Our appetite for salt is programmed into our brains. Now scientists believe that cocaine and heroin are particularly addictive in part because they usurp that programming.
McNamara, self-described "extreme surfer", broke the world record for "Largest Wave Surfed" by conquering a 90 foot behemoth in Praia do Norte, Nazare, Portugal.
The Calgary Flames have signed 26-year-old Czech center Roman Cervenka. "We made an aggressive pitch to convince him that Calgary was the perfect place for him to start his NHL career, and we are extremely pleased he agreed."
A group of farmers have gotten together to launch a $25 million ad campaign aiming to rebrand packaged baby carrots as cool, even extreme, in an effort to get kids to eat more of them.
The Frilled shark has upwards of 300 three-pronged teeth. They can open their mouths extremely wide and swallow something up to one and a half times their length.
Riddling the side of Mt. Erebus are ice caves, carved out by escaping volcanic gases. While the inside may be extremely hot, outside of it one would quickly freeze to death in the Antarctic temperatures.
Riddling the side of Mt. Erebus are ice caves, carved out by escaping volcanic gases. While the inside may be extremely hot, outside of it one would quickly freeze to death in the Antarctic temperatures.
Every employer seems to want many years of work experience and, as a recent graduate, I just don't have this. It is extremely frustrating how narrow-minded many people seem to be about this.
Hurricanes spin around a low-pressure center known as the 'eye.' Sinking air makes this area extremely calm but it is surrounded by a whirling wall of the storm’s strongest winds.
For extreme sports junkies, hurling down the side of a mountain isn't nearly extreme enough of course, so the lure of an active volcano makes it all the more exciting.
For extreme sports junkies, hurling down the side of a mountain isn't nearly extreme enough, so the lure of an active volcano makes it all the more exciting.
An extremely rare phenomenon, a fire rainbow occurs when the sun's light passes through high-altitude cirrus clouds that have a high content of ice crystals.
New research into skulls suggests that facial features believed for over a century to be adaptations to extreme cold are unlikely to have evolved in response to glacial periods after all.
Bentley wins for its ability to craft a car that is exclusive to the extreme -- graceful in its grand proportions and flashy yet not overly ostentatious.
Ackee is Jamaica's national fruit. The fruit of the ackee is not edible in its entirety. Only the inner, fleshy yellow arils are consumed. It is extremely poisonous in the very center if you eat the red bits.