Elephants took 24 million generations to get to their current size, a study has shown.
Skin cells have been converted directly into cells which develop into the main components of the brain, by researchers studying mice in California. The experiment, reported in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, skipped the middle "stem cell" stage in the process. …
The Girl From Ipanema has put on a few pounds, and for many sunbathers on Brazil's beaches the country's iconic itsy-bitsy, teeny-weeny bikini just doesn't suffice anymore. A growing number of bikini manufacturers have woken up to Brazil's thickening waistline and are reaching …
A 13-month old Israeli toddler chewed the head off a snake.
A 10-year-old boy was apprehended by police on Thursday after taking his father's car and trying to drive it to school when he missed the bus.
A woman in Hässelby in western Stockholm was dragged for nearly 10 metres under her own car after she managed run herself over on Friday morning in what police believe was a failed attempt to deal with some apparent engine trouble.
Male house mice are able to sing melodic songs to attract female partners, scientists have discovered.
A US jury has awarded a man $22m (£12m) after he was kept in solitary confinement without trial for nearly two years over an alleged drink driving offence. Stephen Slevin, 58, was arrested in August 2005 in Dona Ana County, New Mexico. He was charged with possession of …
A young British female guitarist, who shot to internet fame for her part in covering a Metallica song, has become instant hit online for a second time after releasing an impressive follow up video.
A Bavarian auctioneer who priced the world’s most expensive rug at €900 has escaped paying damages to its former owner. The woman sued the Augsburg auction house after her rug reached €7.2 million at a Christie’s auction in 2011.
Membranes based on the "miracle material" graphene can be used to distil alcohol, according to a new study in Science journal. An international team created the membrane from graphene oxide - a chemical derivative of graphene. They have shown that the membrane blocks the pass …
Medics managed to save him after a rare condition drained his body of virtually every drop while in the womb. Initially doctors feared the baby had been born stillborn as they were unable to find a heartbeat for 25 minutes. But after being given oxygen, gentle heart massage a …
Criminal charges have been filed against a policeman in the eastern German state of Saxony-Anhalt who allegedly drove patrol cars for more than 20 years without a proper driver's license, officials have revealed.
Imagine having the feeling that tiny bugs are crawling on your body, that you have oozing sores and mysterious fibers sprouting from your skin.
A social welfare office in Dublin has banned interviewees from wearing pyjamas. A notice has appeared at Damastown social welfare office which warns claimants that "pyjamas are not regarded as appropriate attire when attending Community Welfare Service at these offices".
Scott, 52, "lost his mind" and slammed into cars and buildings after children on the street called him a "fat b******", made V-signs and shouted "how fat is your wife?". He lurched towards them and lost control of his vehicle in Carshalton High Street, Sutton, south London, ca …
The Hiriko folding electric car is set to be launched this week before going into production next year.
When a demolition team began work at a derelict Victorian guest house they all agreed that something didn't feel quite right. One day, they claimed, a chandelier suddenly started swinging on its own, which understandably left the burly builders feeling slightly unsettled. But …
TV chef was disgusted to discover ammonium hydroxide was being used by McDonald's to convert fatty beef offcuts into a beef filler for burgers 'Why would any sensible human being want to put ammonia-filled meat into their children's mouths? asked Jamie Oliver McDonald's denie …
A 45-year old Asian elephant in Amsterdam's Artis Zoo has become the first in Europe to be fitted with a contact lens.
It was supposed to be simple email: But after a German parliament staffer's missive accidentally was sent to thousands of her colleagues, their responses overloaded Bundestag computers on Wednesday.
Police believe people who stole safe from youth hostel in ski resort used snowboard to transport it away
Emergency crews were called to a hotel in central Sweden on Wednesday morning to help free an employee who had become trapped behind a bed following a staff party.
Two buildings - one nearly 20 storeys high - have collapsed in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, filling streets with masonry and covering cars with debris. Officials say up to 11 people are believed to be inside the buildings and five people have been rescued. The cause of the collaps …
As stories go, this one is gonna take some topping... When seven-year-old Rita Lawlor couldn't wake her mother up, she did what many have probably never thought of doing. She slapped her with a slice of pizza.
The cute black cat in the bowl looks like my cat, Pumpkin. The avatar alone interested me, but I also enjoyed reading your articles and posts and like that you have a sense of humor. You seem to like animals, as do I, so thought I'd stop here and say hi. :)
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I've been reading some of your seeds and articles and really like them but I have to tell you that when I see the picture of the cat in the bowl I am reminded of a Japanese video of three cats laying sleeping in bowls. There is three minuets of music and the cats moving from bowl to bowl sometimes all in the same bowl.
But anyway I am putting you on my watch list so I can read more of your articles. See you on the vine!
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Elephants took 24 million generations to get to their current size, a study has shown.
Skin cells have been converted directly into cells which develop into the main components of the brain, by researchers studying mice in California. The experiment, reported in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, skipped the middle "stem cell" stage in the process. …
The Girl From Ipanema has put on a few pounds, and for many sunbathers on Brazil's beaches the country's iconic itsy-bitsy, teeny-weeny bikini just doesn't suffice anymore. A growing number of bikini manufacturers have woken up to Brazil's thickening waistline and are reaching …
A 13-month old Israeli toddler chewed the head off a snake.
A 10-year-old boy was apprehended by police on Thursday after taking his father's car and trying to drive it to school when he missed the bus.
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