There was a kind of monster that lived in the coastal estuaries of north eastern Illinois and it may well give you some pretty hairy goosebumps.Well this was not exactly a “monster”, it is an extinct genus of soft-bodied bilateran that lived roughly 275 million years ago. Any monster... Read more
Some of you might be familiar with Paul, the famous octopus who predicted the results of the 2010 World Cup football matches with such accuracy that it made him popular as something of an “animal oracle”. While it is all in good fun and we are sure not many... Read more
The first thing that most people say when they arrive at Stonehenge is ‘How is this possible?’. Stonehenge is one of those places that defies all logic. It is mystical and magical, there is something spiritual and other-worldly in the air, and it is magnificent! It is also sacred... Read more
I remember the first time I met a Savant. It was the only time actually. He was a 12 year old boy who had the extraordinary ability to know what day of the week any one person was born on. You could say ’12 July 1972’ and he would... Read more
This is a story that has captured the imagination, and a little bit of paranoia, around the world. Elisa Lan was a pretty regular girl. She could’ve been me, or you. Elisa was a young student, studying at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. She was pretty, had... Read more
