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Ancient face carvings exposed as Amazon water level drops to record lows

Ancient face carvings exposed as Amazon water level drops to record lows

(CNN)- Human faces sculpted into stone up to 2,000 years ago have appeared on a rocky outcropping along the Amazon River since water levels dropped to record lows in the region’s worst drought in more than a century. Some rock carvings had been sighted before but now there is a greater variety that will help researchers establish…read more »

Puppies get trained at Detroit airport to be future assistance dogs

Puppies get trained at Detroit airport to be future assistance dogs

(AP)- Five puppies learning to serve as assistance dogs had a howling good time during a training exercise at Detroit Metropolitan Airport. The pooches and their trainers walked Tuesday through a TSA checkpoint, rode an elevated tram and boarded an airplane on the visit. It was part of an effort to acclimate the dogs to…read more »

A rare baby giraffe was born without spots

A rare baby giraffe was born without spots

CNN — There’s a brand new spotless superstar on the scene at a Tennessee zoo. She doesn’t have a name yet, but she’s already made a big splash among her herd – she’s a giraffe without patches. The 6-foot wonder was born sans spots on July 31 at Bright’s Zoo, a privately owned facility in Limestone, and…read more »

Loch Ness monster fans prepare for biggest creature hunt for 50 years

Loch Ness monster fans prepare for biggest creature hunt for 50 years

CNN — Amateur sleuths with a taste for the supernatural will be glued to their screens next weekend in a bid to try and discover the truth behind Scotland’s biggest mystery. “Monster hunters” from as far away as Japan and New Zealand will be tuning in to livestreams of Scotland’s Loch Ness in the hope of settling a longstanding debate…read more »

Fancy driving world’s lowest car? fiat panda cut in half still rides & drifts as road-legal vehicle

Fancy driving world’s lowest car? fiat panda cut in half still rides & drifts as road-legal vehicle

WORLD’S LOWEST CAR IS FIAT PANDA SLICED IN HALF (designboom.com) – Car modifier collective Carmagheddon cuts Fiat Panda in half and turns it into the world’s lowest car that still functions, steers, rides, and drifts like an ordinary, street-legal vehicle. What might have been an ambitious car design project became a reality for Cocchi Rudi, Matteo Marzetti, Nicola Guadagnin…read more »

Watch 21-year-old solve Rubik’s Cube in astonishing 3.13 seconds

Watch 21-year-old solve Rubik’s Cube in astonishing 3.13 seconds

(USA Today)- Look out, cubing fans, the master of Rubik’s has outdone himself again. Max Park, a 21-year-old California native, was declared the new world record holder last week after solving a 3x3x3 Rubik’s Cube in a matter of 3.13 seconds, surpassing former champ Yusheng Du’s time of 3.47 seconds. Park’s landmark achievement came on…read more »