Goat Arrested for Attempted Car Theft
An attempted robbery and car theft in Nigeria has led to the citizen’s arrest of a goat by one of the country’s vigilante groups. The vigilante group in the Anifowose Ipata/Oloje areas of the state capital chased two armed robbery suspects and thought they were close to capturing them after thwarting their attempts to steal a Mazda car as a getaway vehicle.
Continue reading...The 15 Million Year-Old Lake
Friday, January 23, 2009
Life forms from 15 million years ago may still be present on Earth if the discovery of a new lake 4km below the surface of the ice in east Antarctica is as fruitful as scientists believe it to be. Scientists believe that the water inside Lake Vostok could contain new lifeforms and possibly shed light on other planets.
Continue reading...A Man’s Home is His Castle
Friday, January 23, 2009
The old saying goes, ‘A man’s home is his castle’ but when Jim Bishop started building a meager stone cottage in the Colorado mountains in 1969 he had no idea how true this would turn out to be. Using stone from the adjacent national park (with a permit, of course), his attempts at building a stone cottage soon had passers-by commenting on its likeness to a castle.
Continue reading...The Crazy World of Extreme Snowboarding
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
For most of us snowboarding is pretty exciting, riding down mountains strapped to a board is something many of us either love or would love to try. However, some have been left wanting more and these riders have been at the forefront of the scene known as extreme snowboarding. To do this it means that you need to be an accomplished rider in good physical shape and with a great knowledge of the slopes and their dangers.
Continue reading...Being Environmental Just Got Sexy
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
We’ve all become familiar with the fair trade ethos with our food buying, but one person is trying to bring the same values to a very different part of the retail industry. Sam Roddick’s Coco de Mer is a sex shop with an environmentally friendly ethos, selling everything from corsets to clitoris creams.
Continue reading...Incredible Sculptures Made of Raw Meat
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
“Meat After Meat Joy” brings together the work of contemporary artists who use meat in their work. That’s right, meat - raw meat, the concept of meat, its symbolism and viscera. In their work the artists are seeking to show the paradoxical nature and symbolism of meat, seeking to show the viewer of their pieces how meat is the essence of our bodies but outside of that context holds no identity and how it also symbolic of the death that follows life, following on from what the exhibition’s curator Heide Harty calls one of the ‘seminal seminal works of sixties happening and performance art,’ Carolee Schneeman's Meat Joy performance.
Continue reading...The Alien Spider Invasion of Britain
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
The love of imported foods, plants and year-round produce means that an alien invasion of Britain is happening. Scientists have recently discovered that the false widow spider is now able to live through the increasingly mild winters in Britain and now fear that it's only a matter of time until its big cousin the black widow comes hits the British shores.
Continue reading...How Sunk Battleships are Converted into New Ecosystems
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
What to do with decommissioned naval ships? Scrap them and make a quick buck? Well, one possible use for them is turning them into artificial reefs! The Cayman Islands will soon be scuttling the 2077 tonne USS Kittiwake, once ownership of the vessel is transferred to the government from the US Maritime Association.
Continue reading...
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
4 Comments