Scroll down to see our picks for 2014. From a freaky accident in China to Twins being born hand in hand. This year had it’s moments for one of a kind imagery that is sure to stay in our memories. See the pictorial for the year below: Read More »
Man’s best friend is seen as anything but in Iran, where city workers gun down strays and conservatives view pet dogs as a corrupting Western influence. But in a rare animal shelter in the countryside west of Tehran, hundreds of lucky pups have found mercy, and a growing number of Iranians are learning to love them. [Full Story] Read More »
The U.S. Navy says its new laser weapon works and it will use it if it has to. The Office of Naval Research reported Wednesday that its laser weapons system — dubbed LaWS — had performed flawlessly in tests aboard the amphibious transport dock USS Ponce in the Arabian Gulf from September to November. Klunder said the laser performed so ... Read More »
Persepolis New Persian: Takht-e Jamshid literally meaning “city of Persians”, was the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire (ca. 550–330 BC) Persepolis is situated 70 km northeast of city of Shiraz in the Fars Province in Iran. The earliest remains of Persepolis date from around 515 BC. It exemplifies the Achaemenid style of architecture. UNESCO declared the citadel of Persepolis a ... Read More »
Do you dislike waiting a long time before the traffic light turns green? Well in Germany they found a solution of some kind.. Street Pong! Sandro Engel and Holger Michel are interaction design students at HAWK University, a college in Hildesheim, Germany. They wanted to discourage people from running across busy streets. So they found a way to make waiting ... Read More »
Norway has a population of about 5 million and covers an area of 385,155 square kilometres. The official Head of State is King Harald V. It is known for nature attractions like fjords, mountains and midnight sun, and is easily accessible by plane from most European countries. The weather in Norway is much milder than one would expect. Because of ... Read More »
Samsung’s virtual reality headset, the Gear VR Innovator Edition, showed up on the company’s online store Today for $199.99. Samsung Gear VR is a virtual-reality headset that uses the company’s new Galaxy Note 4 as its main display. It looks a little like an Oculus Rift, and a “powered by Oculus” logo appears on the side. But it reminds us ... Read More »
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani will hike military spending by more than a third in the next fiscal year despite presenting a “cautious, tight” budget to parliament on Sunday in response to falling oil prices and punishing sanctions arising from the country’s disputed nuclear program. According to Tasnim News Agency, dated 07DEC14: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani submitted to the parliament the ... Read More »
Top Photo: From left to write: Maryam Sachs, Shahbanou Farah Pahlavi, Swiss photographer Georg Gerster in front of his aerial picture of Mount Damavand Photo by KA. Swiss photographer Georg Gerster undertook a dangerous mission in the 1970’s to capture the beauty of Iran from the air on film, sticking his camera out a of a plane to do so. ... Read More »
Workers at the downtown federal courthouse called in a bomb squad Thursday for a suspicious device, not realizing it was an S* toy. When the bomb squad arrived, they suited up in vests and helmets and approached the object. “It was oblong, egg-shaped, you could say, I think aluminum, with a cord coming out of it leading to a small ... Read More »