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A few weeks ago, we told you about the Piano Stairs, an experiment conducted by car company Volkswagen to test if human beings would improve their habits if something was...

We have all heard of Easter Sunday, but Raisin Monday? While it may not mean much to most of us, for students at Scotland's oldest University, it is a day they look forwa...

California's Death Valley, located in the Mohave Desert in the Southwestern region of America, is well-known for its extreme temperatures, varied altitude that ranges fro...

The world's largest cruise ship - 'The Oasis of the Seas', arrived in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, amidst much fanfare on Friday November 20th.

What happens when a group of surfers ride a single wave, simultaneously - They set a new world record of course! At least that's what happened to the surfing enthusiasts...

The next time someone calls you a 'pinhead', you should take it as a compliment - That's because researchers recently revealed that the size of animals' brain, has no bea...

Paul Sereno, a resident paleontologist at National Geographic has been scouring the arid areas of the Sahara for many years, in search of crocodile fossils. Now his findi...

On Monday, Space Shuttle Atlantis blasted off from Florida's Kennedy Space Center, carrying with it, six astronauts, 30,000 pounds of pumps, numerous tanks of nitrogen, a...

The thought of eating vegetables like green beans, courgettes (zucchini), runner beans, radishes and leeks probably makes most of you shudder. But then again, you have pr...

On November 12th, Titan, a four-year old Great Dane from San Diego, CA was named the 'World's Tallest Dog' by the Guinness Book of Records.

Most people have one talent, but Sati Achath has four. He is a hand shadow master, ventriloquist, magician and artist - And those are just his hobbies. In the day time, t...

Friday, the 13th was a great day for two British seafarers - For that was day when Captain Mick Dawson and Chris Martin completed the Golden Gate Endeavour, a 5,000-mile...

Looking for that special dress this holiday season? How about the Galaxy Dress? Embedded with 24,000 LED lights and 4,000 Swarovski crystals, this dress is bound to make...

On 25th of October, thirty-two teams gathered in Darwin, Australia to compete in the 2009 Global Green Challenge - A biennial, 1,860 mile race, in which environmentally-f...

This morning, the scientists at the National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA), announced that last month's 'bombing' of the moon by LCROSS had been a huge success....

Wondering why these people are laughing instead of screaming their heads off? No, they are not brave, nor do they have a death wish. They can see what you can't - A thick...

Earlier this week, Nintendo's Game Boy was inducted to the National Toy Hall of Fame, along with the Big Wheel and the Ball!

Developed in 1948 by Bernard Silver, a graduate student at the Drexel University of Technology, the humble barcode has become one of the most important inventions of our...

As we celebrate the 91st anniversary of Veterans Day, we thought it would be interesting to investigate the origins of this holiday and, the reason it is always celebrate...

Did you know that drops of water could bounce like a ball? Watch the video below to find out why and how this phenomenon happens.

Tomorrow, November 10th, 2009 is an important landmark in television history - for it is on this day, 40 years ago, when we first fell in love with Big Bird and Oscar the...

Elena Desserich was a vivacious five-year old, with beautiful blond hair, a dazzling smile and a spring in her step. She loved to draw, write and read and dreamed of bein...

Last month, over three hundred and fifty Rubik's Cube enthusiasts gathered in Dusseldorf, Germany to compete in the 5th annual World Rubik's Cube Championship.