Ultrasounds just scream "twentieth century baby," don't they? Thank goodness Japanese company Pioneer has developed technology worthy of the twenty-first century fetus.
The first life-size Barbie Dreamhouse opened in Berlin on Thursday and is being guarded by police after feminist groups and left-wing activists said they would picket the plastic villa.
While at the iconic doll's dreamhouse, fans can also try on her clothes in her "endless" closet, bake cupcakes in her kitchen, walk her runway and hang out in her living room.
Mosquitoes carrying malaria are somehow manipulated by parasites carrying the disease to make a bee line for the smell of humans, researchers from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine say.
Russian inmates have teamed up with their counterparts in the biggest prison in the US, Chicago's Cook County Jail, to play a chess tournament via Skype.
Alena Kats and Emanuel Grunfeld face off in the HBO Bryant Park Chess Challenge in New York City’s Bryant Park on May 24, 2011. (Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)
"The participation of Russian convicts in the chess event testifies to their desire to follow the path of correction," said Russia's federal prison service.
Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks during an Apple product launch event at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts on March 7, 2012 in San Francisco, California. What would you ask Cook if you were the winning bidder? (Kevork Djansezian/AFP/Getty Images)
Kenyan police look at mock coffins left by members of Kenya Ni Kwetu (Kenya Is Ours) outside parliament on June 28, 2012 after taking to the streets of Nairobi with the aim of protesting the culture of impunity by members of parliament. (SIMON MAINA/AFP/Getty Images)
"I was the first to notice Mr Zanthe’s moving legs as I was in the queue to view his body."
Czech new-elected President Milos Zeman (C) speaks during a press conference on January 26, 2013 in Prague, after the result of the second round of the Presidential elections. Czechs chose outspoken veteran leftist Milos Zeman, an ex-premier, as their new president in the runoff of the EU republic's first direct election. (Michal Cizek/AFP/Getty Images)
A woman who refused to stop singing Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" during a flight from Los Angeles to New York forced the flight down and was removed for being disruptive.
Another Whitney replica... This wax figure of late singer is unveiled at Madame Tussauds in New York, February 7, 2013. (Emmanuel Dunand /AFP/Getty Images)
A woman who refused to stop singing Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" during a flight from Los Angeles to New York forced the flight down and was removed for being disruptive.
The word news most often conjures up visions of U.S. troops in Afghanistan, the troubled global economy, a political crisis in Washington, erupting volcanoes and devastating earthquakes. But as we all know, there is far more to news than that. Indeed, it’s often the wacky, weird, offbeat and sometimes off-color stories that can most intrigue and fascinate us. Those stories can range from changing astrological signs to lost pyramids in Egypt but in their essence they all cast new light on the shared human condition in all of its wild diversity.
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