2,000 year-old calculator that just didn’t add up

It was sunk with a wrecked ship in 80BC, found by divers in 1900 and until now has baffled scientists.
But the secrets of the Antikythera mechanism have finally been unlocked – and scientists claim it is more valuable than the Mona Lisa.
The device is a complex arrangement of more than 30 bronze gears, wheels and [...]

Is this Britain’s unluckiest man?

If you ever think life is being a little tough on you, just be grateful you aren’t John Lyne – who could well be Britain’s unluckiest man.
‘Calamity John’ has suffered 16 major accidents in his life, including lightning strikes, a rock-fall in a mine and three car crashes.
He is presently laid up again after falling [...]

The life of Unlucky John

This will hurt
As a toddler, Mr Lyne drinks a bottle of disinfectant…
Crash! Falls from a horsedrawn cart into the path of a delivery van, which runs him over
Zap! He is struck by lightning while riding his bike
Splash! At 14, John nearly drowns at Bridlington…
Splat! …then falls from a tree…
Thud! … and later, from another tree. [...]

Drop Down Your Weapon From The Anal

A naked man arrested for indecent exposure in California was held at gunpoint – on suspicion of carrying a concealed weapon.
At this point, you might be wondering exactly where a naked man might conceal a weapon. We can confirm that the most wince-inducing possibility you’re thinking of is the correct one.
He had a screwdriver [...]

Man has gran’s head in luggage

In further news of dismembered body parts in South Africa, a man was arrested for carrying the severed head of his grandmother in his luggage.
He wasn’t immediately arrested for that particular element of his crime. When he was orignally detained on a bus by the police, the first thing they found was a human finger, [...]

Seven-Year-Old Armed for Lego

Hot on the heels of the wallet-snatching grannies yesterday, further evidence that the stereotype of crime being commited by young male hooligans might not be quite right – as a seven year old girl attempts to commit armed robbery of a toy store.
The crime was attempted in a Wal-Mart in Largo, Florida, where a store [...]

George Bush VS Witchdoctor

In one corner is an Indonesian witchdoctor smeared in blood and with the devil on his side. In the other corner, George W. Bush, weakened by an electoral drubbing, but with the 82nd Airborne on his side.
The battle kicked off yesterday, when the witchdoctor drank freshly slaughtered animal and snake blood, as part of [...]

If You Love Chocolate, You Will Definitely Love This News

Chocolates taste good. They can make eaters feel happy.
But now, you have gotten one more reason to devour choloclates. Scientists believe chocolates can reduce the risk of heart attack. Because there are some ingredient in the cocoa beans that just like aspirin, which can slower the blood cloting. By it means, it is an inhibitor [...]

Good News for Blind People

Did you ever hear of a term “stem cells”?
Stem cells are believed to be the panacea in next decade.
In a latest study, some researchers take away the immature photorecepter cells from  3-5 days old infant rats. And then the reserachers foster and mutiply the cells in laboratory. After that, they implant the cell into the [...]

No pen, No book, No paper at school in the future

Can you imagine that there are no pen, no book, and no paper at school in the future?
I wonder that it is going to make school life much more boring.
When i was studying in highschool, I often drew pictures and sketched stupid figures.
Sometimes I did write something on a little note to a friend next [...]