Astronauts on board the International Space Station will soon have a new roommate–and it’s not human. It’s a humanoid. In Sept. 2010, space shuttle Discovery will deliver Robonaut 2–”R2″ for short–to the ISS, where it will become the first humanoid robot to travel and work in space. Developed jointly by NASA and General Motors, R2 [...]
March 18, 2010
Donna Simpson already weighs 602 pounds, but she is determined to nearly double her size to become the world’s fattest woman. The 42-year-old from New Jersey, U.S, is set on reaching the 1,000lb mark in just two years. Remarkably she insists she is healthy, despite now needing a mobility scooter when she goes shopping. ‘My [...]
December 29, 2009
SELMA, Ind. – Police say a fifth-grader handed out about $300 to others on the bus ride to his eastern Indiana school. Problem is, they say, the cash was among some $10,000 he took from his grandparents’ safe. Delaware County Sheriff George Sheridan says the boy was riding the bus to Selma Elementary School when [...]
December 23, 2009
GREELEY, Colo. – Court records said a woman suspected of using a prepaid mobile phone to make up to 48 false calls for help to 911 was a volunteer firefighter. The woman, 44, was a volunteer firefighter in Hudson, according to court records released Monday. An affidavit said the woman allegedly told investigators that after [...]
December 16, 2009
CHILTON, Wis. — Two women accused of seeking revenge on a cheating lover by gluing his penis to his stomach have reached plea deals. Forty-eight-year-old Therese Ziemann, was accused of doing the actual gluing. She pleaded no contest Monday to reduced charges of disorderly conduct and misdemeanour battery. Her sister, 43-year-old Michelle Belliveau, pleaded no [...]
November 28, 2009
Compelling new data that chemical and fossil evidence of ancient microbial life on Mars was carried to Earth in a Martian meteorite is being elevated to a higher plane by the same NASA team which made the initial discovery 13 years ago. Sources tell Spaceflight Now that the new data are providing a powerful new [...]
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