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They call it puppy love... or was that kitten love?
In Fushun, in the Liaoning province of China, a cat and dog are taking childcare to a whole new level. The pets, adopted by Gao Shunhong, are extremely cooperative and friendly, to the point of taking it in turns to mind each other's offspring. The cat and dog had a litter of kittens and puppies within days of each other and now take turn to babysit when one of the animals is tired, or outside of the box that they share together as a bed. "It's really odd – but a great picture of harmony," their owner said.
Did you hear the one about the fly with false memory syndrome?
To Oxford, and a bizarre if successful mind-altering experiment scientists have undertaken on flies. By manipulating the activity in individual neurons in the brains of flies, scientists have been able to implant bad memories the flies never actually had.
Guantanamo Bay: Greatest Hits Volume I
Stateside, musicians are seeking the list of songs interrogators at Guantanamo Bay used to torture detainees. Members of Pearl Jam, the Roots and R.E.M. among others want to see which songs were blasted out in exercises of sleep deprivation and sensory assault programmes.
Nike trainers are rubbish: fact
'Junk art' went a step further this week when an artist created a new pair of Nike trainers out of consumer waste.