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Comedian and actor Rik Mayall has died at the age of 56 today. Mr Mayall is best known for his comedy partnership with Adrian Edmondson. He has appeared in a number of sitcoms including The Young Ones, Blackadder, The New Statesman and Bottom. He also featured on the big screen in films Drop Dead Fred and Guest House Paradiso. More to follow Sudden death: Comedian Rik Mayall has died tod

NASA calls it the most colorful image ever captured by the Hubble Space Telescope--and the most comprehensive. It has to be one of the most spectacular. But the image--the remarkable payoff of a new survey called the Ultraviolet Coverage of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field--is more than merely beautiful. It may also help fill in some gaps in our understanding of how stars form. The new Hubble image

YouTube user Alexandr Mish recently created this heartwarming compilation of people rescuing various animals in need. The touching four-minute video features a fox with his head stuck in a jar, an elephant calf trapped in a hole and a whale tangled in a shark net, among others — and the great efforts of the kindhearted people who saved them.

Lunar samples from Apollo landings confirm a long-held theory This illustration shows the collision between Earth and a smaller planet that formed the moon. Newly analyzed lunar rocks have revealed the first direct evidence of the ancient smashup that created the moon, bolstering a long-held theory. The rocks were gathered by astronauts on NASA's Apollo missions. But newer scanning electr

While you may not have heard of heard of him yet, Graham Hughes is a name you’ll want to remember. This adventurer and expert traveler has accomplished an absolutely astounding feat that is (literally) going down in the record books – he’s successfully travelled to every country in the world, and, if that’s not impressive enough, he did it all without a plane. Yes, you read that righ

These 3 Cute Kittens Are About To Steal Your Heart. The One On the Left Is My Favorite!

During a safari, a baby calf is released in hopes that a lion would give it chase and have “nature take its course” while people record and photograph the circle of life. As hoped, a lion does begin to give the baby calf chase but then something miraculous happens after the young animal is captured. The Lion seems to befriend the baby calf and when another lion comes in for the kill, protec

1. North-to-south down the western coast of North and South America. 2. North-to-south over Florida, the Bahamas and other Caribbean islands. 3. South-East Asia, approaching the Philippine Sea 4. Western Europe, from France through Italy, Greece, Turkey and the Middle East. 5. Aurora Australis, over the Indian Ocean, approaching Australia 6. Aurora Australis, over the Indian Ocean. 7. Auro

In this cute animal video, a baby fox has a great time messing with these golfers golfball. Adorable!