The Severed Fingers and Rotted Flesh of Marc Clancy (photos)
You know that scene in The Goonies where the Fratellis are putting Chunk’s hand in the blender? Well, I was a small child when I watched that (at my best friend’s Dad’s house of course – Dads never gave a shit about what you were watching…) and I never fully recovered from my fear of flesh mangled...
Find a girl in the lap of nature (PHOTOS)
The images are the work of Swiss artist Filippo Ioco, who travels the world in search of the perfect locations for his incredible photographs. Having travelled to San Juan Island National Historical Park, Puerto Rico, Cala Rossa, Sicily, Italy, and Point Dume-Zuma Beach, California, the artistic photographer is looking to new...
High-five! Dutch scientists build world’s biggest tsunami machine (VIDEO)
Dutch scientists have created the world’s biggest human-made wave generator. The Delta Flume can send waves 5 meters high, crashing down a 300-meter long, 9.5-meter deep channel. The monster machine wasn't designed to help surfers catch bigger waves, but to enhance safety against floods in the Netherlands, where half...
Two Shanghai Spires: Roofers stand on needle point hundreds of meters above ground (VIDEO)
A couple of Russian-speaking daredevil roofers who have climbed the highest structures around the world have done it again — this time they’ve scaled the tip of 80-meter high steel spires erected on a skyscraper in Shanghai. Rattling their own steel nerves in the first place, they also shot the effort on camera,...
Facebook will bring free Internet to sub-Saharan Africa with a satellite
Facebook just put some serious satellite oomph behind its Internet.org initiative, which aims to bring basic Internet access to developing countries. The company has partnered with French-based satellite operator Eutelsat in an attempt to deliver free Internet to sub-Saharan Africa using an AMOS-6 satellite, Eutelsat announced...
Ukrainian journalists address world leaders about the war in Ukraine (VIDEO)
Seven journalists and hosts of TSN news agency have recorded a video address to the most influential world leaders, where they talk about the war in Ukraine and invite the global community to find out more about it with the help of the book ‘Ukraine's War as Viewed by TSN journalists,' Ukraine Today reports....
Russians make closest contact to date with U.S. war planes over Syria: CBS News
Russian aircraft had their closest run-in yet with American war planes over Syria. The yellow aircraft are Russian, the green are American, according to CBS News. "The closest has been within a handful of miles of our remotely piloted aircraft," said Lt. Gen. Charles Brown, commander of the American air campaign, CBS...
40 Innocent Photos You’ll Look Differently! This Shows How Dirty Your Mind Is!
It’s a next installment of our past showcase on innocent photos for dirty mind where you’ve seen that with all the photography devices out there, every now and then, someone captures a truly amazing once-in-a-lifetime photo. Some of these shots are really appreciable, but some are really shameful and inappropriate....
The Ugliest Woman In The World: How Is It When People Tell Her To Kill Herself (PHOTO)
A woman who was bullied for the way she looks is the focus of a new film that premieres at the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas on Saturday. What started as a search for music online — purely homework procrastination — would change Lizzie Velasquez's life. She was 17 when she stumbled across a...
Co-pilot lands plane safely after American Airlines pilot dies on flight
An American Airlines pilot died on Monday on a red-eye flight from Phoenix to Boston. The flight was diverted to Syracuse, New York, where the co-pilot landed the plane safely. "Syracuse, American 550, medical emergency, captain is incapacitated, request handling for runway," the co-pilot can be heard saying on a...
Russian jets hit IS targets in Palmyra
Russian jets hit Islamic State targets in the Syrian city of Palmyra and the northern province of Aleppo, Syrian state television and a monitoring group said on Tuesday, in some of the heaviest Russian attacks on the hardline Islamist group, according to Reuters. The strikes destroyed 20 vehicles and three weapons depots in...
Forbes: Poker player Putin raises stakes on Syria, Ukraine. Can European Union call his bluff?
Russian President Vladimir Putin is strengthening his negotiating power with the European Union, and the United States, in the standoff around Ukraine by backing Bashar al-Assad in Syria and bombing rebel militants there, even if they do not belong to Islamic State. Not only is Russia now setting the pace in the conflict in...