Quoted: Amateur photographers will be able to print off their mobile phone pictures instantly thanks to a relaunch of Polaroid photo technology. The company has relaunched for the digital age with a miniature printer designed to unlock images from mobile phones. The Polaroid PoGo uses thermal printing technology instead of ink and produces business card-sized

Quoted: No, these figures aren't plasticine - they are a human hand (plus one foot). Italian artist Mario Mariotti, who died in 1997, created animals, footballers and musicians by bending his fingers into different positions. By adding paint and a few props, the images were brought to life. Mariotti photographed each of his creations and they have since become

Quoted: Spiralling off across the Nevada desert, these huge geometric shapes are an amazing three miles in diameter. Created using only common garden implements and wooden sticks, the stunning creation is the most ambitious of many sand sculptures made by 47-year-old Jim Denevan. Making three trips to Nevada's scorching Black Rock salt plain and taking a total

Quoted: Watch Video Thomas Beatie, the transgender man who made headlines as the so-called "pregnant man," gave birth Sunday to a healthy baby girl. The birth - at a hospital in Bend, Oregon - was natural, according to a source, who added that reports that Beatie had a caesarean section are false. "She's really cute, really pretty," the source told the Associated

Quoted: At first glance, they look like a couple of giant inflatable garden chairs that have washed out to sea But they are, apparently, the ultimate solution to rapidly rising sea levels. This computer-generated image shows two floating cities, each with enough room for 50,000 inhabitants. Based on the design of a lilypad, they could be used as a permanent

Quoted: One slip and this surfer could find himself waving his final goodbye. But, despite the risk, brave 17-year-old Josh Hughes had waited his whole lifetime to tackle this 20ft wall of water known to wave riders as ‘The Widowmaker’. He is thought to be the youngest person to surf the legendary breaker – Britain’s biggest – known as the Cribbar. And he

Quoted: A monster crab - three times the size of average - and with claws bigger than a man’s hands - has been hauled from the deep. The whopping 17lb crustacean measures an unbelievable width of more than two feet when fully extended, as well as having an impressive shell width of 12 inches. It has an incredible a claw span of nine inches - big enough to

Quoted: A slice of cool, fresh watermelon is a juicy way to top off a Fourth of July cookout and one that researchers say has effects similar to Viagra — but don't necessarily expect it to keep the fireworks all night long. Watermelons contain an ingredient called citrulline that can trigger production of a compound that helps relax the body's blood vessels,

Quoted: It may not quite meet NASA's exacting specifications, but this homemade rocket could help Britain cross the final frontier. Nova 2's inventor Steve Bennett, a toothpaste technician turned rocket scientist, believes it holds the key to blasting tourists into space within just five years. Not only that, but the Salford scientist is quietly confident