Chinese firefighters have succeeded in putting out an underground coal fire that had burned unabated for 180 years.

Convinced of his innocence, he wrote off asking for photographs of the incident and used the classroom formula 'speed equals distance over time' to prove he was travelling at 44.8mph in the 50mph zone

Actually, it is just a really, really cool looking building.

But it will be 22 months before laws will permit the box with the envelope to be reopened and the stamp checked.

What do you get when you write a script that instructs your MacBook to take a photo every time it wakes up from sleep, then send the notebook in for repairs? Photographs from the inside of one of Apple Computer's repair facilities.

This experiment alone was worth the entire cost of the space program.

Look closely at the package. Just below the lettering.

made entirely out of one-way glass

a jacket that transforms into a firm and protective shell around the user

A few days ago police in Poland arrested a 17 year old kid who ran a mini-farm of cannabis inside his PC. The PC was normally used but modded to contain a light source, and keep humidity and temperature at proper levels.

Blame the Babylonians

Seeds which have been stored away since the time of George III have been persuaded into new life.

they call it a rebellious celt, but it's also called a rattleback or just a celt.

Quite a dangerous stretch of road

THE crew of a New Zealand fishing trawler were lucky Archi the giant squid was dead when they hauled him up on deck.

Was it true that a manhole cover, accidentally blasted upwards at escape velocity during the American nuclear tests in the 1950s, was in fact the first manmade object in space, beating Sputnik 1 by a long way?

ARE YOU HERE? (Une petite saveur d'Amélie Poulain...)

Japanese officials in the Philippines are to meet two men who claim to be Japanese soldiers who have lived in the jungle since the end of World War II.