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Man Mauled by Tiger After Monorail Cage Jump
Gliding over 16 hectares of wildlife at the Bronx Zoo, the aptly named Wild Asia Monorail was the scene of maniacal enthusiasm last Friday. As one passenger leapt over a five metre fence into a tiger den, only to be mauled by tiger resident Bachuta. Motivated to “be at one with the tiger”, 25-year-old David…
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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…
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Scientists Create ‘the Spider-Goat’ to Farm Silk
In a blasphemous slight on creationism, scientists have combined spider and goat genes to produce the ‘spider-goat‘, an unorthodox creature that fires silky milk from its udders. The bizarre billy hails from Utah State University, where genetics professor Randy Lewis and his team took the silk gene from an orb-weaver spider and placed it in…
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Mind Upload – Enter The Matrix
Ever wanted a black belt in Judo, to speak fluent Spanish and French, or to become the greatest thumb wrestler the world has ever known? If you have, but lacked the discipline to achieve such lofty goals, there might be hope for you yet. For according to scientists, acquiring such skills may soon involve nothing…
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The Blind Restaurant Heads West
While going out to dinner often brings new experiences, for most, the evening nearly always involves engaging with one’s visual surroundings. Not so in French restaurant chain Dans Le Noir, where patrons head out for an experience of groping, wine spilling, and “surprise” meals in sheer darkness. Here you’ll be served by blind waiters and…
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The Adventures of Phoenix Jones, Superhero of Seattle
Amidst Seattle’s bright lights, dark alleys and confused citizens, walks a man dressed in a mask and a dragon skin bulletproof vest with stab plating, who calls himself Phoenix Jones. A self-proclaimed crime fighter who strives to “protect the city”, Jones heads a ten-member costume vigilante squad known as the Rain City Superhero Movement, who’s…
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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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FBI Reopens Coldest of Unsolved Crime Cases
Despite almost defaulting on its debt, a brazen U.S Government is persevering with costly endeavours that delve deep into the unknown. As just this week, NASA sent a solar powered space craft to Jupiter, while the FBI reopened a very cold case involving the only unsolved hijacking in American aviation history. For on the day…
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Barbie Dolls Accused of Rainforest Destruction
In a boldfaced, blustering campaign for rainforest protection, members of renown environmental NGO Greenpeace have taken to abseiling in one of the world’s largest cities, dressed in iconic toy fashion apparel. Activists masquerading as Ken dolls abseiled down the side of Mattel’s LA headquarters, the manufacturer of Barbie products, after claiming the company directly contributes…
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Grape Celibacy Leaves Wine Lovers in a Pickle
The great pleasures in life. To some, this may be throwing yourself off a cliff, playing the bagpipes through an amplifier, or sunning on the deckchair with your Cocker Spaniel. Then there are the intrinsic pleasures, the ones that life would be considered cruel without – food, sex and alcohol. But what if one of…
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Pac-Man & Pinball Games That Use Living Organisms
Skimming the frontier of bioethics, in what could be described as a tawdry biological game show, scientists have developed classic games such as pinball into ‘Biotic Pinball PONG DONG’ – using live organisms in a world first. In single-celled ‘Tron’ style, Stamford researcher Ingmar Reidel-Kruse has developed the “biotic games” to encourage the public to…
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The Art of Healing in the 21st Century
In a world exploding with human activity, resources are becoming increasingly strained, competition is high, and time is short. Citizens of the great industrialised nations are feeling the pinch – lost, saddened, hurried, driven by financial lust, and disconnected from the rhythm of their hearts. And with floundering mental health resources and the proliferation of…
