Under a block of flats in bustling Mexico City, a team of archaeologists has discovered the remains of 12 Aztec dogs which date back some 500 years. Experts believe the find could be the world’s oldest canine cemetery and the first pet burial ground of the ancient civilisation. Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History believe the remains date […]
Three children have been rescued from a car after their mother allegedly drove into the sea in Florida. This footage, captured by a tourist, shows lifeguards and passers-by rushing to help. With the waves crashing against the car, they struggled to open its doors and reach the children. But they eventually got in the boot and frantically pulled the children, who were 3, 9 and […]
This incredible image, taken from a space telescope, shows a galaxy being ripped apart. The Hubble Space Telescope took the picture of this galaxy trailing stars and dust, as it moved through a cluster of galaxies known as the Norma Cluster, a process called ‘ram pressure stripping’. The picture was taken in 2009 off the Great Attractor, a region in space around 200 million […]
If you think this looks terrifying, well, it’s just a trial run. As high altitude climber and wingsuit explorer, Joby Ogwyn, prepares for his Mount Everest jump over California. The Louisiana-born daredevil is the world record holder for the fastest Everest climb at nine and a half hours, and for his televised jump in May, he plans to […]
Fancy an extra special cuppa? Well, why not head to a city in Eastern China where local residents welcomed a giant tea pot-shaped building. The huge teapot is about as high as a 10-storey building and was designed to be a sales office by a real estate developer in Wuxi, becoming an impressive landmark for the city. “I felt it looked like […]
Rolling in over Sydney Harbour, a storm befitting the word menacing, swallowing up the light and creating a dark sky full of rain interrupted by flashes of lightning. This wasn’t a scene out of a movie but Wednesday. It’s hard to believe that the morning had been the sunniest and warmest that week according to meteorologists. […]
It’s the hand shape that got Nathan Entingh suspended from school. Making his hand look like a gun has cost him three days in class. His dad Paul says it’s crazy. “Why his punishment was this excessive.” Ten-year-old Nathan is now learning at home until he’s allowed to go back. The principal at Devonshire Alternative Elementary has warned students before […]
It could be seen as a massive waste of fruit, but in the Northern Italian town of Ivrea, it’s tradition. The Battle of the Oranges is every year, and sees people dress up in medieval costumes, some giving out medieval cries. Legend has it that back in the 12th century, the daughter of a local miller rejected […]
A group of amateur scientists have launched a pastry into the stratosphere. Why they did it? No one knows. But it has captured some dazzling and bizarre images of the dessert flying far above the Earth. The fake pastry treat was stuck to a home-made spacecraft called the ‘Cannolo Transporter’. This was then attached to a large helium-filled balloon and released […]
Archeologists in Mexico made an exciting discovery this week, after uncovering a 1,500 year-old pre-Hispanic shaft tomb on a plot of land in the state of Colima. The tomb is a deep rectangular structure and inside was a sculpture of a long-faced shaman believed to be guarding the entrance. Shaman statues such as this are generally believed to have […]