Topic: TV - on September 13, 2004 at 9:05:00 AM CEST
Outrage Over Live TV Broadcast Showing Nipple Piercing
There is outrage among German politicians and child protective agencies over an episode of Big Brother where Daniela Peter, 23, got her nipple pierced while lying on a table. The show will be repeated this Friday on German television.
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Topic: SCIENCE - on September 13, 2004 at 9:03:00 AM CEST
Fake Urine Developed For Research
Dyna-Tek Industries, a suburban Kansas City based company, has "been very blessed" with the success of a synthetic urine, called Surine, for the research industry.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on September 13, 2004 at 9:01:00 AM CEST
Train Collides With Carrier Hauling Vintage Porsches
A car-carrier loaded with vintage Porsches was struck by a train in Ventura, California. All of the Porsches were close to totaled, if not totaled. "We were able to get the driver out of the cab, luckily," Wilson said.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on September 13, 2004 at 8:59:00 AM CEST
Woman Killed By Her Pet Viper
Zookeepers helped police search for venomous and exotic pets in a house where a woman was fatally bitten by a viper.
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Topic: ROBOT - on September 13, 2004 at 8:58:00 AM CEST
Prototype copter-cam: Here, there, everywhere
It can only remain aloft for three minutes but weighs less than an empty soft drink can -- and it can take and transmit pictures in flight. Yes, it's the stuff of science fiction and it's real, at least in prototype.
Unveiled by Japan's Seiko Epson Corp, the "Micro Flying Robot" is the latest version of a tool the company first demonstrated in November 2003. That version was wire-controlled. This one is capable of autonomous flight over a pre-programmed route.
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Topic: Space - on September 13, 2004 at 8:56:00 AM CEST
Space probes feel cosmic tug of bizarre forces
Something strange is tugging at America's oldest spacecraft. As the Pioneer 10 and 11 probes head towards distant stars, scientists have discovered that the craft - launched more than 30 years ago - appear to be in the grip of a mysterious force that is holding them back as they sweep out of the solar system.
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Topic: SPORT - on September 13, 2004 at 8:51:00 AM CEST
Whacky version of polo produces jumbo fun
With a clash of mallets and the stomping of jumbo feet that shook the earth, the game was under way. Tense commands were shouted by pith helmeted players tied firmly to their two-ton mounts. Very soon there was a muddle in the middle. The beasts collided and the ball disappeared in a forest of elephantine legs, raising some dust and much laughter.
We had just witnessed a classic scrum in the whacky sport of elephant polo.
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