You already know our little fondness for Legos and pixels, this summer the Bronx Zoo center exhibits LEGO sculptures on view just outside in our Wild Forest area. Tigers, spray toads, flamingos, gorillas, penguins, and other exotic wildlife, created by LEGO’s talented team of expert builders, sit in natural habitats scattered throughout the zoo.
An American man has had what doctors say is the most extensive face transplant in history. The man’s name is Richard Lee Norris and years ago he suffered massive facial injuries in a gun accident. The accident destroyed most of the man’s lips and nose as well as his jaw and left him with limited mouth movement and no sense of smell.
The surgery was performed at the University of Maryland Medical Center, and was paid for by the U.S. Navy as part of a program to develop techniques to help soldiers with facial injuries from combat recover. The surgery lasted 36 hours and gave Norris new teeth, nose, tongue, and jaw. Physicians say the man is now recovering well and has brushed his new teeth and shaved since the surgery.
Before the promulgation of worthwhile American sports such as baseball, football, basketball or hockey*, non-Americans were forced to content themselves with quasi-sports like croquet, Duck-Duck-Goose and soccer. It’s no surprise then that these diversion-starved people began to invent their own increasingly bizarre ‘sports.’
However, the Yorkshire miners who in the 1970s invented ferret legging, also known as ferret-down-trousers, had no such excuse. Although week after week, color television offered far safer and more athletically meritorious sports, the Yorkies designed a contest that very often results in bleeding genitals.
A French artist that calls himself MTO has done graffiti of famous movie roles all over Berlin. This German city is known for being the one with most street art in Europe. MTO has done anything from Ace Ventura the pet detective to Jack Torrance in The Shining.
The Colosseum in Rome is one of the most photographed monuments in the world. And while that makes it quite challenging to get an interesting and useful photograph of it, some people still manage to capture those magic images. We think these talented photographers have captured some great shots. Time to pack the bags for Italy!
Carnival Season for 2011 is nearing its end. All over the world, celebrations are held as a final party before the fasting of Lent, as a way to usher out the winter and welcome spring. Across Europe and the Americas, parades and festivals have been taking place for nearly a month, culminating in the largest, most famous party of all: the Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The festivals in Rio continue until today, March 8th. Gathered below are images from the past several weeks of carnivals around the globe.
You are probably informed about the upcoming cancellation of the Space Shuttle program by the United States. The cancellation of this program is explained by the lack of funds which are needed to support this not so cheap way of exploring the universe.
After the Space Shuttle missions are canceled, there will be a number of astronomers and astronauts who are going to sit jobless and bore themselves since they cannot fly into space anymore.
But photographer Hunter Freeman has already found some good propositions about what could all those astronauts do if they loose their jobs.
He created some entertaining collection of photos of astronauts doing their new jobs like searching for lost jewerly on beaches, cleaning buildings, washing extreme dirty clothes or just watching a television and eating pop-corns.
We can agree that modern art can be sometimes weird, and the following examples or art are definitely weird. If you’re into jewelry and that sort of things, you might want to check this piece of jewelry. I don’t know about you, but I wasn’t into jewelry and after seeing these pictures, I more certain than ever that jewelry just isn’t for me.
A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself (Josh Billings)
Playing and spending some time with your kids is one of the most important duties which should not be omitted in any circumstances. Kids need their parents' attention and they need parents to be raised and educated by them. In the time when you can find the most craziest and some of the most unbelievable types of toys in shops, it is hard to choose the right way to entertain your kids...