This is Xaero - a vertical take-off and landing vehicle being developed by Masten Space Systems. The California start-up hopes the rocket will eventually carry pay-loads for NASA to altitudes of up to 30 kilometres, mainly to collect atmospheric data...
This monster of a crocodile is Lolong. He's blamed to have killed two people in the southern Philippine town of Bunawan, and was captured after a three-week-long hunt in September last year. Measuring 6 meters and 17 centimeters or 20 feet and weighi...
Xanadu, the ruins of the first capital of Kublai Khan's empire, in China's northern Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, has been listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage site. The move was supported unanimously at the 36th World Heritage Committee meeting...
Tom Cruise led Forbes' annual list of the 100 highest paid actors released on Tuesday (July 3), earning nearly twice that of second place Leonardo DiCaprio and recapturing his spot among Hollywood's top-earning performers after his recent blockbuster...
Years of hard work and sacrifice will pay off as Olympic athletes climb the podium to receive their medals in London. But exactly how are those medals made? The raw materials are mined in the Utah desert in the USA, but thats just the start of a long...
The president and first lady revealed the details of their first date, which took place in 1989, in a video released on his website to promote a competition to win dinner with him and his wife. 美国总统奥巴马和第一夫人米歇尔在一个视频...
TEXT: Six Swedes are about to embark on a special journey - sailing in a novel device called the wind wagon. Used by 19th Century immigrants to travel through the vast plains of America, this wind wagon will retrace one of their paths. Henrik Wallgre...
Grow The Planet: Italian social network aids gardeners If your hobby isn't reading, it might be gardening. A new social network from Italy is cultivating green thumbs across the globe. The website, called Grow The Planet, gives urban farmers a place...
Secrets from some of the worlds most covert agencies are putting their tricks on display for a new exhibit called SPY: The Secret World of Espionage, in New York City. Its a rare opportunity to take a sneakpeek at tools rarely shown to the public, an...
TEXT: Global powers convene at the Rio +20 U.N. conference to try to determine a sustainable pathway for global development. A draft text prepared by diplomats this week laid out global aspirations, rather than mandatory goals, on issues like food se...
