Entries by Tara Kelly from 09/2011

Maria Lucimar Pereira, Amazonian Woman, Prepares For 121 Birthday

Publication 09.01.2011

The secret to long life might be found in the Amazon. Survival International, an indigenous rights organization, is claiming that Maria Lucimar Per...

4-Year-Old Girl Drives On Busy Highway In China (VIDEO)

Publication 09.01.2011

Forget riding a bike, a 4-year-old girl has jumped straight into the driver's seat with the help of her parents, reports the Sun. The shocking vide...

90-Year-Old Woman's Leg Amputated After Alligator Attack

Publication 09.01.2011

A 90-year-old woman's leg was partially severed after an alligator made a surprise attack, reports The New York Daily News. The incident reportedly...

Dog Reportedly Found Living On Mount Kilimanjaro

Publication 09.01.2011

From altitude sickness to severe weather conditions, scaling Africa's largest mountain is no small task. That might explain why tourists were surprise...

Artificial Meat 6 Months Away, Hamburger In A Year, Say Scientists

Publication 09.01.2011

Synthetic meat may not sound too appetizing, but scientists at the University of Maastricht in the Netherlands say a lab grown sausage is just six mon...

College Plagiarism Reaches All Time High: Pew Study

Publication 09.01.2011

Cyber-plagiarism is at an all time high among college students, according to a survey of college presidents from the Pew Research Center. It appe...

Mars Rover Discovers Rock With Zinc, NASA Overjoyed

Publication 09.02.2011

Giddiness and excitement swept over NASA scientists Thursday after a small rover discovered a rock on Mars that could suggest life on the red planet, ...

Super Mario Bros In Post-It Notes: Paris Office Workers Make War With Art (PHOTOS)

Publication 09.02.2011

From Marilyn Monroe to Super Mario Bros and Michael Jackson, art made out of Post-It notes has invaded Paris' skyscrapers. It all began in the S...

Ready To 'Wear Away' Dress (PHOTOS)

Publication 09.04.2011

If fashion doesn't last forever, then why should our clothes? That's the philosophy behind the new design of a brown paper bag dress that looks and fe...

Pet Oxygen Masks Donated To Fire Stations

Publication 09.05.2011

Pets are no strangers to the woes of Mother Nature. The Texas wildfires sweeping across the state this week are no exception. Though there are no ...

Bruce Irons Incredible Flare Surfing Stunt (VIDEO)

Publication 09.06.2011

Daredevil surfer Bruce Irons clearly can't get enough thrills from just riding the waves. So, in a recent trip to the Mentawai Islands in Indonesia, t...

Texas Wildfires 2011 Photos: Firefighters Struggle To Put Out The Flames

Publication 09.06.2011

Wildfires continue to destroy hundreds of homes across Texas -- some 57 fires have swept over 100,000 acres, the Associated Press reported on Tuesday....

Swallowable Perfume To Come In Capsule Form (VIDEO)

Publication 09.07.2011

The world of perfume is getting a complete makeover. Now scientists are developing scent in a swallowable capsule form, reports GreenMuze.com. Des...

Tony Casdagli, British POW's Son, Shares Encrypted Cross-Stitching Tale

Publication 09.09.2011

Cross stitching is an unusual hobby for a father to pass on to a son these day. But needlework was the ultimate hobby for Tony Casdagli, whose fath...

John Pyndus' 9/11 Survivor Tale

Publication 09.09.2011

Moments after the second tower was hit, John Pyndus realized he might die that day. But Pyndus was a man of faith. As a Eucharistic Minister, he'd ser...

Meteor Shower Rained Gold On Ancient Earth

Publication 09.10.2011

Some 3.9 billion years ago a massive meteor shower of glittering gold and platinum fell on earth, says a new study published in the Nature Journal by ...

Giant Red Crabs Take Over 'Antarctic Abyss,' Climate Change Blamed (VIDEO)

Publication 09.12.2011

Giant animals colonizing the "Antarctic abyss" may sound like a plot out of a blockbuster horror movie. But scientists say this phenomenon is now actu...

Men's Testosterone Drops After Fatherhood, Study Says

Publication 09.12.2011

Women aren't the only ones biologically programmed to take care of kids. It turns out men are also hardwired to be fathers, says a new study out of No...

'You've Been Trumped': Donald Trump Invited To Golf Course Documentary Screening Debut

Publication 09.13.2011

Donald Trump may claim he's "an environmentalist," but You've Been Trumped a new documentary paints another picture of the billionaire in his quest to...

The World's Most Expensive Car Model Starting At Only $4.7 Million

Publication 09.13.2011

Why spend over a quarter of a million dollars on a Lamborghini when you can have a miniature model for 12 times the price? That's the thinking behind ...

World's First Carbon Fiber Electric Jet Ski

Publication 09.13.2011

At five miles to the gallon, jet-skis are some of the most inefficient and loudest motors to hit the world's waterways. But now a new carbon fibe...

Barbie And Ken Suspects In IPad Snatching Case

Publication 09.14.2011

When Mattel launched Day to Night Barbie in 1984 under the slogan 'We Girls Can Do Anything', theft probably wasn't what they had in mind. But now ...

Crocs Banned In UK Hospitals Over Safety Fears, Nurses Outraged

Publication 09.14.2011

Crocs, those quirky, brightly colored rubber clogs, may have fallen out of fashion with the masses since 2007. But for nurses and doctors, the comfort...

California Teen Busted, Rocket Launcher Found In Car

Publication 09.15.2011

A 4ft rocket propelled grenade (RPG) isn't the typical thing you'd expect to find in the backseat of a teen's car, especially in a small Californian t...

CoRoT-2a 'Death Star' Blasting Planet With X-Rays (PICTURE)

Publication 09.15.2011

That's no moon. It's not a space station, either. NASA has discovered a planet 880 light years from earth that is being blasted by a "death" star,...