The World And Beyond

World's first flying car

2008-12-18T09:16:00.000-05:00

Barack Obama, as you've never seen him before

2008-12-18T09:13:00.000-05:00

The ultimate boys' toy

2008-12-17T10:35:00.000-05:00

Incredible Saves

2008-11-25T13:14:00.001-05:00

Banks, Seaman, Montgomery, Coupet and HiguitaTim Howard's wonder save for Everton against Wigan might not have been enough to earn a point but it gave Toffees' fans something to talk about on the short trip home.Former Manchester United keeper Howard had a microsecond to respond to Paul Scharner's point-blank bullet header and somehow kept the ball out.TV and radio commentators rightly hailed it

The robot that can pull faces just like a human being

2008-11-15T20:08:00.002-05:00

Scientists have created the first 'humanoid' robot that can mimic the facial expressions and lip movements of a human being.'Jules' - a disembodied androgynous robotic head - can automatically copy the movements, which are picked up by a video camera and mapped on to the tiny electronic motors in his skin.It can grin and grimace, furrow its brow and 'speak' as his software translates real

My big fat Mexican wedding: Half-tonne man gets married... after being taken to the church in a custom-made truck

2008-10-27T23:12:00.001-05:00

It was Manuel Uribe's dream to walk to the altar on his wedding day. But the 48-stone record breaker decided love couldn't wait for him to shed the pounds. Enlarge Happiest day of his life: Half-Tonne Man, Manuel Uribe, arrives at his wedding in his customised bed The 43-year-old, ranked the heaviest man alive by the Guinness Book of Records, married his girlfriend of two years, Claudia

Pictured: The Cave of Crystals discovered 1,000ft below a Mexican desert

2008-10-27T23:05:00.000-05:00

Until you notice the orange-suited men clambering around, it's hard to grasp the extraordinary scale of this underground crystal forest. Nearly 1,000 feet below the Chihuahua Desert in Mexico, this cave was discovered by two brothers drilling in the Naica lead and silver mine. It is an eerie sight.Up to 170 giant, luminous obelisks - the biggest is 37.4 feet long and the equivalent height of six

The amazing pictures of a giant spider eating a bird

2008-10-24T19:12:00.000-05:00

If anyone doubted the existence of bird-eating spiders - often depicted in horror movies set in the jungles of South America - the proof is in these amazing photos from Australia.A huge spider has been photographed tucking into a hapless bird which became entangled in its web - in a family's back garden!The pictures were taken earlier this week as the Golden Orb Weaver spider joined the list of

No sex is secret to long life, says 105-year-old Clara, Britain's oldest virgin

2008-10-09T23:20:00.000-05:00

Over the years many a centenarian has delivered their secret for a long life.Not smoking, daily exercise, moderate drinking, being married (and sometimes not being married) have all had their champions. But, at the ripe old age of 105, Clara Meadmore could trump the lot: a life of celibacy.Miss Meadmore says she has always been too busy for relationships and thought of physical intimacy as a '

Stone Artist Defies Gravity

2008-09-24T16:21:00.000-05:00

A-stone-ishing: The artist who balances heavy rocks on top of each otherYou probably wouldn't want to challenge Bill Dan to a game of Jenga if your life depended on it, as he claims to be a master of balancing things.The performance artists insists his skill is genuine but some people believe his work could be fake.Dan has been wowing the crowds in San Francisco Bay since 1994 with his stunning

The robotic dog that could revolutionise the military

2008-09-09T16:10:00.005-05:00

A robot dog that runs, climbs rough terrain and carries heavy loads has become an internet sensation after video footage attracted millions of viewers.BigDog was created by engineering company Boston Dynamics for the American military. The robot, which is the size of a large dog, is powered by a gasoline engine that drives its hydraulic system.In trials the intrepid hound was able to run at 4 mph

Big Bang Experiement

2008-09-09T15:59:00.000-05:00

Experts around the world are eagerly awaiting the switch on of the world's biggest scientific experiment, and none more so than Professor Stephen Hawking.The £5billion Large Hadron Collider aims to recreate the conditions moments after the Big Bang that created the universe. It could offer Professor Hawking his best chance so far of winning a Nobel prize if it confirms his theory that black holes

City of the future: The giant glass pyramid that could house one million people

2008-09-03T22:38:00.000-05:00

With its sharp angles and its glass walls shimmering in the sunlight it looks like a piece of modern art.But this innovative design is actually a blueprint for the city of the future - a giant glass pyramid that could house up to one million people.The development, named the 'Ziggurat', will be self sufficient and carbon neutral with power being supplied by wind turbines. No cars will be allowed

The 200mph sports car that will get you to Venice and back on just one tank

2008-08-27T13:31:00.000-05:00

This sleek machine is being hailed as the future of high-performance, eco-friendly motoring. With an engine that runs on pure biodiesel, the Trident Iceni can do 2,000 miles on one tank of fuel - enough for a return trip to Venice from London. Capable of topping 200mph, the car has been designed and manufactured by Phil Bevan, of Norwich-based firm Trident Performance Vehicles. Impressive:

Pictured: A majestic rare albino whale shark graces the ocean

2008-08-27T13:27:00.001-05:00

Sometimes, Nature puts on a show that leaves Man awestruck. And these spectacular displays by two denizens of the deep left all who saw them beguiled by their grace and beauty. Divers were stunned by the sight of a 33ft albino whale shark as it glided through the waters off the coast of Darwin, an island in the Galapagos group. Enlarge Close and personal: The rare creatures are known

World's oldest man dies at the age of 138

2008-08-21T10:35:00.000-05:00

A great-grand father believed to be the world's oldest man has died at the age of 138.Habib Mian passed away early yesterday morning after a brief illness at his home in the Alwar district, Rajasthan, India.According to records Habib was born on May 28, 1870. The grand old man was a witness to the life and times of two kings of Jaipur, the dominance of the British Raj and the decades after the

Lightning Bolt joins Olympic sprint doubles club after blitzing the Beijing 200m field

2008-08-20T10:42:00.000-05:00

Usain Bolt joined an exclusive club when he stormed to victory in the 200 metres final at the Bird's Nest in a new world record time of 19.30 seconds.The 21-year-old Jamaican became just the ninth man in modern Olympic history to complete the 100m and 200m sprint double.He is the first man since Carl Lewis at Los Angeles in 1984 to complete the feat.Bolt, who casually shaved 0.03 seconds off his

Zimbabwe official inflation rate leaps to 11,200,000% ... but the real level could be 20,000,000%

2008-08-19T10:09:00.000-05:00

Zimbabwe's inflation rate has soared by 9 million per cent to 11.2 million in just three months, the country's Central Statistical Office revealed today.Prices have has surged from 2.2 million per cent recorded in May, despite new government controls.Zimbabwe's finance minister, Samuel Mumbengegwi, confirmed the new figure but insisted other countries in the region were also suffering.He said: '

World's oldest mother, 70, is pleased at male heir but declares daughter 'a burden'

2008-08-17T15:50:00.000-05:00

The world's oldest mum, who gave birth to twins at 70 after IVF, proudly showed off her son, then admitted: 'Now I've got another daughter to feed too.' Omkari Panwar, and her husband Charan Singh Panwar, 77, underwent IVF all for the sake of producing a male heir to take over the family's smallholdings.The elderly Indian couple, who already have two daughters in their thirties, and five

The world is left gasping as Usain bolts into history

2008-08-16T14:45:00.001-05:00

Usain Bolt, from the parish of Trelawny in the county of Cornwall on the island of Jamaica, last night entered the company of the immortals. In the course of 9.69 seconds, he destroyed a world record, secured an Olympic title and sent waves of disbelief crashing through the sporting universe. The statistics told a stunning story, since that improbable time removed three-hundredths of a second

Why does the weasel go pop? - the secret meaning of our best-loved nursery rhymes

2008-08-15T23:06:00.000-05:00

Humpty Dumpty Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall,Humpty Dumpty had a great fall; All the king's horses and all the king's men Couldn't put Humpty together again The real Humpty Dumpty was not a person but a powerful cannon used by the Royalist forces during the English Civil War of 1642 to 1651.Sir Charles Lucas and Sir George Lisle led the King's men and overpowered the Parliament stronghold of

Banging walls and shouting obscenities... How a couple's rowdy sex sessions made their neighbours' lives hell

2008-08-09T09:05:00.001-05:00

A couple kept their neighbours awake all night with marathon sex sessions so loud that one of them ended up in court.The bedroom behaviour of Kerry Norris, an unemployed mother-of-one, disrupted her neighbours' lives for two and a half years, magistrates heard.Norris, 29, was yesterday fined after having all-night sessions with boyfriend Adam Hinton at their one-bedroom flat in Brighton, East

Zimbabweans play the zero game

2008-07-24T11:58:00.000-05:00

Quadrillion, quintillion, sextillion - crazy numbers with lots of zeros, that independent Zimbabwean economist John Robertson found himself chewing over with colleagues in the capital Harare this week. In January, the bank introduced a Z$10m note The financial throes of the country are now so severe, that some people are

World's Biggest Stingray

2008-07-24T11:45:00.000-05:00

Quest to find the world's biggest freshwater fish lands a 6-foot stingray... a mere tiddler!At six feet wide, this stingray seems to measure up as a monster of the deep.But if you think it's the king of the stingers, think again.Legend has it that in the rivers of Cambodia there are others with wingspans of 14 feet. One that didn't get away: Biologist Zeb Hogan is dwarfed by the giant stingray

Pictured: The world's most intelligent fish - he plays football, basketball and even limbo dances

2008-05-05T21:14:00.001-05:00

Introducing the world's most intelligent fish - he can play football, basketball and even limbo dance under a bar. Comet the goldfish has been trained by his owner to perform the astonishing range of aquatic activities on demand. And that's not all - watery genius can also play fetch with a hoop, slalom around a series of poles and push a rugby ball over a set of posts. Swam dunk: Comet

Heavenly! Face of Jesus appears on cider bottle to amazement of pub drinkers

2008-05-02T07:35:00.000-05:00

It may have been made from the Forbidden Fruit but for those with a religious devotion to cider, there now appears to be an Almighty reason to worship the drink. For when Michael Cartwright, 35, studied his bottle, he noticed that in its foil wrapping was an uncanny image of Jesus Christ – even down to the crown of thorns. "When I saw the face I got goose pimples," Mr Cartwright said yesterday.

Heavens above! The amazing pictures of the artist who 'falls' from skyscrapers

2008-05-01T08:26:00.002-05:00

Dangling horizontally out of a skyscraper, this hovering figure looks set to fall to his doom. But this "jumper" hasn't just lost it all on a game of chance - this is performance art with a difference. Chinese artist Li Wei has produced an unsettling series of self-portraits involving his face reflected in mirrors in public places, and photographs of himself crashing into walls and

Teenage inventor takes the world's first 'unicycle' motorbike for a spin

2008-05-01T08:26:00.001-05:00

A young inventor has created a motorbike with a twist – it uses two wheels but they are positioned right next to each other, giving it the illusion of being a powered unicycle. Ben Gulak, 18, from Toronto, Canada, named his creation the Uno and the vehicle, which looks like half a motorbike, works like a Segway. It's powered by electricity using wheelchair motors and gyroscopic technology to

The amazing 'pixie dust' made from pig's bladder that re-grew a severed finger in FOUR weeks

2008-05-01T08:26:00.000-05:00

Scientists are claiming an amazing breakthrough - regrowing a man's severed finger with the aid of an experimental powder. Four weeks after Lee Spievack sliced almost half an inch off the top of one of his fingers, he said it had grown back to its original length. Four months later it looked like any other finger, complete with "great feeling", a fingernail and fingerprint.

Electric nail files and laser guided scissors?

2008-04-30T08:01:00.001-05:00

They probably seemed like a good idea at the time - laser-guided scissors to help you cut in a perfect straight line. But the genius who thought of them will be sad to learn that they have just been voted among the most pointless household gadgets ever. As hundreds of shoppers questioned in a survey pointed out, the scissors cannot help those with unsteady hands - the laser is attached to the

Scientists defrost giant squid with 10.8 inch eyes

2008-04-30T08:01:00.000-05:00

A super-rare colossal squid caught off Antarctica has the biggest eyes in the world, scientists said today - larger than a dinner plate and used for hunting down its prey. One of the squid's two eyes, 10.8 inches across and with a lens as big as an orange, has been found intact by the marine scientists who are slowly defrosting the vast creature. Its carcass has been preserved at New Zealand's

Father raped daughter for 24 yrs

2008-04-28T08:54:00.005-05:00

A 73-year-old man has confessed to holding his daughter captive in his cellar for nearly 24 years and fathering seven children by her, it was revealed today. Josef Fritzl is said to have told Austrian police he imprisoned his daughter, Elisabeth, for more than two decades and raped her repeatedly. "He has now said that he locked up his daughter for 24 years and that he alone fathered her seven

Bionic eye implants make blind 'see again'

2008-04-21T16:23:00.001-05:00

Two blind patients have been able to see their families again after Britain's first "bionic" eye operations. The surgery gives new hope to sufferers of diseases affecting the retina for which there is no cure. Surgeons at Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, carried out successful operations to implant an artificial retinal device into the eyes of two blind patients as part of a European-wide

Enthusiast spends years building 30ft dream boat - but it is now too big to take out of garden

2008-04-16T23:43:00.004-05:00

A man who built a home-made boat in his back garden over five years was left scratching his head after discovering he'd made it too big for him to get it out. Trained engineer, John Melling, started building the 30-feet Trimaran yacht at the bottom of his back garden five years ago - but it has now outgrown its home and is proving a problem to move. Mr Melling, who works as a financial adviser,

Huge Cruise Ship To Be Built.

2008-04-16T23:26:00.004-05:00

The world's biggest cruise liner is to have a New York-style "Central Park" on the ship, its owners have revealed. Royal Caribbean is building the 220,000-tonne liner with the working name Project Genesis and the announcement is the latest salvo in the intensely competitive global cruise market. The company said the park would be "a revolutionary design in which the centre of the ship opens to

The world's fattest man

2008-04-02T09:56:00.005-05:00

The world's fattest man has shed half his body weight - losing a staggering 40 stone by going on a low-carb diet. Manuel Uribe tipped the scales at a whopping 89.8 stone after a 14-year junk food binge. The 42-year-old former mechanic, who has been bedridden for six years, stuffed his face with burgers, pizzas and fizzy drinks. At his heaviest he suffered from lesions and sores on his legs

Obese Mom And Son Found Dead

2007-11-15T18:01:00.000-05:00

November 15, 2007 -- A morbidly obese woman was found dead in her Staten Island apartment - sprawled in front of her open refrigerator - with the body of her overweight son in the next room. The mom and son - both of whom had been ill - are believed to have died of natural causes. The decomposed bodies of Doris Newsome, 63, and Martin Newsome, 34, were found in their Silver Lake home Tuesday

Indonesian Man Transforms Into A Tree

2007-11-15T17:44:00.000-05:00

It has come to my attention that an Indonesian man is suffering from a rare condition under which roots grow from his extremities. He'll be coming to the United States for treatment shortly. As soon as i find out more i will post it for everyone. If you hear/learn more about this rear disease you may poost the link(s) in the comment section.

Jamacian Potholes or Craters

2007-10-22T22:57:00.000-05:00

Jamaica a wonderful and blessed country, has many problems just like anywhere else in the world.And one of these such problems is our roads or lack of good roads for that matter. Driving on a typical Jamaican road is no easy task, one must drive with caution, tenaciousness and dexterity to avoid any damage to ones vehicle. With the former government (PNP) placing so much emphasis on roads you

Some Info On Cash Plus

2007-10-20T08:18:00.000-05:00

Olint operates from the Turks and Caicos Islands and its investment club, so troubling to some of those like letter writer 'RUTTE GINPEBN' (who wrote letter to the Business Observer weeks ago and who is, in reality, a well-known Jamaican businessman who has friends in high places), has not only survived after the raid; it has grown by leaps and bounds. The financial sector in Jamaica had sworn

China plans 'largest gene bank

2007-10-20T08:08:00.000-05:00

With China's National Day holidays out of the way, students in Taizhou, Jiangsu, are returning to their voluntary duties of collecting genetic data from the city's willing citizens. Volunteers and sample donors will contribute to what project organisers claim could become the world's largest genetic databank. Launched in June, it already holds samples from 10,000 people, only a minute

Hole in Ozone Layer Shrinks 30 Percent

2007-10-19T20:26:00.000-05:00

The gaping hole in Earth's ozone layer has shrunk 30 percent in size compared to last year, according to new measurements made by the European Space Agency's Envisat satellite. The ozone layer loses about 0.3 percent of its mass annually, yet fluctuates in its thinness through the year. The region of extremely reduced ozone above Antarctica, popularly known as a "hole," generally peaks in size

Elephants Run From Bees

2007-10-19T20:25:00.000-05:00

lephants are the largest beasts alive on land today. Yet these goliaths are afraid of bees, researchers have discovered. The giants flee when they hear the buzz of a bee swarm. Their fear could be used to help protect them. The researchers figure strategically placed beehives might serve as low-tech elephant deterrents, to reduce conflicts between man and beast that often lead to the pachyderms

Women Prefer Men Who Look Like Dad

2007-10-19T20:14:00.000-05:00

The type of man who makes a woman’s heart flutter has a lot to do with whether she was a daddy’s girl, according to a new study. Women who got along well with their dads as kids are attracted to men who resemble their fathers, whereas women who had a bad father-daughter relationship do not. Lynda Boothroyd, a psychologist at Durham University in England, and her colleagues at the University

Palm Lowers The Bar On Smart Phone Prices

2007-10-19T20:12:00.000-05:00

Until recently, if you wanted a smart phone, you had to shell out at least $200 for a Palm Treo or BlackBerry or as much as $399 for an Apple iPhone (assuming you weren't one of those early adopters who paid $600 for an iPhone). But the new Palm Centro, which is just becoming available, breaks the price barrier at $99 with a two-year service contract from Sprint.After taking the Centro for a test

Britain To Recruit Gamers For Spy Jobs

2007-10-19T20:11:00.000-05:00

British intelligence agency is seeking spies in cyberspace.GCHQ, the surveillance arm of British intelligence, said Thursday it hopes to attract computer-savvy young recruits by embedding job ads within video games such as "Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent."GCHQ, which stands for Government Communications Headquarters, said it was looking to reach "an Internet-savvy generation of graduate

Man Walks In With Rolex, Out In Cuffs

2007-10-19T20:04:00.000-05:00

A man who walked into a meeting with his probation officer wearing a Rolex watch ended up sporting handcuffs. Victor Lopez, 32, was arrested Tuesday on a probation violation for possessing stolen property and was booked into the Santa Fe County jail, police said.The probation officer grew suspicious when he noticed Lopez wearing the $2,500 watch and called police, Wheeler said."It goes back to

ANTI-APARTHEID REGGAE ICON LUCKY DUBE MURDERED

2007-10-19T20:03:00.000-05:00

Johannesburg, Oct 19 – South African reggae singer Lucky Dube was murdered last night in Johannesburg, in front of his two children. According to the local police, the singer was killed in the suburb of Rosettenville by would-be carjackers. Dube, 43, had just pulled over in his Chrysler when the armed group approached him and shot into the car. His daughter, who was in the car, was

Gayle Leads Jamaica To Victory

2007-10-19T19:55:00.000-05:00

Chris Gayle continues to show the golden touch as captain after guiding West Indies to a one day international series win in England earlier this year. He has now led Jamaica to their first semi final appearance in four years in the Regional Limited Overs tournament.Jamaica chasing 111 runs, defeated West Indies under-19 cricketers by nine wickets at Enmore to chalk up their second consecutive

Windows XP Service Pack 3

2007-10-19T10:54:00.000-05:00

Microsoft is currently cooking the third and last service pack for Windows XP. Released back at the end of 2001, and overhauled in 2004 with the introduction of Service Pack 2, the next refresh for XP is long overdue. Microsoft's own game with Service Pack 3, involving numerous and repeated delays, helped not only XP SP2 to dig in its roots deep enough to provide a consistent inhouse competition

The Best And Worst Movies Of 2007

2007-10-19T10:48:00.000-05:00

Best Reviewed Movies 1. “Ratatouille”2. “Away From Her”3. “Once”4. “Knocked Up”5. “Hot Fuzz”6. “Sicko”7. “The Host”8. “Zodiac”9. “Waitress”10. “The Lookout”Worst Reviewed Movies 1. “Because I Said So”2. “The Number 23″3. “Premonition”4. “The Reaping”5. “Norbit”6. “Perfect Stranger”7. “Happily N’Ever After”8. “Are We Done Yet? ”9. “Code Name: The Cleaner”10. “Hannibal Rising”Not many surprises to

African Woman Protests Racism - Sets Herself On Fire

2007-10-19T10:36:00.000-05:00

The horrifying sight which traumatized shoppers and office workers in the centre of Luxembourg City last week has now been labelled as a protest against racism. The Belgian woman of Congolese origin who set herself alight in the middle of Place d’Armes told witnesses that she was doing it to protest against racism, moments before she carried out the desperate act which has left her in hospital

Rumor: Does Usher Have Anothe Baby Mother

2007-10-19T10:33:00.000-05:00

October 19, 2007. There is a pretty juicy rumor making its way around celebrity circles. Two independent sources have told MediaTakeOut.com that R&B singer Usher is said to be in "legal talks" with a woman claiming to have his child.While we're not able to confirm anything yet, one industry insider told MediaTakeOut.com that she's hearing the R&B great will be named in a

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2007-10-18T19:28:00.000-05:00

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2007-10-18T19:20:00.000-05:00

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Gangs In Jamaica

2007-10-18T18:03:00.000-05:00

Here is another part of Jamaica that grieves me each time i think about it.These documentaries are real and they are not enhanced in anyway. I hope this does not deter anyone from coming to this beautiful country just the same. Here are the links for the videos.The videos are in Four parts.http://youtube.com/watch?v=1csCgxDZb0Q (part 1)http://youtube.com/watch?v=Kw4JjJuQFjo (part 2)http://

About Jamaica

2007-10-18T16:54:00.000-05:00

Good Day,This is for everyone who does not know much about Jamaica and its people.Jamaica was discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1494, Jamaica remained a Spanish colony until captured by the English in 1655. It gained its independence in 1962, and is an important force in the tourism economy and politics of the Caribbean. It's about the size of the U.S. State of Connecticut, and measures