Japanese Monster Trees

In winter mild-mannered conifers become hulking monstrosities of snow and ice

405 Year Old Animal

A British scientific team discovered the 405-year-old clam, named after the Chinese dynasty and not the former Liberal Democrat leader, at the bottom [...]

Crabs capture the city

Woman with giant legs has Proteus Syndrome

"In life, a lot of people don't like to be labeled as this or that or the other," Sellars said. "But all my life, I've been kind of searching for a la [...]

Murata Unicycle-Riding Robot

Hot car accident

Bavarian Ravers

Water gun umbrella

Twilight Turtle

Tech boom means China will run out of IP addresses by 2011

In the West, we're always told that we're IPv6 laggards and that large parts of Asia are already running the new protocol.

DIY - Car Spoilers

Lots of cats

Iron ball falls in sand

Vibram Five Fingers

Escaped chimp disarms zookeeper

A chimpanzee at a zoo in western Japan apparently wanted to escape into the shade. To stay there, he disarmed a zoo worker.