The number 13 has a bad reputation to begin with - But when it falls on a Friday, it suddenly takes on a dire connotation of giant proportions. The phobia is so real and widespread that people suffering from it even have a name - friggatriskaidekaphobiacs. So how did this date and day of the week acquire such bad reputations? While nobody knows for sure, here are a few theories....

Earlier this week, researchers from the University of Washington released pictures and a hi-definition video of a rarely seen white 'winged' octopus that looks more like a ghost from outer space, than the eight-armed cephalopod mollusk that we are all accustomed to....

How's this for an excuse the next time you are caught yapping away on your cell phone or singing loudly to the music on your iPod? I was just charging it! If the team of scientists from Korea's Sungkyunkwan University have their way, that is exactly what you may be doing pretty soon!...

Need a good reason to set that alarm clock a little early? How about the unusual opportunity to view four of the nine planets of our Solar System at the same time? Even better is the fact, that in order to do so, you don't have to rush to some far-off observatory - Simply grab a cup of cocoa, seek out an east-facing window and enjoy the show!...

All French extreme skier Matthias Giraud had planned for the morning of April 25th, was a run down a slope in the French Alps to build up the speed he needed for a parachute-assisted jump off one of the cliffs....

There are very few new frontiers left for humans to explore, especially on Earth. We have scaled the tallest mountains, gone deep into our deepest oceans and far into our densest forests. However, the one place no one has dared to go, is inside the Magma Chamber or heart of a volcano - Until now....

At just 13-year of age, Felix Finkbeiner is enjoying the kind of fame that most celebrities only dream of - He has a huge fan following in his home country of Germany, meets with CEO's of International companies and is even featured in advertisements with politicians and fashion models. However, the wiry, bespectacled boy does not sing, act or even play sports - He simply encourages people to plant trees....

For over two centuries, scientists have maintained that hummingbirds suck in nectar by capillary action (the same way liquid gets sucked up by a straw), using the tube-like channels that lie inside their tongues. However, a new study conducted by Alejendro Rico-Guevara, an ornithologist from the University of Connecticut, refutes that, and he has video footage to prove it....

B.A.S.E. Jumping, a sport where individuals strap themselves to a parachute and free-fall off a fixed object (Buildings, Antennas, Spans or Earth), is considered to be one of the world's most dangerous sports. On Saturday April 30th, Chilean stunt rider Julio Munoz, took it up a notch when he jumped off a 4,000-meter (13,123ft.) cliff in South America's Andes Mountains, whilst riding a motorbike....

Just the mention of Cancer sends shivers down most people's spines - So you can only imagine what it must have done to five-year old Aidan Reed's family when on September 17th, 2010, he was diagnosed with leukemia or cancer of the white blood cells....

Six years and a staggering 4.8mm USD later, Hamburg's Miniatur Wunderland has finally opened its latest attraction - The world's largest model airport. And judging from the photos, it is worth every penny....

What better than comic books? Free comic books of course! On Saturday May 7th, thousands of comic book retailers all over the United States, Canada and even some countries overseas, will be giving them away. All you have to do, is walk into the store....

59-year old Slasomir Weremkowicz, who resides in Biala Podlaska, Poland always wanted to be an artist, so after retiring as a plumber, he decided to devote his time to his first love - woodcarving. However, the Polish native does not make ordinary sculptures or furniture - He carves functional bicycles!...

One of First Lady Michelle Obama's biggest passions is to educate kids how to think about food and nutrition and try eradicate childhood obesity. To achieve her goal, she began a campaign dubbed 'Let's Move', to encourage children to be active....

Ever since the royal engagement was announced last November, the world has been waiting for the day Catherine Elizabeth Middleton would transform into a princess. The big moment finally occurred this past Friday, when Prince William and Kate recited their wows in the presence of 1,900 guests at London's historic Westminster Abbey....

Dressed in her shiny white pearls, white cardigan and blue poodle skirt, three-year old Lucy Brown was just hoping to be noticed for her trendy apparel, but her bloodshot eyes and excessive drooling impressed the judges so much, that they bestowed the chubby canine with the prestigious title of 'Most Beautiful Bulldog'....

Living creatures adapt to their environment in all kinds of ways, in order to survive. Some camouflage themselves to blend in, while others learn to survive on arsenic substances. The biggest hazard to survival for the South American red ants is the constant flooding - So they get around it, by holding onto each other and floating away on their 'living' rafts....

Harry Potter fans will recall the amazing moving photos that interacted with their audience whenever necessary. Now two photographers have come up with a technique to make it a reality - And while they are not as robust as the ones concocted by J.K. Rowling, they are pretty darn amazing....

Perfect weather conditions - warm, moist air rising and mixing with colder, dry air at higher altitudes- are being attributed to the more than 150 tornadoes that ripped through the Southern States of Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia on April 27th, 2011 - And the assault continued until Saturday morning, when the storms finally petered out to light rain....

Two New Yorkers have accomplished a feat that most people would have considered impossible - Convince a Yellow Cab driver to take them cross-country from the Big Apple to Los Angeles - And that too at a severe discount!...

It was not too long ago that the tiny 62-acre island of Ile Aux Aigrettes, located in the Indian Ocean about one kilometer off the coast of southwestern Mauritius, was facing a dire future - Thanks to the incessant logging of its ebony forests, large parts of this once beautiful island were now barren....

Last weekend, thousands of people in two different parts of the world witnessed the same historic event - The opening of the Titan Arum, commonly known 'Corpse' flower, thanks to its pungent odor that smells like rotting flesh....

Happy Easter! Hope you all celebrated the holiday with some fun traditions. Don't have a family tradition? Then maybe you can adopt one of these extraordinarily fun traditions observed by people in different parts of the world....

When the powerful tsunami that devastated the coastal areas near Sendai, Japan on March 11th receded, it took back with it an estimated 200,000 buildings along with all their belongings, countless cars and whatever else lay in its path. Now scientists are trying to see if they can track the debris, in order to be prepared for them, when they wash up ashore....