Shattered Symmetry

Wolfie Blackheart is not an ordinary 18-year-old. She believes she is a wolf — technically, a werewolf — and so she wears a tail. She also wears a harness in case someone special wants to drag her around. And last week, she used a pocketknife in her… more »

Researchers in the Austrian Alps wanted to study the effects of being caught in an avalanche and chose pigs because of their biological similarity to humans. Some were completely submerged and others were buried up to the neck, and the time they took to… more »

As international aid agencies rush food, water and medicine to Haiti's earthquake victims, a United States group is sending Bibles. But these aren't just any Bibles! They're solar-powered audible Bibles that can broadcast the holy scriptures in Haitian C… more »

"The site has always been unrepentant about its selection process, calling itself "the largest network of attractive people in the world". The move was reportedly prompted by members themselves, who police the membership of the site to maintain a high st… more »

"The girl and her 15-year-old sister wanted to help cook dinner. The older girl tried twice, against their father's advice, to use diesel fuel to light the family's new wood cook stove... "When she started to pour the second time, the stove just spewed f… more »

Investigators recovered the remains of more than 500 animals after executing a search warrant Wednesday at a home in the Feltonville section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, according to the city's chapter of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to An… more »

Heroin laced with anthrax is being sold on the streets of Britain and has already killed two people in Glasgow, prompting warnings to addicts to be on their guard. Tests on a third person are being carried out to see if he died from the same disease. A… more »

"According to US government documents obtained by the PHR, as many as 2,000 surrendered Taliban fighters were reportedly suffocated in container trucks by Afghan forces operating jointly with the US in November 2001. The bodies were reportedly buried in… more »