Now Available - A Human Body Alphabet Book!There have been many renditions of the alphabet book, since the first version, A Apple Pie, was published in 1886. However, none of them come even close to the one created recently, by six performance artists from Connecticut's Pilobolus Dance theater in collaboration with photographer, John Kane....
اقرأ المقالBronx 'Irish' Dance Troupe Going Strong After Eight Years!What do you call an Irish dancing troupe where the only irish person is the teacher ? The Keltic Dreams - An unusual multi-ethnic group of kids that jigs to not only Irish, but also, African, Spanish and even pop music!...
اقرأ المقالExercise The Power Of Your Brain With Mindflex!Nintendo's Wii was the first gaming device that got gamers off their couches and using their muscles - Now Mattel's Mindflex intends to do the same, with what is sometimes the most underutilized part of the body - The brain!...
اقرأ المقالGerman Artist Shores Up Crumbling Walls With Lego BricksFor the last three years, 26-year old German artist, Jan Vormann has been a man on a mission - Patching up old historical walls all over the world, with colorful Lego bricks!...
اقرأ المقالTransform Your Palm Into A Touchscreen!A cool new technology being developed by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and Microsoft Corp., promises to revolutionize the way we communicate, play music and games, and browse the web - by turning the human skin to a touchscreen!...
اقرأ المقالAhhhh - Open Wider Please! Zebra Plays Dentist At Zurich ZooJill Stonseby, a Jacksonville, Florida resident was visiting the Zurich Zoo in Switzerland, when she came across this astonishing sight - a zebra peeking inside the mouth of a hippo....
اقرأ المقالLucky Toddler Gets 'Trapped' Inside A Candy MachineImagine being trapped inside an arcade machine filled with toys and candy - Impossible? Think again! That's exactly what happened to little Cohen Stone, except the toddler was too young to take advantage of it, the way we all would have!...
اقرأ المقالGet Up Close And Personal With . . . . . Creepy CrawliesWhile we have all heard of fleas and dung flies, very few of us have seen them up close - and we mean really up close! The photos were taken by scientific photographer Steve Gschmeissner, from Bedford, using a Scanning Electron Microscope, which not only magnifies imags by a million times, but also, builds them up in 3D. In case you are wondering, the picture above is the head of a honey bee!...
اقرأ المقالMexican Billionaire Carlos Slim Is The Richest Man On Earth!After reigning the roost for 14 of the last 15 years, Microsoft tycoon, Bill Gates, has finally been usurped by Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim, as the World's richest man!...
اقرأ المقالRare 'All Black' King Penguin Spotted In the AntarcticaNational Geographic contributing editor, Andrew Evans was almost at the end or his six-week epic bus journey from Washington D.C. to Antarctica, when he spotted something very unusual - An all black King Penguin waddling along with a group of normal-looking penguins....
اقرأ المقالCooking With Miranda - Leprechaun Ice Cream PieNext week is St.Patrick's Day, which means it is time to look for those pesky little leprechauns. To get you into the spirit, I bring you an easy peasy, but delicious 'Leprechaun Ice Cream Pie'....
اقرأ المقالThe 'Last Great Race On Earth' Has Begun!Iditarod, the world famous trail sled dog race, kicked off amidst much fanfare from downtown Anchorage, last Saturday. Now in its 38th year, the race attracted 71 teams comprising of a musher (sled dog team leader) and a crew of between 12-16 dogs....
اقرأ المقالComing Soon - A 'Green' FerrariWhile Ferrari's are known and admired for many things, environmental friendliness is not one of them. That however changed last week, when the Italian car company introduced its first 'green' high-performance vehicle at the prestigious Geneva Car Show....
اقرأ المقالSecret Millionaire Leaves $7MM USD For Her Alma MaterDuring her entire 100-year life, Lake Forest resident, Grace Groner was known as a gentle frugal woman, who lived in a one-bedroom cottage, shopped at rummage sales and never even owned a car. Now, a few months after her death, the world has recognized her for what she really was - An amazingly big-hearted secret millionaire....
اقرأ المقالSkyaking - The New Extreme Sport?We have all seen kayakers do crazy things while firmly grounded on water, but paddling 13,000 feet in the skies? That is definitely something new! Welcome to a new extreme sport, called Skyaking!...
اقرأ المقالDays Seem Shorter? Blame It On the Chilean Earthquake!If your days seem to be going by faster since the Chilean earthquake, it's probably because they have become a little shorter - by about 1.26 millionth of a second or a little more than a microsecond!...
اقرأ المقالA 'Fishy' Downpour In AustraliaLast week, residents of the remote town of Lajamanu in Northern Australia, were treated to an unusual downpour - hundreds of small Spangled Perch falling from the skies!...
اقرأ المقالHoli - The Festival Of Colors!Today is Holi, one of India's most colorful and fun festivals. Celebrated by Indians all across the world, this exuberant festival is observed by people throwing colored powder, as well as, drenching each other with water balloons and sometimes - entire buckets of colored water!...
اقرأ المقالArizona Dane Is World's Tallest Dog . . . . Ever!A four-year old Great Dane from Tucson, Arizona has a new nickname - 'Giant George' - And rightfully so, because he is not just the World's Tallest Dog, but the World's Tallest Dog . . . . . Ever!...
اقرأ المقالWhen 'Pygmy' Dinosaurs Roamed The EarthAny mention of dinosaurs usually invokes images of huge creatures. However, Paleontologists now believe that there was a much smaller species of dinosaurs - the size of modern-day pets, that roamed the earth during the Cretaceous Period, 65 million years ago....
اقرأ المقالGatorBike Anyone?If you like exotic animals and fast bikes, you are going to love the GatorBike which, as the name indicates, is literally an alligator (dead of course) mounted on a bike!...
اقرأ المقالBladerunner A.K.A. The Fastest Man With No Legs!24-year old Oscar Pistorius is known by many names - some call him 'The fastest man on no legs', others, 'Blade Runner' - we just call him AMAZING!...
اقرأ المقالFirst Superman Comic Book Sells For $1Million US DollarsIn June 1938, a fictional character called Superman made his debut in a comic book called Action Comics #1, and changed our perception of Superheroes forever....
اقرأ المقالNow This Is A Swimming Pool!There are swimming pools and then there is this swimming pool. Located at the San Alfonso del Mar Resort in Algarroba, Chile, it is the size of 6,000 standard pools combined, and officially the world's largest pool!...
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