A yearlong search for an elusive species of Cheetah that roams the desert of Termit, Niger, was finally successful, after an image of the extremely rare cat was captured by one of the strategically situated night cameras.
Read news articleA yearlong search for an elusive species of Cheetah that roams the desert of Termit, Niger, was finally successful, after an image of the extremely rare cat was captured by one of the strategically situated night cameras.
Read news articleHappy Happy 2011 to all our readers! We hope you and your loved ones welcomed the New Year in style. Here is a glimpse at how 2011 was ushered in all around the world. So grab a cup of hot cocoa, sit back and enjoy the show!
Read news articleThink you spent too much on your tree this year? Think again - This 42ft. beauty that currently decks the lobby of Abu Dhabi's Emirates Palace Hotel is estimated to be worth an astonishing $11 million USD.
Read news articleWhile wheelchair accessibility has come a long way, the world is still largely geared for people who can stand upright. Besides the day-to-day inconvenience, people who are wheelchair bound, also suffer from cardiovascular, respiratory and other health problems.
Read news articleArtists use different mediums to express their creativity. For some its milk bottles, while for others, it's trick photography. San Francisco based photographer and sculptor Liz Hickok's medium of choice? Jell-O -The perfectly moldable gelatin dessert.
Read news articleWhile it may not appear to be so - Thanks to all the equipment and television screens, not to mention the bright lights, constant air-conditioning or heating, gyms are big energy users - kind of ironic when you consider how much energy people expand whilst working out. Though there has been some sporadic attempts to harness the energy, nobody has taken it to the level of Portland-based Green Microgym.
Read news articleWhat do you see when you look around? A blue sky, maybe some birds and even an odd airplane or helicopter? German photographer Lisa Reinmen, saw all that and something else - the letter q, formed by the curve of a lovely courtyard and a narrow street that led to it
Read news articleIt was first seen in 1933 and then 1948, after which it disappeared completely - Now 62 years later, one of the world's rarest creatures - the 'terrible hairy fly' is back.
Read news articleYou think you love animals? We guarantee you not as much as Ha Wenjin, who has given up everything she owned, so that she can look after all her pets.
Read news articleOregon teens Akash Krishnan and Mathew Fernandez are probably glad they took a break to watch I, Robot, while trying to figure out their project for the Siemens science competition - For that is where they got the inspiration for their brilliant idea, which earned them a cool $100,000 USD at the finals held in Washington D.C., on December 7th, 2010.
Read news articleThe year's best and brightest celestial show, the Geminid Meteor showers is going now - And tomorrow December 13th, is when the fireballs will be at their highest intensity. The best part? They can be seen from almost any place on Earth.
Read news articleOn December 17th, the eagerly awaited sequel to Tron hits the theatres, continuing from where it had left off, almost three decades ago. Along with it, comes a frenzy of Tron inspired items that range from expensive jewelry to clothing, to even a Sci-FI suite in this year's rendition of Sweden's Ice Hotel.
Read news articleDesperate times call for desperate measures. With less than 3,000 Giant Pandas left in the wild, researchers in China are doing everything they can, to ensure that the cuddly mammal does not disappear altogether - Including, posing as Pandas themselves!
Read news articleHawthorne, California based space rocket developer Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX), made history on December 8th, for not only successfully launching the first privately funded Spacecraft into Space, but also, guiding it back down to Earth safely.
Read news articleOn December 6th, a copy of James Audubon's 'Birds of America' sold at a Sothebys auction for $11.5mm USD, making it the world's most expensive printed book. The book was snatched up by British book collector Michael Tollemache, who described his expensive acquisition as 'priceless'.
Read news articleThe process of manufacturing Solar cells sounds not only complicated, but frankly speaking, quite boring - Unless of course you happen to know Canadian Scientist Blake Farrow's method, using powdered donuts and tea!
Read news articleThe human race has been obsessed with finding alien life for centuries. Turns out, they may actually exist - not in the planets far beyond, but right here on Earth. And the discovery was made by none other than the smart scientists of NASA, who announced their big news amidst much fanfare, at a press conference held in Washington D.C. on December 2nd.
Read news articleOn December 2, 2010, FIFA president Sepp Blatter stunned the world with the announcement of the 2018 and 2022 World Cup Hosts - Russia and Qatar.
Read news articleSondra Lowell has always wanted to make movies - However, when she took filmmaking classes at UCLA, her teachers claimed that her scripts were really really boring - So bad that it had them yawning within the first two paragraphs. This did not deter the filmmaker - She just decided to make movies of a different kind - Those that put people to sleep!
Read news articleAfter studying the Universe for hundreds of years, one would think we would at least have an accurate count of the stars - Turns out that we are grossly off. At least that's the conclusion reached by two Yale scientists, who claim that we may have underestimated the number of twinklers, by as much as, two-thirds.
Read news articleNorth Carolina resident Jonathan Trappe made history in May, when he became the first cluster balloonist to fly across the English Channel. On November 19th, the daredevil was back at it, this time conquering the skies of Mexico, in celebration of its bicentennial independence anniversary from Spain.
Read news articleLove Love, a 21.3 feet long motor boat seems to create anxiety wherever it heads - Concerned citizens, coastguards and even the police are always coming to its rescue. That's because the cleverly designed boat always appears to be on the brink of sinking, taking its owner along with it, to a watery grave.
Read news articleChess-playing computers are not a new idea. The holy grail of programmers ever since computers were invented, they first made headlines in 1997, when IBM's Big Blue defeated the then world champion, Garry Kasparov. However, there have been none that actually sit across their opponents and make their moves just like humans, until now - Introducing the 'Chess Terminator', the first robot chess player that thinks and acts like a human (almost).
Read news articleNASA's Cassini Spacecraft, which has been orbiting Saturn for over five years, has not only sent back amazing pictures, but also, exciting discoveries about the ringed planet. Just a few months back, the spacecraft found evidence of alien life on Titan, Saturn's largest moon and now, it seems that Rhea, its second largest moon has an atmosphere similar to that of Earth.
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