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Thousands of people gathered on the streets of New Orleans today, to listen to live music and watch colorful parades as the city celebrated Mardi Gras - the grand finale...

Yesterday the folks at NASA completed yet another successful mission. However, unlike their other missions, this did not entail sending an Astronaut on a dangerous spacew...

"As I look around me, a bright sky I see, and a shadow beside me. Six more weeks of winter it will be!" - This was the prediction from "Punxsutawney Phil", the legendary...

Super Tuesday is the name given to the day in an election year, when a number of U.S. States hold elections simultaneously, to help decide who will be the final two candi...

Tusks of a giant pre-historic mastodon found in July 2007 and measuring over 15ft each, were recently put on display at a museum in Northern Greece. In addition to the tu...

In case you missed it, the must-see Hannah Montana Concert is now the must-see 3-D movie of the year. It's only playing in theatres for one week, from Feb 1st thru Februa...

Impress your parents, teachers and friends by multiplying two-digit numbers, close to 100 without using a calculator.

Ten-Year old Courtney Oliver knows exactly what she is going be when she grows up - A Veterinarian. She is so sure that she has already completed some coursework on the I...

Two American astronauts, Commander Peggy Whitson and Flight Engineer, Daniel Tani conducted a risky spacewalk to replace a motor on a solar panel at the International Spa...

Watch out kids, here comes "The Cubinator" - a puzzle-solving robot that is currently being displayed at the Toy Fair in London.

Last Saturday, Fourteen-year old Mirai Nagasu became the second youngest woman to win the U.S. Figure Skating Championships held in St. Paul, Minnesota.

It looks like a Porsche, drives like a Ferrari and is more environmentally friendly than a Prius. Meet the world's coolest alternative fuel car - The Tesla Roadster.

He is only six weeks old and still has to be named. But he has his own "blog" and has already left home and found a real job! Meet the newest and cutest member of Scotlan...

The Men's final of the 2008 Australian Open Tennis Tournament ended on Saturday night with some nail-biting action. The game between the 3rd ranked Novak Djokovic , and t...

Welcome to Centralia, a small town located in east- central Pennsylvania. Forty-six years ago, this used to be a bustling coal-mining town with over 2,500 residents. Toda...

If you have two hours and $200,000 US Dollars to spare, Richard Branson, the founder of Virgin Galactic promises you the ride of a lifetime - A trip to Space!

This little kitty decided that she needed an adventure and hid inside the luggage of her owner, Seth Levy. However, what happened next was more than even she had bargaine...

The 12th Annual Winter X Games kicked off in Aspen, Colorado on January 25th. This three-day event, that features snowboarding, extreme Skiing and Snowmobile Racing is fi...

The San Francisco Ocean Film Festival has become a must-see event for all nature lovers. Now in it's fifth year, this family friendly event starts at the Comwell Theatre...

In our eternal quest to find life on another planet, our eyes perk up whenever we see an image that even remotely looks like a living creature. This picture sent four yea...

Imagine an animal that was as big as a bull and looked like a cross between a hippopotamus and a guinea pig. That's what scientists believe, "Josephoartigasia Monesi" (we...

20-year old Oscar Pistorius is known by many names - some call him "The Fastest Man on no Legs" others "Blade Runner" - we call him AMAZING!

Scientists at the University of Minnesota recently revealed that they had been able to grow a rat heart in a laboratory. While it will take years before this will be avai...

High energy prices and a desire to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, have led two German Companies to combine forces and try harness the oldest and cheapest source of ener...