7 Secret Weapons That Were Never Completed

Mankind is in a never-ending arms race against himself, other nations, religions and whoever is deemed a threat to existence. This leads governments to spend enormous amounts of money on even the craziest of ides, often leading to ridiculous weapons that eventually disappoint or simply never get developed.

10 Weird Gadgets That Never Got Off The Ground

by Mary Mckee

Not all inventions are a gold mine – in fact most of them are complete duds. While many are cool and interesting ideas for one reason or another they never quite caught on. Here is a list of 10 weird gadgets that no one really got.

Orbital Garbage Collector

This concept for a space debris collection and recycling ship from artist Vaughan Ling shows one potential way of taking care of all the junk.

Scale of the Universe

Everyone knows the universe is huge, but most people don't understand how huge it really is. This article will try to show the amazingly massive scale of the universe to you.  It surely is a very humbling experience!

30 Most Unusual Taxis From Around The World

Most of us only see the same boring taxis everywhere, but a little selection of photos which shows the much different types of taxi vehicles around the world. Some of them look nothing like a taxi cab we are used to, but that’s what makes it interesting. Check out these crazy taxis from around the world and choose your taxi for the ride of your dreams.

Technology Behind The Future Homes

by Matt Warman

How will we live in the future? Are Star Trek fantasies of simulated-reality holodecks and revolutionary foodstuffs going to come true? We can suppose that many of the elements of what will be commonplace in a few decades, or even sooner, are already available to some consumers, or to researchers.

Top 10 Ugliest Buildings In America

Architecture is a subjective beast. Any attempt to create something aesthetically pleasing should be commended, because the world is pockmarked with too many unattractive buildings with little or no design considerations. Unfortunately, even with an architect involved, some buildings have been thrashed and badly beaten with the ugly stick.

Will You Forgive?

What if you understand that if you are truly repentant and do your bit in asking forgiveness, that’s all that is needed? Seeking forgiveness is a way to let go of guilt and move on in life. Sadly, this realisation mostly seeps in when we are ourselves in trouble. Ranbir gets the first setback of his life when he is rejected by Deepika Padukone. It is then, when his heart breaks, that he realises how cruel he was to the two girls he ditched along the way. Racked by guilt, he proves his mettle by travelling across continents to seek them out and make his peace with them. 

Top 10 Disappearances That Cannot Be Explained

There are certain people who disappeared without a trace and till date, officials have not been able to figure out where they went. The following are the top 10:

Gadgets of the Future

by Lacey Maulding

Let's face it, technology hasn’t progressed quite like we hoped it would when we were kids. We aren’t commuting to work in flying cars, ordering around our robot assistants or traveling through time like Bruce Willis and Joseph Gordon-Levitt in the upcoming film Looper. Though we are still a ways away from our Saturday cartoon ambitions, taking a look at these ultramodern gadgets will make you feel like you are in the millennium The Jetsons promised.

World's Biggest Onion

On Friday, UK man Peter Glazebrook, 67, set a new world record for the world's biggest onion by entering a 17 pound, 15 ounce monster in the Harrogate Autumn Flower Show's annual World Onion Championship. His gigantic onion trounced 2005's record holder for the world's biggest onion, which weighed in at a mere 16 pounds, 8 ounces.

Travel Picks: 10 Top Ugly Buildings And Monument

Edited by Belinda Goldsmith

Travel can open your eyes to some of the world's most beautiful sights and buildings - and to some of the ugliest. Web site VirtualTourist.com (www.virtualtourist.com) has come up with a list of "The World's Top 10 Ugliest Buildings and Monuments" according to their editors and readers. Reuters has not endorsed this list. "Some of these picks have all the charm of a bag of nails while others are just jaw-dropping in their complexity. Love them or hate them, the list is certainly entertaining," said General manager Giampiero Ambrosi.

The 5 Types of Guys Women Are Attracted To

By : Vin DiCarlo

Which are you?

I’m sure you’re aware of the fact that women are more drawn to certain types of men than others. I don’t recommend that you change your personality, or wardrobe to match these types of guys. Instead, learn what you can from each type, and see if there’s an element that works for that guy, that you could incorporate more in your own life.

Top 10 Most Creative Business Card Designs

A business card is your unique identity in somebody’s hand. The designers of the following business cards have taken this one step further and created some of the most innovative business card designs till date,  ensuring their position in the Top 10 Most Creative Business Card Designs!

Termites Cause Strange Plant Circles In African Desert

by David Farrell

Odd plant circles, thought to be created by fairies according to legend, are in fact created by termites, according to new research by Norbert Jürgens of the University of Hamburg.

The Worst Prison In France

The Baumettes prison in Marseille.

Nobody Can Eat Caviar For Eight Days In A Row…

by nistka

From unpleasant looking things, beauty often emerges… Caviar is the eggs of the sturgeon,  a fish only surpassed in looks by the similarly ugly catfish.  The eggs  have been brined or salted and allowed to mature. Its incessant farming caused Russia to put a nine-year self-imposed ban on wild sturgeon caviar trade.  The rarest and most expensive in fact comes from the big beluga sturgeon in the Caspian Sea.

Cat-eyed Chinese Boy

A blue-eyed Chinese boy born with cat-like night vision may offer clues to the future of human evolution.

When Nong Yongsui was two-months-old his father, Nong Shihua, was told by doctors not to worry about his son’s unique blue eyes and that his eyes would be fine when he grew up; now, years later, Yongsui’s father, teacher and doctors are convinced the young boy’s eyes have given him a special ability - night vision.

“In the dark Nong’s eyes would emit a kind of blue-green light when shone upon by a flash light - his eyes were just like cat eyes.”

US Accused of Chemical Weapons Plot, Faking Intelligence Against Syria

By Dean Walsh

Hacked Emails Reveal Chemical Weapons Plot

The United States and Qatar have been accused of plotting to plant chemical weapons in Syria, which could then be ‘found’ as a pretext for direct US intervention to topple the government of Bashar al Assad. The accusations emerged after hackers released files purporting to show an email conversation between senior executives at the British based defence company Britam Defence. In one email the firm’s Business Development Director David Goulding sends a message to company founder Philip Doughty:

Flying Cars: Are They Finally Ready For Take Off?

Despite centuries of promise, flying cars remain largely confined to films and fiction. But a host of new projects hope to finally let them fly. Blade Runner, Back To The Future, The Fifth Element - Science fiction classics that all have one thing in common: flying cars. Whether it’s gliding taxi cabs or hovering DeLoreans, Hollywood has embraced the idea of a vehicle that is as happy on the motorway as it is in the clouds. But away from the silver screen, this science fiction staple has failed to take off.