History & Mystery
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A Probe into the World of Greco-Roman Sex
A naughty bathroom secret. A deep longing to do lecherous things to someone or something that perhaps you shouldn’t (or should you?). Such wanton behaviour can provide a fascinating insight into the carnal cosmos, as Vicki Leon recently discovered upon peering into the ancient window of Greco-Roman sex. The 70-year-old author, who says she wished…
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Disappearances of Los Roques in Venezuela
Los Roques in Venezuela is an archipelago of around 350 islands attached to pristine coral reefs that bathe in translucent water. Here the sand is first-grade quartz, the bird life is prolific, and the water is home to some of the finest quality snorkelling, diving and swimming on the planet. However, despite all this, the…
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Scottish Dialect Vanishes On Black Isle
Life blooms and withers, making way for breath anew. And so it is in a far northern Scottish town on the tip of the country’s Black Isle, where a Scottish dialect once full of vigor has waned and vanished. In the fishing village of Cromarty, 280 kilometres north of Edinburgh, the traditional North Northern Scots…
Latest
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Freak Thunderbolt Kills Over 300 Reindeer in Norway
In perhaps the most frightening display of caribou collapse to date, 323 unsuspecting reindeer were fatally struck by lightning on the mountain plateau of Hardangervidda in Oslo, Norway, last month. Norwegian officials surmised a freak storm discharged an inordinately large thunderbolt that interacted with earth and water, resulting in roasted reindeer ruin. Anton Krag, zoologist…
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Inky the Octopus Legs it From Aquarium
In a well executed escape, Inky the octopus has done a runner from the National Aquarium in New Zealand. A lovable rogue of a cephalopod, Inky will be sorely missed by both staff and visitors. The search of the aquarium was curtailed after a trail of water was found from his tank to a drain…
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Robotic Rembrandt Unveiled in Amsterdam
Recently an amazing image was unveiled in Amsterdam. The ‘painting’, which was created by data analysts and computer geeks, is titled “the next Rembrandt”. It has been described by some as ‘nice’ but our European correspondent Greg Beers was very impressed. He sent us an enthusiastic message saying “it’s a ripper of a rendering of…
Odd Creatures
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Strange Creatures of the Deep Sea
In a tumbling Jules Verne-esque adventure, a “lost world” of strange creatures, scalding hot temperatures and sheer darkness has been discovered by robotic vehicles deep down at the end of the Earth. The vehicles were deployed by researchers to explore the East Scotia Ridge, located roughly two-and-a-half kilometres beneath the Southern Ocean, midway between Antarctica…
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Research on AIDS Leaves Cats Glowing Green
An unusually bright idea to stop one of the world’s deadliest diseases has seen scientists inject feline embryos with monkey and jellyfish genes, creating fluorescent green cats in a glowing world first. Aimed at arresting the spread of HIV and FIV (Feline Immunodeficiency Virus), or AIDS in cats, scientists have inserted genes from the Rhesus…
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Mythical Giant Herring Discovered in Sweden
A rare and ancient giant Herring, measuring close to 12 feet long, was found dead near a small fishing village on Sweden’s west coast. Also known as the ‘giant oarfish’, the King of Herrings is the world’s longest bony fish, with specimens known to reach a whopping 12 metres in length. A remarkably rare species,…
Foxes
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Eastern Suburbs Bird Killer Outfoxes Again!
Birds lucky enough to reside as pets in Sydney’s affluent eastern suburbs have very little to worry about on the whole. Unlike many of their cousins, who invariably end up on some stranger’s dinner plate, the life of these fortunate flappers is somewhat akin to a Beverly Hills poodle. Pretty darn good. However, this was…
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Fox Evicted From Tallest Building in London
Residing at the top of the tallest building in London is a luxury outside the means of many, but not, it seems, for a six month old red fox, who revelled in his city fantasy for an entire fortnight before being evicted. Dubbed ‘Romeo’ by his rescuers, this enterprising young fox coasted through the front…
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Revenge of the Fox
The comely appearance of the sharp-witted fox has thrust it into the spotlight, in a world where it would be better off hidden. For the fox likes to steal, and up the stakes for good sport. It also knows it’s easier to steal than hunt when the going gets tough. This provides for a good…
The Moon
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Dark Mysteries Of The Moon
The moon has long intrigued the human race, with its nightly glow emanating arcane mysteries that span deep into Earth’s history. Ancient cultures have personified this great orb of night as a deity or other supernatural phenomenon, while philosophers Aristotle and Pliny the Elder believed it produced irrationality and insanity in the susceptible. This, they…
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Japanese Robots to Link The Sun and Moon to Save Mankind
With the devastation inflicted on Japan and its Fukushima reactor earlier this year, confidence in nuclear energy has taken a tumble worldwide. And with Germany recently withdrawing all support for nuclear power, Japan has decided it’s high time for some crafty innovation. Innovate they have, for in a move suggestive of a colossal science fiction…
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A Wishing Well Robbed By the Light of a Full Moon
Springing from European folklore, a wishing well is historically a sacred place, where the life giving body of water could house one’s dreams and grant them true. Well guardians would protect the healing powers of water before bestowing its magic upon a fortunate contributor, manifesting the reality of a thought after the drop of a…
Golden Tales
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Drought Forces Texan Town Into Drinking Urine
In a hygienically hair-raising endeavour, a Texan town is set to use recycled urine in its water supply after the state’s third worst drought in recorded history has humbled its historically tough citizens. Aptly named ‘Big Springs’, the town of 27,000 residents is already experiencing a 20% cutback on water usage, as low reservoir levels…
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Urine Therapy – A Collection of Golden Tales
Restricted to the confined spaces of civilised society, urine is typically scorned in public, while its colour, generally a pale yellow, is associated with disease and cowardly behaviour. In fact, most choose not to talk of this undervalued golden fellow, unless it is the subject of some crude and tasteless joke. However this seems rather…
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Ancient Animal Urine Shines Light on Climate Change
In a desperate bid to gauge African climate patterns, English scientists have leapt to the wild savannas with angle grinders to saw off shards of age old crystallized animal urine. The small hairy hyrax, a relative of the graceful elephant, has been known to frequent specific locations to relieve itself, intergenerationally, over thousands of years.…