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The Amazon rain forest has yielded many interesting critters, but these new finds top the list when it comes to unusual animals....

Talk to any Astronaut about their most revered memory from Space and the answer will inevitably be - seeing the Earth. The most vivid description was given by Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, who said 'It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn't feel like a giant. I felt very, very small.'...

While this picture may appear to be something out of a horror movie, it is an actual picture taken off the coast of Durban, South Africa. However, do not worry, this story has a happy ending!...

On June 12th, just as the International Space Station was orbiting above Japan, the Sarychev Peak, one of the world's most active volcanoes, came to life, enabling astronauts to take some amazing, never before seen, pictures....

After ignoring it for 40 years, NASA scientists are in pursuit of the Moon again - This time to see if there is any water on the satellite. On June 18th, Atlas V blasted off from Cape Canaveral, carrying with it a Spacecraft and a Lunar Robotic Satellite....

Tired of the same boring 'earth' weddings, a Brooklyn couple decided to shake things up a little - By getting married aboard a special airplane that stimulates the zero gravity that astronauts experience on space walks....

If Father's Day seems to be dragging on forever, it's because today also happens to be the longest day of the year and the first day of summer for all of you who live in the Northern Hemisphere....

Tired of eating cold soggy sandwiches for lunch? If the Heinz Company has its way, you will soon be making that hot 'Cup of Noodles' right in the middle of your algebra class, thanks to 'Beanzawave' the world's smallest portable microwave oven....

While the picture above looks like an attractive collection of everyday things and not particularly dangerous - they can be, especially when ingested by unsuspecting birds, who mistake it for food....