A Museum Dedicated To The Creator Of Mickey Mouse

While the life of Mickey, Minnie and the rest of the Disney characters is well documented, very little is known about the genius behind them - That will all change in October, when the first museum dedicated to Walt Disney, opens its doors in San Francisco's Presidio neighborhood....

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Nano Soccer

From June 29th to July 5th 2009, 2,300 people from 44 nations brought their robotic creations to compete in the annual Robocop Soccer Championships, the largest and most important robotic competitions in the world....

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'You Have The Right To Remain Glazed'

American policeman are known for two things - their love for donuts and their desire to 'protect and serve'. Now a team of cops have brought the two together by becoming the joint owners of 'Cops & Doughnuts', a pastry shop in Clare, Michigan....

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Astronaut Turns Rapper!

It's a collaboration made in heaven or should we say Space - Buzz Aldrin, the second man to set foot on the moon has teamed up with Grammy Award winner Snoop Dog, to produce a single entitled "Rocket Experience"....

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Behind The Scenes -Transformers: 'Revenge Of The Fallen'

Just a week after its release, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen' is breaking all kinds of records at the box office. The first day it was released, it raked in over 60mm USD surpassing 'Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix' by over $20 million USD, and lagging the all-time box-office leader 'The Dark Knight' by only $6mm USD....

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Petite Desert Foxes Debut At Tokyo Zoo

The Tokyo Zoo is buzzing with excitement, with the recent debut of three petite baby Fennec foxes. Native to the Sahara Desert, these animals, also known as desert foxes, are amongst the cutest members of the canine family....

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Television Show Helps Utah Boy Survive

A nine-year old boy and his parents are grateful for television - For it is from Discovery Channel's 'Man vs. Wild', that Grayson Wynne learnt about leaving a trail, which is what helped rescuers find him in Utah's Ashley National Forest....

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Dorset Crowns 'King Of Stingers'

On June 13th, a record crowd of 1,000 people gathered on the lawns of the Bottle House Inn in the West Dorset village of Marshwood, England to watch the annual 'Stinging Nettle Eating' competition....

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Chindongu - The Art Of (Un)Useless Inventions

Kenji Kawakami has been inventing unusual things since he was a teenager. In high school, he built a cart-like device from salvaged scooter parts. While In college, he built a glider bicycle that didn't fly. However, his creative juices really got flowing in 1980, when he came up with the art of inventing un(usless) things....

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