Life in the Fast Lane

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Welcome back! In celebration of the birth and life of one of the most adorable and endangered species our planet has to offer, here are a series of progressive photos of a Giant Panda — native only to China — from day 1 through to day 120, along with information about panda reproduction that you [...]

33 year old Bryan Berg has been crowned the Guinness World Record Cardstacker holder at the Texas State Fair for a record-setting skyscraper standing 25 feet 9 7/16 inches tall — which took about a month to build — topping his previous world record of 25 feet 3 inches. The Iowa native, who lives in [...]

China is all a-buzz with the upcoming Olympics next year with pre-sports events raging across the nation. The creme de la creme of swimmers from all over the country took part in the China Golden Pig Sports Game with highly-trained pig athletes in Ningxiang, central China’s Hunan province last weekend. Photo Reuters Farmyard porkers competed [...]

Barely a soul alive today in the free world are unaware of the very first moon landing of the Apollo 11 mission on July 20th 1969, when Neil Armstrong was the first man to set foot down on the moon declaring his now legendary words, “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for [...]

Wingsuit flying is one of the most radical of extreme sports ‘catching wind,’ garnering recent and increasing popularity. The modus operandi that’s more like flying than falling varies, limited only by the imagination of the thrill seeker — some are base jumpers, others dive from planes or helicopters, and even from hot air balloons, while [...]

Face transplants aren’t exactly as they were made out to be in the movie Face-Off starring John Travolta and Nicholas Cage. Transplanting a face to appear as the original donor is not possible, as one’s looks are affected by the combination of the surface facial formation and the underlying bone structure. The patient will actually [...]