China is planning to integrate nine cities to create the world’s largest metropolis with a population of a staggering 42 million, the Daily Telegraph reported. The project, “Turn The Pearl River Delta Into One,” will encompass an urban area of 25,749 square kilometers. The area will cover a large part of China’s major industrial center, including Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Foshan, Dongguan, Zhongsh...

Thai transsexuals were overjoyed as new airline P.C. Air yesterday took air hostess job applications from "third sex" candidates at Bangkok's Esplanade shopping mall. Among the successful applicants was Miss Tiffany 2007 winner Thanyarat "Film" Jiraphatpakorn. P.C. Air executive Peter Shan said the company had seen the potential of transsexuals to work as hostesses. After passing the prelimina...

(Captured from Metro) A German dentist has come into the spotlight after introducing Alpine-style “dirndl” outfits for her staff in an attempt to distract nervous patients. According to the British Metro , Dr. Marie-Catherine Klarkowski and her assistants wear cleavage-revealing garments at the office. “The most important thing is to take away patients’ fear. The sight of cleavage gets patie...

The Hubble Space Telescope may have discovered the farthest-away object ever identified, a galaxy with light that began shining when the universe was only about 500 million years old. The galaxy was born at a time of rapid acceleration in the birth rate of stars, according to the study released today by the journal Nature. The observation needs to be confirmed with spectroscopy, an analysis of l...

The Hubble Space Telescope may have discovered the farthest-away object ever identified, a galaxy with light that began shining when the universe was only about 500 million years old. The galaxy was born at a time of rapid acceleration in the birth rate of stars, according to the study released today by the journal Nature. The observation needs to be confirmed with spectroscopy, an analysis of l...

BEIJING (AP) _ It has shown up frequently in pork but also in snake dishes in south China and beef from the far western Xinjiang region, sending diners to the hospital with stomach aches and heart palpitations. A farmer pours the fresh milk at a dairy farm in Shenyang, China on Sept. 20. (AP) Clenbuterol, known in China simply as ``lean meat powder,'' is a dangerous drug that's banned in China ...

In this Feb. 13, 2010 file photo, Ion Banner loses control on a giant wave during the first heat of the Mavericks surfing contest in Half Moon Bay, Calif. The cold water and stories high surf at the big, treacherous surf break called Mavericks in Northern California have made it a Mt. Everest-like conquest for some surfers. And like Everest, Mavericks has claimed its share of lives: whether it be...

A ferry decorated as a whale leads in the annual Ferry Race during Australia Day celebrations in Sydney, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011. (AP-Yonhap)

NASA is planning to hold a teleconference on 3 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 27 (1 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 26 in Washington) to announce new discovery by Hubble Space Telescope. The space agency indicated in a media release that “astronomers have pushed the Hubble Space Telescope to its limits and have seen further back in time than ever before.” The new findings will also be published in the journal Natur...

As the Internet is abuzz with doomsday theories, including Armageddon in 2012 and frequent UFO apperances, the news on second sun approaching to Earth may strengthen credibility of the theory. The second biggest star in the constellation Orion may become Earth’s second sun before 2012, news.com.au reported Wednesday.Dr. Brad Carter, senior lecturer of Physics at the University of Southern Queens...

A 213-meter and 1,256-kilogram horse casing sausage is dried in Yining of Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region on Jan 23, 2011. A Kazak horse meat butcher made the sausage with casings from 30 horses and thigh meat from another eight 5-year-old horses (Xinhua-China Daily)

The second biggest star in the constellation Orion may become Earth’s second sun before 2012, news.com.au reported Wednesday. Dr. Brad Carter, senior lecturer of Physics at the University of Southern Queensland, said Betelgeuse is losing mass or “fuel” in the center and will explode when it runs out, creating a second sun in the night sky. When the giant star, which is much brighter than the ...

Indian artists perform the classical Kuchipudi dance during a cultural event in Hyderabad, India. The Kuchipudi is a classical dance from the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. (AP-Yonhap)

Newly recruited soldiers of the People's Liberation Army take part in a training session in Yichun, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Jan. 21, 2011. Some 150 newly recruited soldiers took part in the training session despite the cold weather. Local temperature in Yichun reached minus 32 degrees centigrade on Friday. (Xinhua-Yonhap)

WASHINGTON - Like two strangers in the night, a US spacecraft and a speeding comet will dash by one another on Valentine's Day, NASA said Wednesday, and skywatchers are eager to see what happens. The Stardust-NExT spacecraft will be rapidly snapping pictures of the Tempel 1 comet as they pass at a mere distance of 200 kilometers (about 124 miles). Space experts are curious to see how a trip aro...