsWhen we think of moths, the image of the dull-looking brown cloth moth, notorious for gnawing through our finest outfits, is usually what pops up in our minds. However, turns out that there are about 16,000 species of these insects, nearly ten times as many as their prettier cousin, the butterfly....
اقرأ المقالNorth Yorkshire's Mysterious Tree Sculptor Finally RevealedFor the last two months, the residents of the historic town of Knaresborough in North Yorkshire, UK have been scratching their heads in amazement as they watched the radical transformation of ordinary trees in the nearby woods, into extraordinary works of art....
اقرأ المقالVideo Of The Week - Apollo 17 Astronauts Frolic On The Moon!While all Space missions are cool, some of the most exciting ones were conducted under the Apollo Program, between 1961 -1975. That's because the the Apollo missions went where no man had ever been before and has not been, ever since - The Moon!...
اقرأ المقالThis Goat Has Ma-a-a-a-a-d Skills!We all know that pets can be taught tricks - things like rolling over, shaking paws or fetching but . . . . can they be taught to surf? Goatee, a female goat living in California, sure can! She fearlessly shreds across waves on her surfboard alongside her owner, Dana McGregor....
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