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Mummy in Argentine museum stolen

A 50 to 60-centimeter mummy which was made from a 2-year-old child about 900 years ago was stolen from a museum on Feb 15 in Buenos Aires, capital of Argentina.

Giant “Frog From Hell” fossil found in Madagascar

Scientists working in Madagascar have found what may be the largest frog that ever lived, namely the Beelzebufo, or “devil frog”.

Richest man in India builds $1billion house

Indian businessman Mukesh Ambani, with a net worth of $22 billion, is building himself the world’s most expensive home.

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Frozen Grand Central

[VIDEO] Over 200 people freeze in place on cue in Grand Central Station in New York.

Gas pumping robot

Dutch inventors unveiled a 75,000 euro ($111,100) car-fuelling robot they say is the first of its kind, working by registering the car on arrival at the filling station and matching it to a database of fuel cap designs and fuel types.

‘Itch-free’ pyjamas dream comes true [via]

Designers have developed pyjamas that regulate body temperature, stop itching and ensure a good night’s sleep.

Monopoly Here and Now World Edition - Cast Your Vote!

Popular board game Monopoly is running a worldwide voting until the end of February 2008 to select the cities that will feature on their international edition of Monopoly.

The hypersonic plane designed to reach Australia in under five hours [via]

A hypersonic passenger plane that could fly to Australia from northern Europe in less than five hours has been designed in Britain.

The grand shaft - amazing military engineering

An incredible piece of wartime engineering in Dover; built between 1806 and 1809 during the Napoleonic wars, this triple spiral staircase was used as a rapid route for soldiers making their way from the clifftop barracks to the town of dover and its harbour below.

Earliest oil paintings found in famed Afghan caves

Buddhist murals from Afghanistan’s famed Bamian caves are the world’s earliest known oil paintings, according to a new chemical analysis.

Astronomers find galaxy far, far away [via]

Astronomers have glimpsed what may be the farthest galaxy we’ve ever seen, providing a picture of a baby galaxy born soon after the beginning of the universe.

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Human viruses kill great apes

Common human viruses are killing endangered great apes. A new study reveals a dark side to research and ecotourism, both of which ironically are aimed to help the apes and which may still do more good than harm.

Poor Haitians resort to eating dirt

With food prices rising, Haiti’s poorest can’t afford even a daily plate of rice, and some must take desperate measures to fill their bellies… by eating mud.

The internet’s undersea world

[PIC] The vast majority of the world’s communications are not carried by satellites, but an altogether older technology: cables under the earth’s oceans.

Sperm cells created from female embryo [via]

Sperm cells have been created from a female human embryo in a remarkable breakthrough that suggests it may be possible for lesbian couples to have their own biological children.

World’s top 25 trains [via]

World’s top 25 trains revealed by The Society of International Railway Travelers.

The machine-animals of Nantes

French city of Nantes recently became host to extremely strange and fascinating sculptural display: “Les Machines de l’Ile Nantes”, designed by François Delarozière and Pierre Orefice.

6 incredible star forts

Star fort is a type of fortification design adopted in the early 16th century as people realised that simpler, often circular forts were pretty crap when it came to the job in hand: defense.

Kevin Rudd eating ear wax during Question Time [via]

[VIDEO] Kevin Michael Rudd, Prime Minister of Australia, is seen eating his ear wax. The video was posted before Kevin’s Australian Labor Party won the federal election in Nov 2007.

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Little green ‘naked’ alien discovered on Mars

Bizarre images taken by Nasa’s Mars Explorer Spirit have emerged showing a very strange human shape walking down a hill.

Virgin unveils spaceship designs

Virgin Galactic has released the final design of the launch system that will take fare-paying passengers into space.

World’s First Weed ATM [via]

Most of your essentials are already distributed by vending machines: condoms, electronics, luscious 1-calorie Tab… but now, you can finally get what you (don’t) really need: medical marijuana, from Anytime Vending Machines.

Sea lions massacred in Galapagos

Ecuadorean officials are investigating the slaughter of 53 sea lions from the Galapagos Islands nature reserve, which were found with their heads caved in.

Cow gas destroyer could save planet [via]

Japanese boffins may have accidentally struck gold in the fight against global warming: they believe they have devised a way to neutralise the perilous belches of 1.5 billion cows.

Why the spy satellite won’t fall on your head

An out-of-control US spy satellite - possibly the size of small bus - is believed to be plummeting out of its orbit and is expected to crash somewhere on the planet within weeks… but space experts don’t believe the rogue satellite poses much of a threat to humankind.

Man struggles to return from the dead

Red tape is preventing a Polish man from returning from the dead.

The coldest place in the universe [via]

As far as scientists can tell, the lowest temperatures ever attained were recently observed right here on earth.

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Japanese astronaut to test whether boomerang comes back in space

Japanese astronaut Takao Doi is set to throw a boomerang inside the International Space Station in March to test how it flies, after receiving training from a world boomerang champion.

EDGE Amphibians – the world’s weirdest creatures just got weirder [via]

ZSL EDGE programme is today launching the EDGE Amphibians conservation and fundraising initiative, which highlights some of the world’s most extraordinary creatures currently threatened with extinction. This year ZSL scientists have assessed all amphibian species according to how Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered (EDGE) they are.

Zimbabwe releases $10 million bill

Plagued by hyperinflation of over 50,000% a year, Zimbabwe’s central bank recently decided to issue $10 million notes– believed to be the highest denomination of currency in the world today. The bill is worth less than US$4.

Mercury’s unseen side is revealed… (large photo)

The first pictures taken by the Messenger probe as it passed Mercury on Monday have started to arrive at Earth.

Contact lenses with circuits, lights a possible platform for superhuman vision [via]

Engineers at the University of Washington have for the first time used manufacturing techniques at microscopic scales to combine a flexible, biologically safe contact lens with an imprinted electronic circuit and lights.

Giant palm tree puzzles botanists [via]

Botanists have discovered a new species of giant self-destructing palm on the island of Madagascar.

Ancient “Lost City” Discovered in Peru

Ruins recently discovered in southern Peru could be the ancient “lost city” of Paititi, according to claims that are drawing serious but cautious response from experts.

Manned Cloud by Jean-Marie Massaud [via]

Manned Cloud is an alternative project around leisure and travelling in all its form, economic and experimental, still with the idea of lightness, human experience and life scenarios as the guiding principles.