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A man who made headlines for his 100-pound scrotum now says he turned down an offer for free surgery to get rid of his bulging problem. GRAPHIC content below: The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that Wesley Warren Jr. declined an opportunity to have the "Dr. Oz Show" pay for the medical...

Two researchers from USC published a study Monday describing a new kind of roboticsensor, modeled on the human finger, that can feel, explore and identify more than a hundred common materials. They hope the technology will be integrated into prosthetic hands and other devices that could benefit...

Yasser Lopez, 16, was said to be extremely lucky to survive after his friend accidentally fired a spear-gun into his forehead as it was being loaded. The force of the impact was said to be so strong that it knocked him into the lake where the two teenagers had been fishing. Lopez was airlifted...

Rare reptiles known as tuatara (the last two species of the order Sphenodontia) survived the age of the dinosaurs, but the age of man has given them a bit more trouble. After living in New Zealand for millions of years, tuatara were completely wiped out on the country’s two main islands by...

Three suspected cannibals have been arrested by Brazilian police on suspicion of having murdered and eaten as least two women who they may have turned into pastries. The trio allegedly forged a sect called Cartel who wanted to purify the world and reduce the population according to police...

Don’t you ever wish you could stuff your face with all kinds of delicious treats without feeling guilty about putting on weight? I know I have, and it seems now, thanks to some simple inhalers from a company called Vaportrim, we’ll be able to do just that. Are you familiar with electronic...

Got something in your home that needs fixing? Take it with you on your next trip to Holland. They have a ‘Repair Café’ there, where you can get almost anything fixed. The concept café, sponsored by the Dutch State, is the brainchild of former journalist Martine Postma. She felt that the Dutch...

Mary Allen Hardison, a 101-year-old grandmother from Ogden, Utah, has officially been recognized as the “Oldest Female to Paraglide Tandem” — an achievement described Tuesday by Guinness World Records as a “celebration of the official start of spring and life rejuvenated.” Hardison took up...

Big bites lead to big bellies, researchers say, and they might have a solution: People take smaller bites of food when it's accompanied by stronger aromas, so infusing foods with strong aromas could get people to eat less. We take bigger bites of foods we are familiar with and smaller bites of...

Pork donuts may not be palatable to Americans or Europeans, but the parent company of Dunkin' Donuts and the Baskin-Robbins ice cream chains is catering to local tastes in China, where it aims to open another 100 stores in the next two to three years. Dunkin' Brands Group Inc (DNKN.O) also...

Think about the tallest, wildest roller coaster you've ever been on. If a Southern California design firm has its way, you haven't felt anything yet. BRC Imagination Arts is proposing a "zero gravity" roller coaster that would give thrill seekers a stomach-churning ride including at least...

Playboy is about to launch into the final frontier, at least in its imagination. The iconic adult-magazine company has dreamed up a vision of a Playboy Club in space — a sprawling sci-fi-inspired depiction of fun and games on a huge private space station – in conjunction with the space tourism...

Mothers of several pupils at a primary school have complained after a parents' association held a male strip show featuring full frontal nudity to raise funds. Several parents expressed their disgust at the "vile" ladies' night organised to raise money for Clavering Primary School in Essex. A...

SINGAPORE, Feb. 10, 2012 (Reuters) — Inspired by Singapore's famous chilli crab dish, researchers have created a miniature robot with a pincer and a hook that can remove early-stage stomach cancers without leaving any scars. Mounted on an endoscope, it enters the patient's gut through the...

Drinkers were forced to flee for their lives when a drug-fuelled maniac burst into their pub and lunged at them with a chainsaw just minutes after he was thrown out for smoking. Dean Dinnen, 24, charged into The Endyke pub in Hull, armed with the petrol-driven chainsaw to exact revenge on a...

A man dressed as a ghost (posed) A man arrested on suspicion of domestic abuse told stunned cops a GHOST had punched and strangled his wife. Michael West, 41, was arrested after police were called to a disturbance at his home in Wisconsin on January 15. At the scene, his wife Rebecca told...

Unholy union? The couple are not expected to ever leave their high-security psychiatric facility. A cannibal and a Satan-worshipping vampire have asked for permission to get married behind bars. Isakin Jonsson, 33, has asked human vampire Michelle Gustafsson, 23, to join him in matrimony. He...

SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - Bird enthusiasts are reporting rising numbers of snowy owls from the Arctic winging into the lower 48 states this winter in a mass southern migration that a leading owl researcher called "unbelievable." Thousands of the snow-white birds, which stand 2 feet tall with...

BERLIN (Reuters) - A steady slide in beer consumption in Germany was stopped cold last year thanks to warmer weather, the federal statistics office said Monday. German brewers sold 98.2 million hectolitres of beer last year, down by just 0.1 percent in 2011 after dropping by an average of two...

A jail in Pohang, which lies on the east coast of South Korea, dropped 1 billion won (about $886,000) to implement a new security measure that soon will replace live guards with robots. Thankfully, these guards will not have the capabilities to kill people. Read...