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Being an astronaut has always been a risky occupation, but there was a lot more that could go wrong back in the days that they rode rockets into space. It was dangerous enough for life insurance providers deny astronauts coverage – which meant that NASA had to find another...
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One of our readers over at Uber Review posted this personal account of getting electrocuted after lightning struck her house – she was inside at the time. From Amy: My husband and I were at home when the lightning struck our house, our car, and us during a terrible...
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An injured peregrine falcon that was found by a roadside in Guernsey was initially thought to have fallen victim to a cruel hunting method. It turns out that the falcon had simply made the mistake of messing with the wrong seagull. The falcon had been rendered flightless by an...
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Research undertaken at the University of Valencia has seen scientists arrive at a startling conclusion: beautiful women are bad for men’s health. The issue is to do with a hormone, namely cortisol, which is produced by the body under stressful conditions. One of those conditions, it seems, is being...
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While unquestionably grotesque, leeches tend to be rather benign creatures. They latch onto a host, gorge themselves on blood and fall off of their own accord – a little disgusting but nothing to worry about. Of course, there are leech species that have adapted to feed on mucous membranes...
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Australia’s Marathon Robotics has come up with a clever way to give soldiers realistic target practice: they have turned a bunch of Segways into robots that move and react like real groups of people. The robots, named Segway Rovers, can be programmed to act like enemy soldiers (called insurgents...
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NASA’s SOHO spacecraft recorded an interesting sight on April 10, 2010. A comet, unnamed as it was previously unknown, approached the sun but came a little too close – causing it to be swallowed up, never to be seen again. 1. The Approach You can see the comet approaching...
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Lego constructions made out of Lego Technic don’t come much more technical than Spanish Lego artist Sheepo’s 1/8 scale Bugatti Veyron. Sheepo’s masterpiece includes a fully functioning seven-speed transmission (that also includes reverse), brakes, independent suspension and retractable roof and rear spoiler. Oh, and it drives too. Sheepo told...
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Stamford, Lincolnshire, UK: Thirty-year-old plumber Colin Furze earned himself some serious badass credentials by building a scooter that is capable of shooting 12-foot flames. The flamethrower on his 60mph bike is activated by pushing a button on the handlebars. Furze told Daily Mail that he built the flame-scooter because...
