Strange daily news from around the world

Monday, 29 April 2013

Nanoscale Pressure Sensors Mimic Human Skin

http://www.technologyreview.com/news/514131/nanoscale-pressure-sensors-mimic-human-skin/

New information on origins of Maya civilization unearthed

http://www.phenomenica.com/2013/04/new-information-on-origins-of-maya-civilization-unearthed.html

Selfish dinner date: Couple sit down to eat in the middle of a busy London road
http://metro.co.uk/2013/04/26/couple-sit-down-to-dinner-in-the-middle-of-a-busy-london-road-3668492/

Kim Jong-un looms over Big Ben (Picture: AFP/Getty)

North Korea to build replica of Big Ben in new theme park

http://metro.co.uk/2013/04/29/north-korea-to-build-replica-of-big-ben-in-theme-park-3697030/

A jigsaw creator who spent over a month making a 40,000 piece puzzle for a world record attempt has had to start again - as it collapsed just one day after he finished

Watch moment world record 40,000 part jigsaw collapses into pieces just hours after being finished

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/watch-moment-world-record-40000-1859672

Parasite 'resistant to malaria drug artemisinin'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-22315715

This artist's impression of a supersonic aircraft shows what the final model may look like.

Is this the son of Concorde? Boeing's supersonic passenger plane tested by Nasa

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2316516/Son-Concorde-Nasa-reveals-testing-models-Boeing-supersonic-passenger-plane.html

The flexible morephone curling up as a call is recieved

Curl power! Paper-thin phone that folds itself over to show you've got a call

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2316534/The-shape-changing-mobile-phone-curls-trembles-text.html

Real-life Atlantis: The sunken city of Heracleion, brought to life by the research team investigating the site 150ft under the sea where it now lays, including the main temple of Amun-Gerb, centre-right

3D map raises the real-life Atlantis from the deep: Scientists recreate Egyptian trading town buried for 1,200 years

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2316147/Heracleion-3D-map-raises-real-life-Atlantis-deep.html

Tuesday, 23 April 2013

Tallinn believes the rise of super intelligent machines - fictionalised in The Terminator - could lead to a "sudden global ecological catastrophe".

Russian billionaire wants to create cyborgs
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/russian-billionaire-wants-to-create-cyborgs-20130402-2h3o9.html

Huge six-legged robot built in UK by enthusiast
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22231365

Harpoon Pierces Man's Skull in Cleaning Accident, Doesn't Damage Brain

http://gawker.com/harpoon-pierces-mans-skull-in-cleaning-accident-doesn-476840431

Mini-robot finds surprise in Mexico's ancient Temple of Quetzalcoatl

http://cosmiclog.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/22/17868392-mini-robot-finds-surprise-in-mexicos-ancient-temple-of-quetzalcoatl

Wake up and see the coffee! Talented Mike Breach creates 'baristart' by drawing famous faces in cappuccino

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/wake-up-see-coffee-talented-1849077

Argentina meteor video: Fireball explodes in sky for unplanned light show at music festival

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/argentina-meteor-video-fireball-explodes-1848486

The Romanian Romeo and Juliet: Mystery of the young couple buried holding hands in courtyard of monastery

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2312967/Skeletons-discovered-holding-hands-coffin-Romanian-Romeo-Juliet-monastery-courtyard.html

The coke is miraculously turned into what appears to be water by the filter

The incredible filter so powerful it turns Coca Cola into water (though you probably wouldn't want to drink it!)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2312994/The-filter-powerful-turn-Coca-Cola-water--want-drink-it.html

World's largest video game: Scientists commandeered LED lights on this Philadelphia building to play a giant version of Pong

King Pong! Watch classic video game played on the side of a skyscraper after tower's lights are transformed into NINE-STOREY high 'bats' and 20ft 'ball'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2312911/Video-game-Pong-played-29-story-Circa-Centre-skyscraper.html

The bubble planet: Earth is surrounded by a giant magnetic bubble called the magnetosphere.

Nasa image reveals the magnetic 'bubble' that is protecting the Earth from solar particles as it speeds through space

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2313016/What-Earth-really-looks-like-travels-space-New-Nasa-image-reveals-magnetic-bubble-protects-us.html

Monday, 22 April 2013

$1 million prize for ‘safe’ capture of Bigfoot
http://www.phenomenica.com/2013/04/1-million-prize-for-safe-capture-of-bigfoot.html

New app helps Icelanders avoid accidental incest

http://www.salon.com/2013/04/18/new_app_helps_icelanders_avoid_accidental_incest_ap/

Cleveland-area woman finds ghostly couple in cellphone photo

http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Cleveland-area-woman-finds-ghostly-couple-in-4441538.php#photo-4484436

Fireball UFOs Over Ireland: Clever Hoax Or Unexplained Objects? (VIDEO)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/21/fireball-ufos-cork-ireland-video_n_3127031.html

Puerto Rico: A New Spree of Chupacabras Attacks in Guayama
http://inexplicata.blogspot.mx/2013/04/puerto-rico-new-spree-of-chupacabras.html

Artists interpretation of the settlement on Mars

Applicants wanted for a one-way ticket to Mars

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22146456

World's Oldest Harbor Discovered in Egypt

http://www.livescience.com/28778-worlds-oldest-harbor-papyrus-khufu-cheops.html

Space debris collisions expected to rise

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22253966

Monday, 15 April 2013

'Sirius,' Steven Greer's Film, Claims To Unveil Tiny 'Alien' Humanoid (VIDEO)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/07/tiny-alien-humanoid-among_n_3017854.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular

Pyramid UFO Found on WikiSky? (PHOTO)
http://www.bubblews.com/news/378374-pyramid-ufo-found-on-wikisky-photo

The structure, which is more than 200 meters below the surface of the water, is made from rocks stacked on top of each other

Mysterious 60,000 ton stone 'grave marker' at the bottom of the Sea of Galilee baffles archaeologists

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2307553/Discovery-60-000-tonne-stone-structure-the-Sea-Galilee-baffles-archaeologists.html

Back to t he future ... Leonard Nimoy as Spock in Star Trek.

Google searching for Star Trek destiny

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/google-searching-for-star-trek-destiny-20130415-2hucf.html

Iranian scientist invents ‘time machine’

http://www.phenomenica.com/2013/04/iranian-scientist-invents-time-machine.html

Apollo 10 Moon mission astronauts had poop problem

http://www.phenomenica.com/2013/04/apollo-10-moon-mission-astronauts-had-poop-problem.html

Unorthodox: Passenger covered in plastic bag

Passenger on jet inside a PLASTIC BAG: Orthodox Jew tries to avoid ancient religious rules
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/passenger-jet-inside-plastic-bag-1827444

The telescope would be able to observe planets that orbit stars other than the sun and enable astronomers to watch new planets and stars being formed

World's largest optical telescope gets go-ahead: 30m mirror will let astronomers look 13 BILLION light years away

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2309334/Worlds-largest-telescope-gets-ahead-look-13-BILLION-light-years-away.html

This little girl has the whole world in her sights as she greedily eyes up a miniature planet

See the world inside a lollipop! Solar system is recreated in sweet style

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2309306/See-world-inside-lollipop-Solar-recreated-sweet-style.html

Animation released that shows how Nasa intends to CAPTURE an asteroid as potential Mars expedition looks increasingly likely

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2308660/Animation-released-shows-Nasa-intends-CAPTURE-asteroid.html

Thursday, 4 April 2013

The Hobbit Martin Freeman Tolkien ring exhibition

The Hobbit ring that may have inspired Tolkien put on show
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/apr/02/hobbit-tolkien-ring-exhibition

Archaeologists have uncovered 'Pluto's Gate', an ancient gateway to Hell, in Turkey

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/travel/news/archaeologists-have-uncovered-plutos-gate-an-ancient-gateway-to-hell-in-turkey/story-fn32891l-1226611365115

More than 300 years after its death, a pet elephant that once belonged to King Louis XIV has been attacked by a would-be ivory poacher.

King Louis XIV's pet elephant in chainsaw attack

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/9964090/King-Louis-XIVs-pet-elephant-attacked-with-chainsaw.html

Termites are shown to be responsible for the enigmatic grass

Termites 'engineer fairy circles'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21970408

How Germany Planned to Fry the World
http://io9.com/how-germany-planned-to-fry-the-world-462891057

Strange Sleep Disorder Makes People See 'Demons'

http://news.yahoo.com/strange-sleep-disorder-makes-people-see-demons-152946861.html

Skeleton of Enormous Sea Creature Pulled out of the Water in China (Before April 1)

http://en.rocketnews24.com/2013/04/01/skeleton-of-enormous-sea-creature-pulled-out-of-the-water-in-china-before-april-1/

'Encounters: UFO Experience' In Myrtle Beach Explores Alien Abduction, UFOs

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/04/encounters-ufo-exhibition_n_3000276.html?utm_hp_ref=weird-news

Male baldness 'indicates heart risk'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-22014173

Astronomers were able to capture a black hole waking up from a decades-long slumber to feed on a low-mass object - either a brown dwarf or a giant planet - that strayed too close.

An astronomical feast: Scientists spot 'super-Jupiter' black hole wake up and eat a giant planet

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2304036/An-astronomical-feast-Scientists-spot-super-Jupiter-black-hole-wake-eat-giant-planet.html

Teen friendly: The Nokia 3210 was the first to gain widespread popularity in the playgrounds of British schools and, with the inclusion of the evergreen classic Snake, the first to incorporate video games in handsets

How many of these did you own? As mobile phone celebrates 40-year anniversary, 12 handsets that actually changed the world

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2303459/How-did-As-celebrate-40-years-mobile-phones-heres-12-handsets-changed-world.html

The wise creatures can be seen curiously gazing out over the grassland from their tunnelled habitat in Southern Florida

The burrowing owls who live underground instead of in trees

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2303809/The-underground-owls-Florida-make-burrows-instead-living-trees.html

Friday, 29 March 2013

Get Out of Jail Free: Monopoly's Hidden Maps
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/monopolys-hidden-maps-wwii-pows-escape/story?id=8605905#.UVQpj801W4I

Vista: The Russians claim to have arrived early at the famous site on the outskirts of Cairo, where they waited in the shadows until official visitor opening hours were over to make their climb

The view from the TOP of the Great Pyramid: Illicit photos taken by tourists who secretly climbed wonder of the world at night

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2298729/The-view-TOP-Great-Pyramid-Tourists-secretly-climb-Egyptian-landmark-amazing-photos.html

Alexander Mandon Buried Alive As 'Cure' After Being Struck By Lightning 4 Times (VIDEO)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/27/alexander-mandon-buried-lightning-strikes_n_2965574.html?ref=topbar

Willy thief executed

http://imgur.com/GBYzNpO

Article: UFO Memo Is FBI's 'Most Wanted' Record
http://www.livescience.com/28228-ufo-hottel-memo-fbi.html

The Turin Shroud is not a medieval forgery, as has long been claimed, but could in fact date from the time of Christ's death, a new book claims.

Turin Shroud 'is not a medieval forgery'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/9958678/Turin-Shroud-is-not-a-medieval-forgery.html

Easterton woman recovers after 'dying for 45 minutes'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-21910348

Maths magician solves three Rubik’s Cubes while juggling

http://metro.co.uk/2013/03/27/maths-magician-solves-three-rubiks-cubes-while-juggling-3562140/

A picture of the three men, believed to have been arrested with the incident, which the Egyptian army has posted on Facebook

Three Egyptian divers 'tried to hack through internet ocean-floor cables in attack that could have taken ENTIRE continent offline'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2300595/Pictured-Egyptian-divers-tried-hack-cables-attack-crashed-internet-worldwide.html

Discovery: The binary stars appear to have a large object orbiting them (the circle and green arrow demonstrate the planets movement between 2002 and 2012)

Stargazers capture first picture of a planet with two suns – just like Luke Skywalker’s home planet of Tatooine in Star Wars

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2300651/Stargazers-capture-picture-planet-suns--just-like-Luke-Skywalker-s-home-planet-Tatooine-Star-Wars.html

SpaceX's Dragon Capsule 2.0 Looks Like 'Alien Spaceship,' Elon Musk Says

http://www.space.com/20427-spacex-dragon-spacecraft-alien-spaceship.html