Quite Interesting News

Pompeii-like, a 300-million-year-old tropical forest was preserved in ash when a volcano erupted in what is today northern China. A new study by University of Pennsylvania paleobotanist Hermann Pfefferkorn and colleagues presents a reconstruction of this fossilized forest, lending insight into the ecology and climate of its time.

Ants retain the scent of insects they have fought with, enabling the whole colony to collectively "know its enemies", say scientists.

A tense, two-hour standoff between armed San Diego Police and an empty car on the freeway ended with no injuries -- just questions.

Eating curry once or twice a week could stave off dementia, research suggests.

The Delhi Police busted a gang of snake smugglers and recovered four cobras and about half-a-litre of venom after a tip-off from an NGO People For Animals (PFA).

Germany has given the English language words like "kaput," "verboten," and "über," and now the English language has returned the favor by giving "Deutschland" a great word of its own: "shitstorm." Yes, you read correctly, even with the asterisks.

From the old-fashioned to modern, many styles will be covered this summer.

VIDEO: MAGNIFICENT animal was thought to have become extinct 4,000 years ago...

3D advert releases the smell of baked potatoes

UFO Phil, a self-appointed intergalactic frontrunner for president, announced today he has been granted authority to assume the job without waiting for the November election. "I'm going to become your new president.

Sport at its best is electrifying – but one new game takes the concept a little too literally by allowing players to tackle opponents by zapping them...

A SQUATTING Brit was bitten in the testicles by a killer snake while answering a call of nature in the Aussie bush...

NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- Firefighters in Pennsylvania have managed to save 200 pounds of Polish sausage from what they're calling the best-smelling fire they've doused in years. The New Castle News reports that firefighters responded about 11:30 a.m.

Balanced on the tip of a scientist's fingernail in Madagascar, the-three centimetre reptile is no bigger than the flies that form his average-sized cousin's lunch.

The trial of a woman burnt at the stake 400 years ago for witchcraft resumed in Germany on Monday in an effort to clear the woman's name.

Ancient patches of a giant seagrass in the Mediterranean Sea are now considered the oldest living organism on Earth after scientists dated them as up to 200,000 years old.