Author: Elsa
With Ridley Scott’s Matt Damon-starring movie The Martian dominating the box office and NASA’s recent admission that they may well have found water on Mars (fueling speculation that life could exist there), everyone’s talking about the red planet at the moment. Well, talk is even more rife after the video we’ve got for you here was released. It claims to be leaked footage from NASA which appears to show that the American space agency might well have visited Mars before. The video claims to be from a 1973 NASA space mission called ‘Project RedSun’, a secret mission to put a man…
We seen some rescue dogs in our time that were in pretty bad shape when they were picked up by an animal aid agency or charity. It’s a sad fact that too many dogs are mistreated and abused and left abandoned on the streets by unscrupulous owners who grow tired of the dogs and don’t want to care for them any longer or find a replacement owner. Yet of all the stories we’ve ever come across, we’ve never seen a dog look in as bad a shape as the poor mutt you’re about to meet. Left by the side of…
Many people laughed when they first heard that the billionaire businessman Donald Trump was to stand as a Republican presidential candidate. ‘Trump? He can’t replace Obama!’ people cried. And thought no more of it. But as the months have gone on, he’s still there. And he’s still the frontrunner. We all expected him to get found out and a better candidate replace him. But that’s still yet to happen. Donald Trump could get into the White House. And it’s a dangerous thought. Why? Well, quite a few political commentators have been raising a very salient and yet worrying point recently……
Whether you ‘trust in God’ or not, the phrase, ‘In God We Trust’ doesn’t just have religious meaning. It’s been the official motto of the United States of America since 1956 and represents national pride and resilience and many other things that the country hold dear. That’s why Texas police chief Adrian Garcia refuses to take down the words from his truck, despite repeated calls from an atheist group to do just that. And his response to them? Classic! “After carefully reading your letter I must deny your request in the removal of our Nations motto from our patrol units,…
The parents of a sweet little six year-old child that died of a brain infection have released a note that he wrote for them shortly before being admitted to hospital and dying. The simple handwritten sheet of paper shows a beautiful message of love and has been a great source of comfort to the two as they grieve his passing. Amber and Tim Shoemake took little Leland into Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta after he contracted something called Balamuthia mandrillaris in his brain. He’d been ill for a few weeks and is thought to have contracted the infection from playing outside.…
Professor Stephen Hawking has, as he’s often said, tackled the mysteries of the universe his entire life. And mysteries don’t get a lot bigger than the question that’s plagued mankind since we evolved… Are we alone? Well, the world’s most famous theoretical physicist is certain that aliens exist. And not just that – he suspects that one day that might just head to Earth to ‘conquer and colonize’. A scary thought indeed. Weirdly, Hawking has only just pledged to help raise and invest more than $150m to help find proof of extraterrestrial life. A little odd considering he’s now convinced that they’ll…
The gift of a child is often the highlight of a woman’s life. But, in certain circumstances, children can be a personal curse. Especially in extremely poor countries where access to contraception and family planning education is almost non-existent. Having a child in abject poverty is not only hugely inconvenient, it can also be a very real threat to the child’s safety. And if one unwanted child is difficult, imagine having triplets… Jeaneta Bente doesn’t need to imagine, she faced that very situation. Living in a particularly desolate and poor part of Romania, she felt she had no choice but…
Meet Rick Rosner. He’s a sometime TV personality and constant smart alec. But that’s no insult, Rick revels in his reputation as clever. In fact, he’s proud to say that he’s technically the second smartest guy on the planet. The 54 year-old boasts an incredibly high IQ score of 192 (only topped by a Greek doctor called Evangelos Katsioulis). And the secret to Rosner’s intelligence? A lengthy list of ‘brain drugs’, as he calls them. He takes up to fifty supplements a day! But while he’s very clever indeed, he’s not a doctor, so when he advises taking these pills, he admits…
You’re about to meet the world’s luckiest young boy. He was waiting by the side of the road for a ride after school when he narrowly missed being run over by a car that hurtled out of control… He’s standing by some metal railings, idly killing time. He’d been there a while, wondering where his lift was. For no real reason other than boredom – or perhaps serendipity – he decides to wander a few feet away. Seconds later? BANG! The out of control vehicle smashes into exactly where he was standing. Had he not have moved, he surely would…
Delia Blackburn is a wedding photographer. She’s been to hundreds of wedding ceremonies. Each has its own little touching moments that are really rather sweet. But none she’d ever attended featured a selfless act like the one she snapped recently in Vermillion, Ohio. A lovely day, a beautiful setting, it was all set up perfectly. The bride, Brittany, looked a picture too. It was all set to start when the father of the bride asked the priest to pause and then dashed into the audience… He grabbed someone and dragged him to the front. It was Brittany’s stepfather. Todd Bachman…