Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s a man with a jetpack soaring around the Smithsonian Institute in Washington DC. The demonstration shows a man blasting off inside the Ronald Reagan Building with the help of a hydrogen and nitrogen-powered jetpack. The event, now in its second year, is part of the Smithsonian magazine’s The Future […]
Palaeontologists in Argentina unearth what they say is the remains of one of the world’s largest dinosaurs. “This is the largest femur that is known from any animal that has walked on earth. It is very important, not only because of the size, but also because of the amount of bones that we are finding of these gigantic […]
“I’m very well f****d. I fell down a hole. Thankfully, I didn’t keep falling that way. I got trapped here instead, on this ledge. My arm, I can’t use.” An American climber who fell into a crevasse during an expedition on a Himalayan mountain managed to crawl out alive, using only an ice axe. John All, who filmed […]
Hungary has managed to set a new world record by building the highest Lego tower ever. Construction of the 36-metre Lego tower began on Wednesday, with several school children taking part. The aim was to break the current US record of 34.43 metres. Officials from the Guinness World Record company arrived in Budapest on Saturday […]
ucifer, a 30-stone (190 kilograms) male Asian lion, is surrounded by London Zoo’s team of vets and keepers. They carried out a health check ahead of moving him to a new home. After being anaesthetised, he was given a thorough examination while he lay in his enclosure. Vets checked his stomach, chest and even peered inside his mouth to […]
CCTV footage in China shows this incredible moment a man caught a baby who fell out of a two-storey building. Residents in Guangdong Province scrambled to catch the one-year-old who climbed onto a window ledge while looking for his mother. They laid down cardboard and a sofa to try to avoid any serious injuries if he fell. Mr Li, […]
The world’s largest lizard species returns to New York’s Bronx Zoo where an exhibit called “Amazing Monitors” opens on Saturday. The zoo’s three Komodo dragons, two female and one male, will roam through the indoor space throughout the day, one at a time. The trio is still just teenagers and are just over five feet long (1.5 metres). The adult […]
This was the dramatic moment a lifeboat crew lassoed a runaway speedboat in Devon. According to RNLI a sailor was trying to tie up his boat when he accidentally knocked the throttle and was thrown overboard. They said the man had already unclipped the kill cord and pushed the throttle lever to full power, as he fell into the water. The […]
From the left hand side of the screen ,you can see a man jump onto the tracks. He stands there, swaying for several minutes. Other passengers try talking to him, but he doesn’t move. He can then be seen jumping about and even waving in front of him. But it is not long before a train approaches. […]
A funeral for a record breaker. The world’s heaviest man is laid to rest in Mexico. Manuel Uribe died on Monday after spending twenty days in hospital. The 48-year-old once weighed as much as a small truck. Family and friends gather to pay their final respects in Monterrey. Manuel once tipping the scales at 560 kilos after […]