Robots that can make their own decisions have so far been confined to science fiction movies, but a child-sized figure with big eyes and a white face is trying hard to turn fiction into reality.
Two men who tried lighting up cigarettes in a public toilet in Qinzhou, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, were seriously scalded as they accidentally ignited the marsh gas last Thursday.
Hundreds of people are flocking to the zoo in Zhengzhou, Henan province, to see seven lion cubs and five tiger cubs born in the past six months.
Three wild birds have become deeply attached to a 12-year-old boy who brought them to his house in Lianyuan, Hunan province, seeing them lying injured under a tree three months ago.
A 42-year-old woman has used a mixture of human and dog hair to help build an extension to her 16th century home.
The wife of Japan's Prime Minister Designate has said that her spirit once travelled to Venus in a UFO while she slept.
A newspaper in Bangladesh has apologised for running a story about the moon landings being a hoax that originated from a spoof news site.
A Florida man has found the dismembered remains of a frog in a can of Pepsi.
Cellphone feels like a part of your body? A global survey has found that most people can't live without their mobiles, never leave home without them and, if given a choice, would rather lose their wallet.
A woman traveling on a motorcycle with her husband in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, threw her 1-year-old son off the bike seconds before a speeding truck hit them from the rear, killing her husband on the spot, last Monday night.
Chris Waddell wants to climb Kilimanjaro in a wheelchair; George Del Barrio wants to make a film in Cambodia; Jeff Edwards wants to write a book about a science fiction writer: they want you to fund their dreams.
A small crowd of people wonder if the smart businessman clutching a briefcase will jump off the edge of a four-storey building in central Vienna -- but he won't. He can't.
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