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World's largest balloon structure
Monday, 27 July 2015 15:43Balloon animals are a temporary takeaway from a birthday party. But for Jeremy Telford, this is serious business. After all, how many clowns have their own air compressor?
Mapping Morocco through portraits (Pics)
Saturday, 25 July 2015 17:27Photography has, traditionally, been a somewhat contentious art form in Morocco. Design, architecture, fashion -- these are areas where the country shines. Photographs, however, seem to make many Moroccans uncomfortable.
World's largest flower blooms in Tokyo
Friday, 24 July 2015 16:23A giant flower, said to be one of the world's oldest and largest species, has bloomed at a Tokyo park for the first time in five years, it's reported.
Malaria vaccine gets 'green light'
Friday, 24 July 2015 16:16The world's first malaria vaccine has cleared one of the final hurdles prior to being approved for use in Africa.
Love that defeated wildfire
Friday, 24 July 2015 15:10The one thing Turia Pitt feared as the flames of a raging bushfire engulfed her body in remote Western Australia was that she would never see her boyfriend Michael Hoskin again.
Crazy tree grows over 40 different types of fruit
Friday, 24 July 2015 13:39There’s a lot of different fruit trees in the world: trees that grow cherries, peaches, plums, nectarines, apricots, almonds… And then there’s this fantastical mash-up of a fruit tree that grows all–yes, all–of those fruits.
NASA's Kepler finds Earth's 'twin'
Friday, 24 July 2015 10:55A haul of planets from Nasa's Kepler telescope includes a world sharing many characteristics with Earth.
South Sudan army crushed civilians under tanks
Thursday, 23 July 2015 14:46The international human rights advocacy group said in a report released on Wednesday, that the brutal offensive in rebel-held parts of the Unity State is "the latest in a conflict characterised by shocking disregard for civilian life".