"In a instant, I knew this discovery would be re-writing basketball and sneaker history, as these sneakers are 25 years older than the 1917 Converse All-Stars", added Pifer. The Colchester Rubber Co. was located in Colchester, Connecticut and was in business from 1888 to 1893.
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has sent back its first photos of the moon. The photo above was taken near the moon's Mare Nubium region. The man in the moon is just outside the frame. From NASA: Older craters have softened edges, while younger craters appear crisp. (The image) shows a region 1,400 meters (0.87 miles) wide, and features as small as 3 meters (9.8 feet) wide can be discerned. The bottom (faces) lunar north.
Scientists have confirmed for the first time that Australia was once home to a dinosaur that was big, fast and terrifying, and they've named it like something from an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie.
Martin Jones has seen his wife for the first time after surgeons restored his sight using one of his teeth.
Dozens of baby girls in southern China have reportedly been taken from parents who broke family-planning laws, and then sold for adoption overseas.
Swiss firefighters called to the home of an elderly woman who reported her TV was burning discovered the "fire" was just an image of a fireplace on the screen.
We owe our very existence to plants, which – thanks to their relationship with CO2 – have prevented the Earth from freezing over.
 |  | Climate change is causing a breed of wild sheep in Scotland to shrink, according to research in the journal Science. |
| Three new dinosaur species are found in Queensland, Australia, and named after the Outback song Waltzing Matilda. | | The US space agency's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft sends back its first images since reaching the Moon. |
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