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Hundreds of budding designers got the chance to showcase their talents by designing wedding dresses for the fourth annual "Cheap Chic Weddings 2008 Toilet Paper Wedding D...

Last week, we brought you the story of how this innocent-looking light brown Apple Moth had the people of California up in arms against the agricultural officials. Well i...

If there were a competition for the clumsiest dog in the world, 12-year old Chester would be a strong contender and most possibly the winner. For this British Lurcher is...

Watch out Energizer bunny, here comes Evolta, a feisty little robot. Powered by two AA batteries made by the Japanese Company, Panasonic, Evolta climbed and climbed for a...

16-year old Zac Sunderland from Southern California just embarked on a journey that most adults would be hesitant to take. On Saturday, he left on his 36 foot sailboat In...

Who would think that this innocent-looking Light Brown Apple Moth could cause so much controversy. According to the California Department of Food and Agriculture, this im...

Have you ever been so engrossed in doing something (TV doesn't count!), that you ignore your family and friends? Mexican artist Fielmon Trevino says that is what happened...

Instead of wondering whether to keep or toss the birthday or thank you card you just received, you may now be able to grow it. Welcome to the new world of completely recy...

What do you get when you cross a scooter, unicycle and skateboard - A Magic Wheel of course. The new gizmo is described as a new kind of foot scooter and consists of one...

They call her Cinders, short for Cinderella. But unlike her namesake, this five-week old piglet will not leave home or the ball without her shoes. For Cinder suffers from...

"What my dad gave me" is the name of the latest skyscraper to go up at the Rockefeller Center in Manhattan, New York. Unveiled on Tuesday, the 65-ft tall, 16,000 lb sculp...

The Komodo dragon's encounter with the scuba divers has made them quite famous. With only 4,000 left in the wild, the chance that we will ever encounter one outside of a...

A few weeks ago, we brought you the inspiring story of 19-year old genius, Alia Sabur, the world's youngest professor. Our readers had so many questions that we asked Ali...

Hyde Park in London, was home to the hilarious Red Bull Flugtag competition yesterday. Over 80,000 people gathered to watch homemade, human powered flying machines in all...

Five scuba divers were grateful to be on familiar land on Saturday, after surviving a 2-day ordeal that included swimming in shark-infested waters and a close encounter w...

This touching tale of Orange Ted, a one-eyed 50-year old teddy bear and seven-year old Jaimee Armstrong may sound like fiction, but the entire story is true. It all began...

The New York Times building in downtown Manhattan had a very busy Thursday. It was the venue of not one but two 'Spidermen', both climbing to the top of the 52-storey bui...

Catherine Banner started writing the outline of her book when she was just 14-years old. Five years later, this 19-year old has not one but a trilogy (series of three boo...

If Chris Parry, head of Britain's top private schools is to be believed, schools, as we know them today, will not exist in about 30 years. No longer will students have to...

16-year old high school student Anjali Datta will graduate from Grapevine High School in Texas, with a Grade Point Average (GPA) of 5.898. This is not only the highest GP...

On Sunday June 2nd, the Northern California town of Mountain View was home to the Silicon Valley Soap Box Derby competition, a qualifying event for the 71st annual All-Am...

The way these grown men are falling all over themselves, you'd think they are vying for some great treasure. However, the prize at the end of this rough and tumble race i...

Meet Dude; a three-month old Heron whose entire family was killed in a storm near Cornwall in the United Kingdom. Luckily, this little guy was rescued by wild life expert...