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…
Asia
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Robot Restaurant – Where Robots Cook, Serve and Sing
With the world being inundated with culinary choices, many are turning to more novel dining experiences to whet the appetite. Pitch-black restaurants with blind waiters, ice restaurants where patrons dine in frozen caves, and now a robot restaurant, where the cooking, ushering and in-house singing is performed by machines. Located in Harbin, in China’s Heilongjiang…
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Female Robots add Feist to Japanese Cabaret
Winking and waving their way around Tokyo’s red light district are four ginormous sexy female robots, who are the latest addition to the galactic style cabaret on show in the city’s Robot Restaurant. Towering at 3.6 metres high and operated by bikini clad girls, the robots are donned in sexy warrior apparel and perform a…
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Quadruple Amputee Swims from US to Asia
On the final stretch of his continent linking swim, Philippe Croizon, a quadruple amputee, swam from North America to Asia last Friday in torso torturing temperatures. Donned in two wetsuits and paddle-like prosthetics, the 44-year-old Frenchman braved 8 foot swells, heavy fog and strong currents to swim the four kilometres in around an hour and…
Environment
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Second Spring Throws English Nature into Confusion
It appears English nature has had quite enough of the same old song, and has decided it’s high time to blend some late autumn hues with the colourful beats of summer. Dragonflies are naughtily running amok, and spring flowers are vying for the party to go on, all while gaudy trinkets and Santa hats are…
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Huge Subterranean ‘River’ Found 4km Beneath the Amazon
The Amazon is seen by many as a far removed place, almost mythical in stature. Besides containing the largest and most biologically diverse rainforest in the world, its mighty river is of legendary status. Pumping out more volume of water than the world’s seven greatest rivers combined, the power of the Amazon River is unrivalled.…
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The End of The Willow Trees
Coming from the cold and temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, the great willow tree has left many an impression on those who’ve passed under its shade. Authors such as Tolkien and Hans Christian Anderson have written of its magic, while in witchcraft, the willow is known as one of the nine sacred trees. In…
Science
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The Largest Prime Number and Other Prime Mysteries
Ever since Greek geometer Euclid proved there were an infinite amount of prime numbers around 300 BC, mathematicians have been searching for the largest prime number ever, or at least one that is infinitely higher than the last. Apart from the fact they simply exist, this ceaseless search for prime numbers (numbers divisible only by one…
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Plastic-Eating Fungus Found in Amazon Brings New Hope
Plastic. It floods the oceans, strangles marine life and sullies our streets. When burnt, it spits out toxic chemicals into the atmosphere in gargantuan quantities, and its petrochemical construction means it doesn’t like to decompose. Yet it is a global addiction, as presently around 100 million tonnes (500,000 whopping blue whales) of the stuff is…
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Scientists Outraged as Party Balloons Cause Helium Shortage
Regarded as needless by the U.S at the end of the 90’s, the world’s helium supply has since largely been blasted up party balloons and into people’s mouths for a bit of light hearted fun. Now, however, scientists regard the world’s dwindling supply as no laughing matter, as helium is increasingly used for medical scanners,…