Chinese Money Worth Weight in Eggs [Hits: 10]
Perhaps one artist in Guangzhou, southern China, had that fact in mind when this sculpture was conceived...
Guangzhou | China
Updated On: 11/20/2009
Tags: Chinese Money Worth Weight In Eggs, World War II, People Republic Of China, China Money, Artist In Guangzhou, Southern China, 50 Yuan Note Designed, Guangdong Museum Of Art, Modern And Contemporary Art, Made Of Egg-shaped Stones
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World's longest fuel queue? [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 1, Hits: 83]
Taxi drivers in a Chinese city are complaining that they are having to queue for miles to refuel their cars...
Chongqing | China
Updated On: 11/18/2009
Tags: Queue, Taxi Drivers In Chinese City, Queue For Miles, Cabbies In Chongqing, Petrol Or Natural Gas, Local Natural Gas Station, Rongqiao, Flyover And Beyond, Chongqing Natural Gas Group, Natural Gas, Refuel Cars
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Scientist: Transgenic rat sheds light on human memory improvement [Hits: 72]
Researchers have created a smart transgenic rat whose brain cells communicate a bit longer than usual, shedding light on the possibility of enhancing human memory...
Shanghai | China
Updated On: 11/18/2009
Tags: Transgenic Rat Sheds Light, Human Memory Improvement, Brain Cells Communicate, Human Memory, Shanghai, Nr2b Gene In Hippocampus, Memory Center In Brain, Cao Xiaohua, Professor At Brain Science Lab, East China Normal University, Brain Cell Activity, Long Evans Female Rat, Plos One, Influential Open-access Online Journal, Scientific And Medical Researches, Joe Z. Tsien, Co-director Of Brain And Behavior Discovery Institute, Medical College Of Georgia
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NASA, Microsoft launch Web site on Mars [Hits: 92]
NASA and Microsoft Corp. have collaborated to create a Web site to allow earthlings to become Martians, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory...
Los Angeles | USA
Updated On: 11/17/2009
Tags: Nasa And Microsoft Corp, Web Site On Mars, Nasa Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Internet Users, Knowledge Of Mars, Martian Maps, Mars Science Teams, Red Planet, Solar System Grandest Canyon, Interpretation Of Martian, Charles Elachi, Director Of Jpl In Pasadena, California, Marc Mercuri, Director Of Business Innovation, Developer And Platform Evangelism Group At Microsoft, Technology, Engineering, Microsoft Professional Developers Conference In Los Angeles
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Scientists Debut Swine Flu Robot in Japan [Vote Average: 4, Total Votes: 1, Hits: 70]
This robot was one of many disease-related devices unveiled at Security & Safety Trade Expo (RISCON) in Tokyo...
Tokyo | Japan
Updated On: 11/17/2009
Tags: Scientists Debut Swine Flu Robot, Swine Flu Robot In Japan, Human-sized Robot, Symptoms Of Swine Flu, Security And Safety Trade Expo, Tokyo, Japan, Sweating, Convulsing And Moaning, Human Bodily Functions
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Hole in wall traps burglar [Vote Average: 2, Total Votes: 1, Hits: 81]
A Chinese burglar got stuck after he tried to crawl through a tiny opening built for a farmer's pet dog to steal...
Guangxi | China
Updated On: 11/17/2009
Tags: Trapped, Chinese Burglar, Farmer Pet Dog Steal, Rescued By Firefighters, Stuck Fast In Hole, Farm In Tianlin Town, Guangxi Province, Police Custody
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Meet the brave 'crystal girl' with rare illness that is turning her body to rock [Vote Average: 5, Total Votes: 3, Hits: 126]
A five-year-old must a daily cocktail of drugs to avoid her body turning - into a crystal...
Castleford | United Kingdom
Updated On: 11/17/2009
Tags: Brave Crystal Girl, Rare Illness, Little Lillie Sutcliffe, Faulty Kidney, Mother Laura Milner, Father Simon Sutcliffe, Castleford, Nhs Secretary, Scanning Lillie Eyes, Replace Sodium, Mechanism Removing Excess Cystine, Causing Problems In Kidney, Thyroid Gland, Life Expectancy, Kidney Transplant, Potassium Citrate, Sodium Chloride, Phosphate Solution, Vitamin D, Consultant Paediatric Nethrologist Dr Kay Tyerman
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Tallest man unveils largest cookie in Norway [Hits: 138]
The world's tallest living man has unveiled the world's largest gingerbread man at an Ikea outlet in Norway's capital, Oslo...
Oslo | Norway
Updated On: 11/16/2009
Tags: World Tallest Man, World Largest Gingerbread Man, Ikea Outlet In Norway Capital, Oslo, Guinness Book Of World Records, Guinness Book Of World Records Spokeswoman Justine Bourdariat, Sultan Koesen Of Turkey, Smithville, Texas, Ikea Spokesman Jan Thommesen, World Record Diploma, Furniture Store, World Records Day
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London's scrumptious skyline [Vote Average: 2, Total Votes: 1, Hits: 161]
London's skyline has been recreated out of 26 different types of fruit and vegetables ranging from green beans to kumquats...
London | United Kingdom
Updated On: 11/16/2009
Tags: Scrumptious Skyline, London Skyline, Types Of Fruit And Vegetables Ranging, Photographer Carl Warner, Iconic Buildings, Houses Of Parliament, Nelson Column, London Eye, St Paul Cathedral, Tower Bridge, Good Food Channel Head Roopa Gulati, London, United Kingdom
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Half man's recovery stuns surgeons [Hits: 429]
A Chinese man, who had half of his body amputated after being run over by a truck, has amazed surgeons...
Shenzhen | China
Updated On: 11/16/2009
Tags: Peng Shuilin, Chinese Man, Half Man Recovery Stuns Surgeons, Hospital In Shenzhen, Southern China, Series Of Operations, Major Organ Or System, Half Man-half Price Store, Bujie Hospital Vice President Lin Liu, Half Man
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