As most countries around the world are wanting to built taller and taller skyscrapers, one country is planning on building a structure that is miles taller than any other building. Instead of scraping the sky, it will be scraping the bottom of the ocean floor.
The Japanese Shimizu Corporation has just unveiled renderings of the world's first underwater 'lowrise', which they estimate could...
Robbie “Maddo” Maddison just broke all kinds of world records by becoming the first human to "surf" an ocean wave on a motorcycle.
Witness history being made as Maddo rides his dirt bike on the powerful and iconic waves of Tahiti;
For nearly two years Robbie has been focused on making surfing on his motorbike a reality.
Modifications to...
In a surprisingly good piece of economic news, The US Labor Department just announced that first-time claims for U.S. unemployment benefits fell to their lowest level in over forty years last week.
The report stated that the total number of jobless claims fell to 255,000 - the lowest level since 1973 when the total number during a week in November was 233,000.
Continuing claims (people receiving ongoing unemployment assistance),...
For a country that's never had a king or queen, America has built some of the most intriguing "castles" in the world using mostly entrepreneurial wealth.
Here is the list of the most 'majestic' castles ever built on American soil;
#1 The Biltmore (Ashville, North Carolina)
The Biltmore House is the main building on the vast Biltmore estate in Ashville, NC. It is a Châteauesque-styled...
In what might be the worst Wheel of Fortune fail of all time, Julian from Indiana University had the chance to win $1 million, had the puzzle fully solved, and then lost because he pronounced Achilles like “A-chill-us.” Because of that mistake, the show decided not to give him the victory and instead, one of the other contestants who...
University of Florida researchers just captured what might be the second-longest snake ever captured.
The team was monitoring a section of the everglades known for large reptiles. On July 9, they spotted the record-breaking python, a female that measured 18 feet 3 inches and weighed over 133 pounds, CBS Miami reports.
The longest ever captured measured 18 feet 7 inches long.
The snake...
There are currently thousands of people all around the world suffering from a disease doctors call 'left-handedness'. Many of these people even believe that they don't actually suffer from a disease, that they are actually very normal (only backwards). For all those who have been struggling through life, feeling like less than a person, this list is for you.
Here are...
Hailey Fort, a 5 year old girl from Washington, is now changing the world, one homeless person at a time. With the help of her loving mom, she is trying to build 12 mobile shelters this year for homeless people.
The structures cost about $300 each to build. The walls are made from pallets, which are stuffed with recycled denim insulation. Each structure...
Residents in the mountains surrounding the Bluefield region have been picking and shoveling what may turn out to be the biggest Ginseng harvest in history for the region. The conditions this summer have been excellent for the ginseng plant and due to regulations over the past several years, ginseng growth is now at an all-time high.
The price of wild...
Piotr Naskrecki was taking a late-night walk deep in the rainforest of Guyana, when suddenly he heard a small clicking sound, like that of miniature horse hooves.
"When I turned on the light, I couldn't quite understand what I was seeing," remarked Naskrecki, an entomologist and photographer at Harvard University's Museum of Comparative Zoology.
What he discovered is now officially the world's largest...