The World's Fastest Amphibious CarWhile the Python Water Car may not look as slick as a Porsche or an Aston Martin - It is capable of doing something way cooler - like zooming in and out of water with amazing ease and at twice the speed of currently available amphibious vehicles....
Read news articleVideo Of The Week - Is This Magic?Can you outsmart Professor Richard Wiseman at this fun 'Prediction' game? Chances are you will not be able to - And it's not because he is an amazing magician....
Read news articleHonda's U3X May Make Walking Uncool!If you are one of those people who hates to even take a step, than you are going to love Honda's U3 -X, a personal mobility vehicle that can be used to zip down streets, offices and even inside homes!...
Read news articleVideos Of The Week - Celebrating The 40th Anniversary Of The Lunar ExcursionOn July 20th, 1969 Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, became the first men to set foot on the moon. To commemorate the 40th anniversary of this historic moment, NASA re-mastered videos of 15 key moments from the astronauts' moonwalk....
Read news articleThe Longest Serving Astronaut In Space Is . . . . . . . . Buzz Lightyear!Having spent his entire young life soaring around make-believe galaxies using his fold-out wings and a backpack rocket, Buzz Lightyear would have never guessed he would someday become a real Space hero, earning the honor of the longest-serving Astronaut in Space....
Read news articleBritish Kids Can't Get Enough of Spiderman 'Look-Alike' PetA new pet-craze is sweeping over Britain - No it's not a $500,000 USD dog or cat, but a tiny lizard that has an uncanny resemblance to our favorite superhero - Spiderman!...
Read news article'Lava' Planet May Be Most Earth-LikeFor many years now, astronomers have been searching for a planet outside of our solar system that has a similar composition to Earth. However, the 330 extrasolar planets discovered so far, have either been composed of gas or been to far to ascertain the make-up....
Read news articleIs Butanol The New Liquid Gold?As our concerns about global warming escalate, researchers all over the world are frantically searching for a 'greener' and cheaper bio-fuel, that will help reduce if not eliminate our dependence on oil - or liquid gold, as it is often called....
Read news articleDo Worker Bees Cheat On Their Queens?Worker bees that live in colonies have always been known and admired for their intelligence, work ethic and most of all, loyalty to their queen - However, a new study of the Brazilian Melipona scuttellaris bee colonies, has revealed that these little insects maybe a little craftier than we originally thought....
Read news articleAnd The Coldest, Driest, Calmest Spot On Earth Is . . . . .A 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!...
Read news articleLucky The Box Turtle Cruises On His Coasters!Lucky 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....
Read news articleAmazing Device Will Enable Blind People To 'See'Researchers from Wicab a Wisconsin based biomedical company, recently revealed a fascinating new device, they claim will help visually impaired people see everyday things with the help of their tongue!...
Read news articleIce Sculptures Highlight Global WarmingOn 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....
Read news articleGigantic Jets - Nature's Amazing Light FountainsWe 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'....
Read news articleRace to Invent Potter's Invisibility Cloak Heats UpHarry 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!...
Read news articleWatch Out - These Sea Worms Eject Glowing Green 'Bombs'Just 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'....
Read news articleStingray Migration Captured On CameraThough 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....
Read news articleA 'Green' MousetrapLooking 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!...
Read news articleLook Ma - No Stripes!When the trio of Bengal Tiger cubs, Fareeda, Shahir and Sitarah, were born on Christmas day in 2008, it was cause for great celebration at the Cango Wildlife Resort near Cape Town. Then, the staff noticed something that made them catch their breath. ....
Read news articleTooth Implant Enables British Man To See Again12-years after he lost his vision in a construction-related accident 42-year-old Martin Jones can see again - thanks to a new radical procedure that involved implanting a tooth into his right eye....
Read news articleThe World's Deepest LaboratoryThough we have come a long way with our knowledge about how the Universe came into being, there is still one mystery that hasn't been solved - that of the mysterious, invisible particles known as 'Dark Matter', which some scientists believe, make up 85% of our Universe....
Read news articleThe Mystery Of The Disappearing PuffinsThe Atlantic Puffins living on United Kingdom's remote Farne Islands are disappearing and nobody knows why. Over the last five years, their population has declined by almost one-third, from 55,674 to 35,500....
Read news articleFinally - A Robot With Feelings!Try being mean to this robot and he will let you know - and not just by moving his head, but his entire body. Meet Kobian, the latest creation from Tokyo's Waseda University....
Read news articleNano SoccerFrom 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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