Humans are the cruelest species on this planet. You will appalled after reading this article about the suffering and destruction humans are capable of.

A recent article asks if there is a similarity between the US and Nazi Germany. It highlights the 14 characteristics of fascism - controlled media, obsession with national security, crime & punishment, identification of an enemy as a unifying cause.

Top 10 predictions from The Futurist: cashless society, a million billionaires, a new Cold War, a significant extinction event, water scarcity,70 million Africans affected by floods, non-human entities making decisions for us.

The younger generation seem to prefer coffee and instant drinks. Many of the older generation in Asia believe the art of tea brewing and drinking is being lost, along with knowledge about the teas. But tea is fighting back!

From November 20, Japan will require visitors to submit to photographic and fingerprinting procedures to "help prevent terrorist attacks". This will include long-time foreign residents. Does this equate terrorism with foreigners??

A small Australian eastern pygmy possum has smashed the world record for mammal hibernation. The previous record of 320 days was held by a western jumping mouse. But this possum stuffed himself with food and promptly went to sleep for 367 days!

Newly released, rare photos show SS officers and Auschwitz camp staff living it up as the gas chambers and crematoriums were operating. The images are disturbing & should act as a warning for future generations.

There's a new report, Climate Change in Australia - Sydney will have an annual temperature rise of up to 4.3 degrees by 2070. 10% rainfall decrease. More intense tropical cyclones & rising sea levels, more savage bushfires, more intense tropical cyclones.

He is made out of mostly recycled computer parts, ranging from recycled hard drive platters and floppy disks, to memory ears and a wire tail. Good use of old computers bits & pieces!

Plants such as strawberry and clover can instant message each other along a linked network. They send out runners along or under the ground and the runners become new buds. You end up with an entangled communications network that can warn of danger.