Advantages of online universities

Web based learning is the educational craze that is sweeping the nation. The advantages of web based learning have become so readily apparent that colleges and universities of all sizes are implementing web based learning programs, and many are requiring some degree of web based course work in all degree programs. As technology continues to improve, the percentage of course work that must be completed online will surely increase.

The child medium who 'sees and speaks with spirits'

 A little boy who can apparently speak to the dead, communicates with his late great-grandparents who he never got the chance to meet, his mother has said.
Antonio, aged between six and eight years old, struggles to find peace with his gift in the latest episode of TLC's Long Island Medium.

Giant eyeball mystery solved!

Scientists have solved the mystery of whose eye washed up on a south Florida beach last week. By studying the eye in detail, scientists are certain of where the eyeball came from, and how it likely got there.

Pair of moon rocks bought for $330,000 at auction

Two chunks of the moon fetched $330,000 at a New York City auction on Sunday that netted more than $1 million from the sale of space rocks.

Smaller iPad expected at Oct. 23 Apple event

 Apple Inc. has sent out invites for an event next Tuesday, where it's expected to announce the release of a smaller iPad.
The invite, sent to reporters Tuesday, doesn't hint at what will be revealed, beyond saying that "We've got a little more to show you." The event will be held in San Jose, Calif.

Student Nerina Orton's waist measures a tiny 15.7inches

Super slim student Nerina Orton has got the UK's tiniest waist of 15.7 inches, after spending 23 hours a day in a corset.

The 22-year-old is less than an inch away from breaking the world record of 15 inches held by American Cathie Jung.

Nerina, from Birmingham, even sleeps in her corset and takes it off only to shower.

Indonesian footballers use burning coconut as a ball

 Commentators are always talking about the red-hot football action of the Premier League.
But with respect to Gary Lineker and Andy Gray, our top-flight players could well find themselves outclassed if they played a match in Indonesia.

Oldest dad becomes father again at 96

Miracles happen and Ramajit Raghav is there to prove it. The farm hand claimed on Monday that he was the oldest person to father a child at the age of 96. What's more, he has done it for the second time in a gap of less than two years; Raghav was blessed with his first child in November 2010.

Cambridge University reveals its top engineering snaps

 They look like paintings in a gallery but in fact these stunning photos show life-saving research in action.
They are all entries in a Cambridge University photography competition, run by the department of engineering.

The amazing 'Star Wars' planet that has four suns

 Amateur astronomers have discovered a new planet that not only orbits two suns but is simultaneously being orbited by two other suns.
The incredible four sun solar system, the first of its kind ever discovered, was found as part of the Planet Hunters project led by a team from Yale University.