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What happens when an animal can't get along with his own kind - Well he moves in with some kind humans and becomes a pet - At least that's what happened to this little lamb - Meet Nick Boing, an unusual pet with an unusual name.
اقرأ المقالAn organic farm in the middle of a concrete jungle like Manhattan? - Sounds impossible? Not if you envision a 'vertical' farm, situated in a 30-storey skyscraper - something that would fit right in with the city's beautiful skyline.
اقرأ المقالWhite lions are extremely rare to begin with, so when seven are born on the same day, it is definitely something to celebrate. The seven cuties were born to two different moms, on July 30th at the Zoo in the town of Schloss Holte-Stukenbrock in Germany. Unfortunately one died soon after, but the others seem to be thriving.
اقرأ المقالLife is simple for us human beings - we either prefer doing all our work with our left or right hand. But what happens if you are an octopus and have eight hands to choose from - do you use all your hands or do you still have one or two that you like more?
اقرأ المقالWhile we all talk about the three R's - Reduce, Reuse & Recycle, very few of us pursue it to the extent that the people of Kamikatsu Town in Japan do. They declared war against waste in 2003 and are fast moving toward becoming a 'Zero Waste Town'.
اقرأ المقالBlackbirds with their distinctive yellow beaks, singing in their rich, varied and flute-like voices are a very common and welcomed sight in London. However not this little talented fella - his singing is driving the Talbot family in whose garden he resides, stir crazy!
اقرأ المقالHow much is the American penny really worth? To some people a lot - to others it's a worthless piece of coin that should be abolished, especially given that it costs the U.S. Mint almost two-pennies to make one. Yet year after year, they keep producing the shiny little coins - welcome to the penny debate.
اقرأ المقالMost of us are content to watch the Kilauea volcano eruption from the safety of our homes, or if we happen to be in Hawaii, from a safe distance, with at least a few miles between us. Not professional surfer CJ Canuha though - He wanted to experience the thrill of being almost in-line with the erupting volcano!
اقرأ المقالHawaii's Kilauea Volcano has been a feast for the eyes ever since it started to actively erupt last year in November. However, in the last couple of days the lava spew has been even more spectacular and unfortunately more toxic for the residents of the area.
اقرأ المقالThe last two weeks have been a dream come true for 14-year old tennis player Laura Robson. She only not became the youngest Wimbledon Junior Champion since Martina Hingis in 1994, but also the first Briton to win the title since Annabel Croft, in 1984.
اقرأ المقالWe have all entered competitions and then crossed our fingers for several weeks or even months, just to find out that someone else won. However, this is not the case for 68-year old Betty Robbs - she seems to win whatever competition she enters. While she has been named the luckiest woman in Britain, we believe she is the luckiest woman in the World.
اقرأ المقالAbout a month ago, scientists from seven NASA agencies and seven U.S. Universities came together on the sand dunes near Moses Lake, Washington to simulate living and working conditions on the moon.
اقرأ المقالA team of researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, USA have developed a new device that will allow people with severe disabilities to become more independent, by merely moving their tongue.
اقرأ المقالWouldn't it be fun if your school allowed you to do a math or english lesson on a Nintendo DS console instead of a boring workbook? If you go to school in Japan, it may already be a reality - for those of us living elsewhere, we can only hope!
اقرأ المقال'Like a Rocket coming off the wall'- That's what Olympian Swimmer, Michael Phelps, winner of eight medals at the 2004 Summer Olympics, has to say about his new swimsuit designed by Speedo. Dubbed LZR (pronounced 'Laser'), Racer, this new suit is set to be the rage with all swimmers at the summer Olympics in Beijing!
اقرأ المقالThey came in all shapes, sizes and colors, donned in their best surf shorts - all ready to take on the next big wave. Yup, surfing has definitely gone to the dogs, at least in San Diego, where over 60 showed up to compete in the third annual dog surfing championships at the Loews Resort in Coronado, San Diego.
اقرأ المقالPixar's much-awaited movie about WALL-E, a robot who gets left behind on an abandoned Earth, opened to rave reviews this weekend, despite the fact that there is almost no dialogue in the first half of the movie.
اقرأ المقالFor nearly two years now, scientists in the Western Hemisphere have been racking their brains over the mystery of the vanishing honeybees. Now German Professor Juergen Tautz and his team are trying to get to the root of the issue, by attaching a microchip to three bee colonies.
اقرأ المقالImagine living in a house that rotates on its own - now imagine the same house with 80 floors, all rotating, moving and changing shape constantly. Welcome to the 'Dynamic Tower', a new luxury condominium complex expected to start construction soon in Dubai.
اقرأ المقالOn June 21st, the Bottle House Inn in the West Dorset village of Marshwood, England was host to the 12th annual "Stinging Nettle Eating Contest". As you all probably know, a nettle is a flowering plant, whose leaves are covered with tiny stinging hair that produce an intense stinging pain if touched. Now why would anyone eat that?
اقرأ المقالThis weekend, the island of Odaiba, off the coast of Tokyo, Japan was home to the annual 2008 International Toy Fair, one of the most important toy exhibitions in the world. The event was attended by thousand of people, both young and old, all drooling over the latest toy innovations.
اقرأ المقالJune 19th, 2008, marked the 50th anniversary of one of the most popular toys ever to be introduced in America - the giant colorful plastic ring known as the Hula Hoop. Though other more sophisticated toys have superseded the simple hoop, it remains a favorite among both adults and kids and is still a mainstay in almost every American household.
اقرأ المقالMolly the pony's story begins on August 28th 2005, after hurricane Katrina decimated the city of New Orleans. Abandoned by her owners, Molly spent a few weeks on her own before being rescued along with other abandoned animals by Kaye Harris. However, Molly's troubles were far from over!
اقرأ المقالHundreds of budding designers got the chance to showcase their talents by designing wedding dresses for the fourth annual "Cheap Chic Weddings 2008 Toilet Paper Wedding Dress Contest". However, these creations were not made from finest silks or satin, but from rolls and rolls of toilet paper, bound together by glue and tape.
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