It was only about a month ago when Usain Bolt stunned the world with his 9.58 second 100m dash. Yesterday, the 'lightning' was usurped from his throne by a faster mammal - An 8-year old cheetah called Sarah.
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It was only about a month ago when Usain Bolt stunned the world with his 9.58 second 100m dash. Yesterday, the 'lightning' was usurped from his throne by a faster mammal - An 8-year old cheetah called Sarah.
اقرأ المقالA team of research scientists searching for a place to build an observatory believe they may have just found the perfect spot - The coldest, driest and calmest place on Earth!
اقرأ المقالLucky and his girlfriend Lovey, lived a peaceful happy life with their owner Sally Pyne, her six cats and three snakes in sunny Petaluma - until that fateful July 31st night when a vicious raccoon attacked the box turtle, leaving bloody stumps, where his two front legs used to be.
اقرأ المقالThe next time you hail one of the 1,300 cabs in New York city, cross your fingers that it's the Cash Cab - For it could make a star! That's because the taxi is the setting for a Discovery Channel mobile quiz television show, aired under the same name.
اقرأ المقالIf you thought kids were the only ones who love pogo sticks, think again. Adults like them too - In fact so much, that Nick Ryan, a junior at Carnegie Mellon University, organizes the Pogopalooza, an annual Pogo stick competition that attracts extreme athletes from the US, and
اقرأ المقالIf you are a fan of the famous honey-loving bear (who isn't?), then you probably remember that his last book 'Pooh At The Corner', ended quite abruptly with Christopher Robin heading to boarding school, leaving his friends to pursue their own adventures.
اقرأ المقالWe have heard about people collecting freshly-cut hair from saloons for wigs, but this has to be a first. Paula Sunshine, an expert in restoring old homes and buildings, is using human hair to strengthen the walls of her four-bedroom farmhouse in Lawshall, Suffolk.
اقرأ المقالOn Wednesday, a thousand little people were seen melting away in the sweltering heat at Berlin's Gendarmenmarkt Square - and there was no saving them, because these little guys were sculptures made out of ice by Brazilian artist, Nele Azevedo.
اقرأ المقالWe are all familiar with spectacular bolts of lightning that come down toward us during thunderstorms - But those shooting up from the cloud ? Those are rare indeed and scientists have just released some rarely seen images of what they call 'gigantic jets'.
اقرأ المقالAnjana, a chimp that resides at The Institute of Greatly Endangered Species in South Carolina, has always had a penchant for wild cats. It was not too long ago when she adopted Mitra and Shiva, two orphaned baby tigers. This time around, she has decided to take on an orphaned baby Puma.
اقرأ المقالJust when we think Alain Roberts, A.K.A 'Spiderman', has climbed everything possible, he emerges again. This time atop the 1,482ft Petronas twin towers in Malaysia.
اقرأ المقالHarry Potter's invisibility cloak has not only succeeded in sparking the curiosity of kids, but some of the world's best minds, who are all vying to be the first ones to invent the material that will help things disappear!
اقرأ المقالBetween the Padres and the Chargers, San Diego has some great sports teams. However, neither have been able to do what the young boys from Chula Vista's Park View team - 'Blue Bombers', just did - bring home the championship trophy!
اقرأ المقالWhat do you do when a bear accidentally stumbles into a concrete skate park and can't climb up again? Toss in a ladder of course!
اقرأ المقالWhile the much anticipated, 'Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs' will most likely break all kinds of box-office records, the filmmakers have already made their first foray - By commissioning the World's largest Meatball!
اقرأ المقالJust when we think we have seen it all, nature comes up with yet another amazing surprise. This time it is in the form of tiny seaworms that eject glowing green 'bombs'.
اقرأ المقالNot a fan of the tomato? No problem, because this festival is not about eating, but throwing the juicy red vegetables. Welcome to La Tomatina, Spain's annual tomato fight.
اقرأ المقالThough the twice a year migration patterns of the Cownose stingray from Florida to the Yucatan in Mexico and back, is a well-known fact, it has rarely been caught on camera until recently.
اقرأ المقالWe all have a tendency to want to scribble 'Wash Me', when we see an extremely dirty car. Scott Wade displays a similar tendency, except his scribbles have the opposite reaction - an urge to never wash the car!
اقرأ المقالLike many six-year olds, Sam Pointon loves trains and dreams of working with them when he grows up. However, when the position for 'Director' for the National Railway Museum in York, England, opened up, Sam couldn't resist applying for it - And lo and behold he got the job!
اقرأ المقالIf you ever happen to visit the northern state of Punjab in India, you may encounter a strange sight - A taxi that drives only in one direction - backwards!
اقرأ المقالOn August 18th, the cobbled stones of San Francisco's famous 'crooked street', were magically transformed into a larger-than-life version of Candy Land, complete with Princess Lolly, Princess Frostine and of course King Kandy.
اقرأ المقالWe are sure your parents have tried many tricks to make you eat all kinds of strange vegetables. However, what this dad is doing to convince his finicky kids, really rocks!
اقرأ المقالLooking for a way to get rid of those pesky mice? Than you may need to get the Nepenthes Attenboroughii, a new species of carnivorous plant, whose pitchers are so large, they can swallow an entire mouse!
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