Retired US Marine Corps combat engineer shows off a new tool capable of separating microplastics from organic sea matter. The Trash Time Machine (TTM) is an open-source invention created by Ray Aivazian III, a former Marine Corps combat engineer and the founder of Stimulating Education and Ecological Design (SEED), a…
A well-known solo mountaineer who specialised in free climbing without ropes or safety devices has died after he fell 100 metres to his death from the side of an icy peak. Jonaz Hainz, 25, a mountaineer and expert rescue worker, died after falling off the side of an icy peak…
Doctors have successfully removed more than 90 per cent of a small child’s brain tumour after his parents were told it was inoperable and he was flown from Mexico to Spain for an emergency procedure. The adorable two-year-old named Oliver Romero is recovering in a paediatric Intensive Care Unit at…
A nurse accused of murdering five newborn babies and trying to kill eight more looked up lethal doses of potassium and insulin on the internet, said prosecutors in Argentina. Police found the deadly hunt in her computer search history after arresting suspect Brenda Aguero, who worked as a neo-natal nurse…
A shocking image of a small boy dressed as Adolf Hitler at a school Halloween bash has astonished education officials in Brazil. The photo - taken at a class party billed as a 'Night of Terror' at the school in Presidente Prudente in Sao Paulo - first emerged on Facebook.…
A British couple that went to the holiday island of Mauritius to get engaged came back with more than just dreams of wedded bliss after adopting two stray dogs they found on the beach. This video shows the moment groom Ben Jenkins, 27, met one of the dogs filmed by…
Three students and one of their dads have been seized by Egyptian police after they carried out a bungled heist at an archaeological museum packed with ancient artefacts. The raid - like a scene from an Indiana Jones movie - saw two of the gang break into the Sohag University…
This is the unbelievable moment four baby quails hatch inside a carton of eggs at a market stall on a staggeringly hot day in Brazil. The adorable chicks can be seen cracking through their shells as they draw their first breaths in 37 degrees Celsius weather in front of a…
A curious sparrow has joined a lineup of bird brains including this pair of toucans that have been sizing up motorway cameras in Brazil. They are just the latest high-flying stars to emerge from a series of videos taken from the country's state-of-the-art motorway traffic monitoring system. https://youtube.com/shorts/EKVXkaBG8bY The exotic-looking…
A religious family has been quizzed by police after they kept praying over a son's decomposing body for three days in an attempt to revive him. Gaston Claudio Chaves, 24, had died of natural causes in Las Brenas, Chaco, Argentina. But he was reported missing by his uncle after he…