The Chinese motorist pulled over by police for driving with no arms

Chinese police got a surprise when they pulled over a brand new 4x4 for a routine check - the driver had no arms.Zing Shen, 42, was steering the vehicle with his feet and was amazed when officers decided issue him with a public safety summons.He told the traffic officers he had been driving like that for years after losing both arms below the elbows in an industrial accident.A police spokesman in Beijing said: 'The...

Supersonic plumes of water erupt from Saturn's moon raising hopes of micro life under surface

Huge plumes of water vapor and ice particles are spewing from Saturn's moon Enceladus at supersonic speeds, scientists report.When the Cassini spacecraft flew through a gigantic geyser of dust and gas close to the surface of Enceladus, it collected samples of ice and gas.Astronomers say the plumes may be erupting from an underground ocean, which would make Enceladus the third place in the solar system suspected to support...

The artistic masterpieces which look good enough to eat

We all know how good vegetables are for us, but even the most avid vegetarian would be hard pressed to argue their artistic merits.But Chinese artist Ju Duoqi is hoping to prove just that and more by showcasing a range of colourful artworks made entirely out of vegetables.Her works which include replicas of famous pieces including Andy Warhol's Marylin Monroe are on show during The Vegetable Museum exhibition in the...

Wreckage of historic slave ship that carried illegal cargo of Africans found in the Caribbean

Marine archaeologists have stumbled upon the wreck of a Spanish ship that once carried an illegal cargo of African slaves believed to be the ancestors of many of today's inhabitants of the British colonies of Turks and Caicos.They are confident the oaken timbers submerged under 9ft of water off East Caicos island are the remains of the Spanish slave ship Trouvadore, which sank in the Atlantic archipelago south of the...

Beautiful Wooden Mirror

Mirror, mirror, on the wall… what if you were made of wood? Interactive artist, Danny Rozen, has done just this, creating a mirror out of 830 wood blocks - but would you put one on your wall?The concept is simple but formidably clever: a tiny camera gathers light and shape data, before sending it to a computer that processes it and uses hundreds of tiny electric motors to shift the wood blocks into the image in front...

The incredible territorial fight between two raging hippo bulls

Exploding out of the water with ferocious rage these giant male hippos cast a frightening sight as they fight over a water hole in South Africa.Captured by professional guide and wildlife photographer Hendrik Fehsenfeld, in South Africa's Ngala Private Game Reserve in September, this amazing sequence of photographs show just why these one ton animals should never be crossed.'This was the first time I had witnessed a...

Star struck: Meteor blazes across the sky in police video

A spectacular and almost blindingly bright meteor sparked a flurry of emergency calls to the police after it lit up the skies over western Canada.Onlookers across the province of Alberta watched in awe, describing a kaleidoscope of colours as the rock rapidly descended.'At first I thought it was fireworks,' farmer Marcel Gobeil said.'I've never seen anything like it; it was green and blue and then turned to bright red....

The World’s Smallest Horses

A couple of years ago the UK’s Daily Mail reported on the world’s smallest horse, Thumbelina, who entered the Guinness Book of Records measuring just 17 inches tall.Born in a farm in America where the owners specialise in breeding miniature horses, the couple realised that Thumbelina was different as soon as she was born because she weighed a mere 8lbs, the average weight of a new born human baby.The breeders, Kay and...

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Marine 'jelly balls' found off Australian coast could combat global warming

Large numbers of 'marine 'jelly balls' that have appeared off the east coast of Australia could be part of the planet's mechanism for combating global warming, scientists have said.The jellyfish-like animals are known as salps, and feed on small plants in the water called phytoplankton (marine algae).The plants absorb the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through the top level of the ocean.Dr Mark Baird...

Lava Eating Roads

If the sign won’t stop drivers in their tracks that big lump of lava in the road certainly will.No stop sign required on this lava covered road, HawaiiLava flow provides platform for perfect picture poses in Oahu, HawaiiForboding lava flow crawls ever onwards in Pahoehoe, HawaiiAre there any roads not covered in lava in Hawaii?Bonito lava flow at Sunset Crater National Monument, ArizonaMassive lava beds surrounding a...

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