if you are looking to impress your friends or math teacher look no further - You will be able to master how to multiply by nines in a mere five minutes. All you have to do is watch the video!...

Sweden's ICEHOTEL, the world's first and largest hotel made of ice and snow has just turned twenty. The hotel, which traces its beginning to a 60sq. meter Igloo lodging, has grown to become a 5,500 sq. meter artistic splendor that is visited by thousands of people, each year....

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Penguins are described as 'flightless aquatic birds' - yet this video filmed by the British Broadcasting Company (BBC) in the United Kingdom, shows them flying. So what gives?...

What looks like a strawberry covered with white chocolate, but smells and tastes like a pineapple? A Pineberry of course! The fruit that starts off green, turns pale, as it ripens. Measuring less than an inch, pineberries are ready to eat when they are completely white and studded with red seeds....

All of us know how boring and depressing a stay or even a visit to the hospital can be. Now imagine how unbearable it would be if you were really sick and had to spend a few weeks or even months inside one....

On March 17th, the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, turned 100 years old. Built with an initial budget of a paltry $3.5mm USD, the 4-acre museum was visited by 1,600 people on opening day....

Earlier this week, Norway was home to one of Europe's biggest military training sessions - Operation Cold Response. While the rest of the soldiers performed their parachute dives solo, a Special Forces soldier from Austria came down with a companion - his explosive sniffing dog!...

Following the success of the Piano Stairs and the Interactive Trash Can, Volkswagen has come up with yet another experiment to see if humans improve their habits if it is fun to do so. This time, they have turned a recycling bottle bank' into a gaming arcade!...

The music scene in Paris, France is being taken by storm - not by a bright-eyed 19-year old, but by 69-year old British grandmother, Ruth Flowers, who goes by the name of DJ Mamy Rock!...

If you have been to a Gap clothing store in Vancouver, Canada lately, you may have noticed that they seem a little different - kind of upside down! In case you are wondering, it's not a mistake, but the start of their new marketing campaign....

19-year old speed skater, J.R. Celski's road to the 2010 Winter Olympics was not easy. In September, whilst competing in 500m Olympic trials, the young speed skater lost control, crashing against the protective barrier so hard, that his right blade dug deep into his left thigh, creating a gash that required 60 stitches to piece back together....

As the third blizzard of the month slams the Eastern Coast of the United States, many of you are wondering when this seemingly endless winter of 2010 will cease. However, take heart - As you can see from the pictures below, there are folks who have it much worse, and for some, this is just a normal winter!...

While American recording artist Lady Gaga (born Stephani Joanne Angelina Germanotta) is well-known for her songs, she is better known for her eccentric clothes, makeup and wigs....

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a 500-mile long area of toxic plastic waste that extends from California to the Sea of Japan - All created thanks to our careless disposal of plastic, which not only takes a lot of energy to manufacture, but also, hundreds of years to disintegrate....

How often have you spent hours wrapping a gift, only to see all your hard work torn to shreds by an impatient recipient, whose only interest lies in what is inside! Now there is a solution!...

This week, over 2,000 athletes from over 80 countries will make their way to Vancouver, British Columbia, to participate in the 21st Winter Olympic Games, which will be held from Feb12th thru18th....

Japan's Oriental Company recently unveiled an amazing invention - A machine that recycles used office paper into rolls of toilet paper!...

If you believe that the only things that matter in sports is your knowledge of material sciences and physics, think again! The laws of mathematics play a significant role too!...

While we have heard of some bizarre things people do to get into the Guinness Book of Records, this one has to take the cake. A Welsh man spent four days, two hours and two minutes painting his car with . . . . . Nail Polish!...

Earlier this week, South Korea's National Ecological Institute released some amazing concept pictures of a sprawling 33,000 sq.mile nature reserve....

No matter how you look at it, the Blobfish has to be one of the most miserable looking animals you have probably ever encountered. And, it has a reason to be - If the fisherman continue to overfish this glum-looking animal, it will soon disappear forever!...

As you probably know, behind every successful athlete is a successful technique, which more often than not, is based on commonly known scientific principals. As we count down to the 2010 Winter Olympics, we will examine some of the extreme winter sports and the simple scientific principals behind them....

Junior Senator, Al Franken's path to government has been slightly unconventional to say the least. For one unlike most politicians, he has spent a big chunk of his life in showbiz....