Alexander BesantMay 13, 2013 15:10

Huge ice tsunami swallows homes on Canadian lake Dauphin (VIDEO)

A rural area in central Canada has seen what can only be described as an ice tsunami in recent days.

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A ice tsunami has damaged dozens of homes on a central Canadian lake in recent day. (Youtube/Screengrab)

Rural parts of Canada have seen what has been described as an ice tsunami that has swallowed lakefront homes.

Freya PetersenMay 13, 2013 05:42

Furor erupts over Benjamin Netanyahu's $127,000 in-flight bed on Europe trip

Benjamin Netanyahu had a $127,000 custom-built bedroom installed on a plane chartered to carry him and his wife on a flight to London to attend Margaret Thatcher's funeral last month, a five-and-a-half-hour flight.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara cast their ballot at a polling station on election day on January 22, 2013 in Jerusalem, Israel. (Uriel Sinai/AFP/Getty Images)

Ground control to Major Tom: International Space Station astronaut does Bowie (VIDEO)

Faine GreenwoodMay 13, 2013 02:44

Social media-loving astronaut Chris Hadfield released a new treat for the Internet Sunday: a video of him performing David Bowie's beloved "Space Oddity" all the way from the International Space Station.

Ellen ConnollyMay 11, 2013 15:05

More smuggled dinosaur skeletons to be returned to Mongolia

More illegally smuggled dinosaur skeletons have been discovered in the US.

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The "nearly complete" skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus bataar was turned over to representatives of the government of Mongolia in a ceremony in New York. (AFP/Getty Images)

More dinosaur skeletons to be returned to Mongolia.

Allison JacksonMay 11, 2013 12:09

Man goes on bulldozer rampage in Washington

Barry Alan Swegle of Port Angeles drove his bulldozer into four houses, pushing one off its foundations, following a long-running dispute with neighbors over a property line.

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Imagine this driving into your living room. (John Harrelson/Getty Images)

“It was like a war zone,” said Keith Haynes, one of Swegle's neighbor, to the Peninsula Daily News. He “just went nuts.”

Alexander BesantMay 10, 2013 14:28

Surgeon accidentally removes the wrong kidney at New York hospital

The surgeon at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York - one of the most prestigious hospitals in the US - was relieved of his duties after the mishap.

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A doctor at Mount Sinai hospital in New York was relieved of his duties after removing the wrong kidney of a man during surgery. (Christopher Furlong/AFP/Getty Images)

A doctor at Mount Sinai hospital in New York was relieved of his duties after removing the wrong kidney of a man during surgery.

Freya PetersenMay 9, 2013 18:56

Richard Branson tells Australian business students not to waste money on degrees

The billionaire Virgin Group founder and high-school dropout, an outspoken critic of formalized education, says success is hard to teach.

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Sir Richard Branson tips his hat on the tarmac at Perth Airport on May 7, 2013 in Perth, Australia. (Paul Kane/AFP/Getty Images)

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Richard Branson has told an audience of Australian business students essentially not to waste money on degrees.

Freya PetersenMay 9, 2013 07:25

EasyJet flies a ton of volcanic ash to Reykjavik, Iceland, to test new AVOID safety system

The AVOID (Airborne Volcanic Object Imaging Detector) system, developed in the wake of the April 2010 eruption of the Eyjafjallajokull volcano in Iceland, is designed to help aircraft avoid catastrophe.

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Indonesia's 5,214-feet high Mount Lokon, a volcano, spews clouds of ash in Minahasa, on northern Sulawesi island, on December 31, 2012. (Tengku/AFP/Getty Images)

EasyJet, the low-cost European carrier, has flown a ton of Icelandic volcanic ash to Reykjavik to be used in a test for a new system designed to help aircraft avoid potential catastrophe.

Alexander BesantMay 8, 2013 20:03

Stranded car on a construction site in China

Construction workers in Taiyuan left the Volkswagen for 10 days apparently before beginning to dismantle the site.

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A car that was left behind in a shutdown carpark is surrounded by debris after construction began to widen a street in Taiyuan in China's Shanxi province on May 6, 2013. The construction unit started working around the car for several days after they failed to contact the owner. (AFP/AFP/Getty Images)

The demolition of a car park in China has left one driver in a rather tight spot.

Freya PetersenMay 8, 2013 08:22

2002 Bali bombing survivor escapes death in a fatal volcano eruption in Philippines

Ewan Marshall of Perth, who was headed for the Sari Club in Bali when it was bombed in 2002, narrowly escaping death, was climbing Mt Mayon when it erupted.

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Volcano Mt Mayon spews a thick column of ash 1,600 feet into the air, as seen from the city of Legazpi, albay province, southeast of Manila on May 7, 2013. (Charism Sayat /AFP/Getty Images)

An Australian who survived the 2002 Bali bombings has escaped death in a fatal volcano eruption in the Philippines.