Strange daily news from around the world: May 2013

Tuesday 28 May 2013

Forlorn: A pair of shoes sit in front of an empty armchair and ornaments remain above the fireplace in this abandoned home

Family life frozen in time: Eerie images of the abandoned farm houses where even the beds are still made
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2316987/Photographer-Niki-Feijens-eerie-images-abandoned-farm-houses.html

Teen Burglar Kills Goldfish Because He Didn't Want To Leave Any Witnesses, Cops Say

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/14/teen-burglar-kills-goldfi_n_822845.html

A Bride for the Giant?

http://www.bridportradio.co.uk/bridport-bucky-doo/3890-a-bride-for-the-giant

The Haunted Fence of Tankerton
http://weirdwhitstable.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/the-haunted-fence-of-tankerton.html

Cave paintings in Mexico: Carvings uncovered in Burgos

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-22632301

This 23-Ton, 5.3-Million-Brick X-Wing Is the Biggest Lego Model Ever

http://www.wired.com/underwire/2013/05/largest-lego-x-wing

Mutant roaches evolve to avoid sticky traps
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/mutant-roaches-evolve-to-avoid-sticky-traps-20130524-2k4ru.html

San Diego UFO Photographed Over Historical Edgemoor Barn

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/23/san-diego-ufo_n_3322134.html

Termites swarm Southeast; create buzz on social media

http://news.msn.com/science-technology/termites-swarm-southeast-create-buzz-on-social-media

How it works: The B is controlled by an on-board computer, with a HD video camera in its nose and a design its inventors say can survive most crashes

The remote control toy that could change the way we travel: Car that transforms into a quadcopter revealed - and a FULL SIZE version is on the way

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2332054/The-quadcopter-doubles-road-car-Is-future-transport.html

Models and a proposal of the plan have been submitted to Seattle City Hall's Design Review Board earlier this week for review.

Facebook's 'hacker campus' to take on Apple's spaceship, Google's new Googleplex and Amazon's Biosphere in battle of the hi-tech offices

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2331658/Facebooks-hacker-campus-Apples-spaceship-Googles-new-Googleplex-Amazons-Biosphere-battle-hi-tech-offices.html

Tuesday 14 May 2013

Wall of ice destroys Manitoba homes, cottages

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/story/2013/05/10/mb-ochre-river-beach-ice-wave-homes.html

Mystery Aircraft Frightens Quincy Residents

http://boston.cbslocal.com/2013/05/09/mystery-aircraft-frightens-quincy-residents/#.UY46RbDAA7c.facebook

Maori legend of man-eating bird is true

http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/maori-legend-of-maneating-bird-is-true-1786867.html

NEW REPORT SHOWS THAT BRITAIN IS A NATION OF CANNIBALS

http://www.dailystar.co.uk/posts/view/314223/New-report-shows-that-Britain-is-a-nation-of-cannibals/

Bulldozers were used to extract crushed rock for a road-building project.

Mayan pyramid bulldozed in Belize
http://www.smh.com.au/world/mayan-pyramid-bulldozed-in-belize-20130514-2jjb0.html

Woman Singing Whitney Houston Thrown Off Jet
http://news.sky.com/story/1090343/woman-singing-whitney-houston-thrown-off-jet

UFOs Disabling Nuclear Missiles: Former Senator Says Veterans' Testimony is the "Smoking Gun" Confirming a U.S. Government Cover-up

http://online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20130507-908600.html

Chris Hadfield says Nasa's job is not to 'titillate'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22483934

Plague wiped out Roman Empire

http://www.phenomenica.com/2013/05/plague-wiped-out-roman-empire.html

Richard French, Ex-Air Force Lt. Colonel, 'It Was A UFO And . . . There Were Aliens Aboard It'

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/13/alien-beings-repaired-und_n_3240437.html?utm_hp_ref=weird-news

Monster radiation burst from Sun

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22525233

The pioneering flight, largely controlled by a pilot on the ground, took off from Warton, near Preston in Lancashire, and landed in Inverness.

Welcome to drone air: First passenger plane piloted remotely flies across the UK in pioneering trial

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2324358/Welcome-drone-air-First-passenger-plane-pilot-flies-UK-pioneering-trial.html

The New York eternal flame is found in the Eternal Flame Falls, a small waterfall in the Shale Creek Preserve at the Chestnut Ridge Park in New York

The mystery of New York's eternal flame: Baffled scientists admit they are unsure where the gas that keeps landmark burning comes from

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2323836/The-mystery-New-Yorks-eternal-flame-Scientists-unsure-exactly-gas-produced-flame-burning-coming-from.html

Friday 10 May 2013

Stung to death by bees: climber's body found dangling on rope
http://www.smh.com.au/world/stung-to-death-by-bees-climbers-body-found-dangling-on-rope-20130509-2j8tp.html

Drip: Joe Nagy's nose would not stop running for more than eighteen months. He went to the doctor to be told fluid from his brain was leaking out

Man who thought he just had a runny nose for a year-and-a-half finds out it was really his brain fluid leaking
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2320494/Man-thought-just-runny-nose-year-half-finds-really-brain-fluid-leaking.html

Image Released by NASA Image Credit: NASA

Disc-Shaped UFO Captured Above Earth by Nasa

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/465360/20130507/ufo-sighting-earth-nasa-image-disc-shaped.htm

Bizarre 12 cm-long skeleton baffles scientists and UFO enthusiasts

http://www.phenomenica.com/2013/05/bizarre-12-cm-long-skeleton-baffles-scientists-and-ufo-enthusiasts.html

Honey hue: Esme Haigh from National Museum Scotland holds a 15-20million year old piece of Mexican amber with a wasp

Nature's time capsule: Museum unveils the incredible history of 'Jurassic Park' amber and how it is still helping us learn about the past

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2322324/Natures-time-capsule-Museum-unveils-incredible-history-amber-helping-learn-past.html

Astronauts May Take Emergency Spacewalk to Fix Space Station Leak
http://www.space.com/21066-emergency-spacewalk-space-station-leak.html

Wednesday 8 May 2013

In search for lost world: A Shinkai 6500 manned submersible belonging to the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology probes the seabed off the coast of Rio de Janeiro on April 30.

Sub discovers signs of legendary Atlantis

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/07/national/japanese-submersible-finds-possible-signs-of-legendary-atlantis-off-brazil/#.UYo4V8rm83h

‘Too handsome’ man ‘kicked out’ of Saudi Arabia could be too sexy for Facebook after fan page ‘removed’

http://metro.co.uk/2013/05/08/too-handsome-guy-kicked-out-of-saudi-arabia-could-be-too-sexy-for-facebook-after-fan-page-removed-3733295/

Over 78,000 people apply to leave Earth forever to live on Mars

http://metro.co.uk/2013/05/08/over-78000-apply-to-leave-earth-forever-to-live-on-mars-3733253/

Japanese firm dresses cats like sushi in cute photo collection

http://metro.co.uk/2013/05/08/japanese-firm-dresses-cats-like-sushi-in-cute-photo-collection-3733136/

Senhor Testiculo (AKA 'Mr. Balls') Is Here To Save Brazilians From Testicular Cancer

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/07/mr-balls-testicular-cancer-mascot-brazil_n_3231914.html?utm_hp_ref=weird-news

A burst of solar material leaps off the left side of the sun in what is known as a prominence eruption.

Look out! Nasa releases stunning image of giant 'solar whip' as sun heads for 11 year solar maximum

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2321187/Look-Nasa-releases-stunning-image-latest-flare-heading-Earth-sun-heads-solar-maximum.html

An artist's mock-up of what the TF-X model will look like during flight. Terrafugia is working on the TF-X, a flying car that can take-off from standing still, and is hoping it will be available within 12 years

Is the flying car FINALLY here? First model set to go on sale in two years - and there is even a version that can take off vertically if you get stuck in a traffic jam

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2321160/Is-flying-car-FINALLY-Terrafugia-Transition-set-sale-years.html