Psychologist Roy Baumeister believes willpower is a finite resource that can run out like fuel in a car.
Jamie Fox has been supplementing his income by sitting in a field and acting as a human scarecrow.
An immaculately preserved mammoth carcass has been discovered in Siberia by an 11-year-old boy.
A driver was filming from his car the moment an SUV on the road ahead was hit by a bolt of lightning.
A cardboard policemen designed to stop people stealing from a supermarket has itself been stolen.
NASA's Mars rover may have inadvertantly carried bacteria from Earth on to Mars in its drillbits.
A man in a costume attempting to pull off a Bigfoot hoax was killed after being hit by two cars.
Archaeologists believe the remains of King Richard III could be buried underneath a council car park.
The Ukraine are set to ban a number of cartoons on the basis that they are 'a threat to children'.
A Roman trading ship from the 1st century BC has been found laden with cargo off the coast of Italy.
A company in India is enjoying success with its own unique take on the traditional greetings card.
Photographs of a mysterious carcass likened to the 'Montauk Monster' have been circulating the internet.
Phil Inkly is forced to live in a caravan in the woods because exposure to technology makes him ill.
A picture showing two men holding up a huge owl has been circulating forums and social media sites.
A green 1928 Cadillac that belonged to infamous gangster Al Capone is being sold for £325,000.
A carpenter has spent three years and over one million pounds building a full size replica of Noah's Ark.
The 1,300-year-old text has been found carved in to stone steps at La Corona in Guatemala.
A city worker from Arizona is in intensive care after a huge cactus fell down and crushed him.
A man in China has been jailed after he drove off with a policeman clinging to the front of his car.
Work being carried out on the Arctic ice sheets could aid in the hunt for life on other worlds.