British Shin Kicking Championship

"The crowd that assembled on Dover’s Hill near Chipping Campden last Friday weren’t in the Cotswolds for views of the rolling countryside.They came instead for scenic pleasures of sheer, shinbone-shattering violence that forms part of the Cotswold Olimpick Games.To the...

And The Spoon Ran Away With ...???

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorYou know if someone told me they discovered a Black Hole and a Parallel Universe, and it was in my dryer, I would honest to God believe them, no questions...

Hair of the dog: The animal lovers who turned their dead pets' coats into woo...

"Their beloved dogs may have gone to the great kennel in the sky, but for Beth and Brian Willis they will always be close. Because the couple have had his and hers jumpers knitted out of the hair moulted by the...

Extremophilia: Antarctic Hunt for Strange Life

"A team of scientists has just left the country to explore a very strange lake in Antarctica; it is filled with, essentially, extra-strength laundry detergent. ...

Dog "angels" guard autistic kids

 There is an organization in Canada set up by Chris and Heather Fowler in 1996 that trains dogs, mostly Labradors, to help look after autistic children.  It works.  To date the National Service Dogs...

Firefighter Coats, Other Equipment Taken From Station In Heist

" May 5, 2007 Washington - Someone stole coats, helmets and other gear from a South King Fire and Rescue station in Federal Way this week, equipment that firefighters say is crucial to keep them safe in hazardous environments. Crews from Station 61, 3203 S. 360th St.,...

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We All Need to Belong

Donald Crowdis is a 92 year-old Canadian blogger, which makes him one of the world's oldest bloggers. (Don was also the first host of the CBC show "The Nature of Things.") After reading What's Your Herd? I couldn't...

On the ground: Time to go - the Manchester conference protest

"There were thousands of them. Yellow coats, armed police, anti-terror squads and Evidence Gatherers (Police EG), or as one Indymedia journalist called them, “police examples”. Helicopters constantly circled the...

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Gene reveals mammoth coat colour

 The coat colour of mammoths that roamed the Earth thousands of years ago has been determined by scientists.

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