Colourful thermophile (heat tolerant) algae in the hot springs.

Vatican Buys Palm for $800 Million

The Vatican has bought Palm Inc in a $800-million cash, stock, and souls deal, a move that analysts are calling a bold bid to reconvert the Catholic C [...]

The Walking Bike by max Knight

A flock of starlings takes flight in a field north of Bakersfield in California

Jaime Pitarch "Cyclops"

Microscott

Dog Rides Comfortably in Sack on Running Board

2008 in photographs (part 2 of 3)

New law to allow police to collect DNA in secret from teacups

MI5 and the police may be allowed to secretly collect genetic samples from items such as cigarette butts and teacups under new laws that could massive [...]

Traffic-Stopper (1924)

Star Wars Vs Star Trek

Wheelchair athlete’s back flip lands him in record book

Guinness World Records recorded the Northwest Las Vegas resident, in front of a crowd of more than 300 at Doc Romeo Park, as the first to complete a b [...]

2012? You Betcha!

In a cavernous convention hall on Sassafras Pier in Erie, Pennsylvania, five days before the election, Tom Ridge introduces Sarah Palin to 7,500 of he [...]

Traffic cone sculpture

Man killed wife in Facebook row

A man has been jailed for life for stabbing his wife to death over a posting she made on the social networking site Facebook.