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Depending on their surroundings, some trees grow abnormally, with their trunk and branches conforming to nearby debris or blockages.

Former jeweler Peter “Pook” Cook has perfected a process to replicate this himself and actually “sculpt” growing trees into specific formations. Cook began doing this in the late 80s, inspired by fig trees growing on a cliff face. It took him years to refine the method, but the Australian now turns trees into unnatural but indeniably cool shapes, including eerie, human-like figures.

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There’s nothing better than a nice ice cream cone on a hot midsummer day — unless, of course, it’s made from scoops of raw ground beef. Sweet Meat, a succulent new project by artist Jasmin Schuller, transforms meat products into deceptively yummy-looking goodies, like slices of cake, popsicles and petits fours.

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‘The Dark Knight Rises,’ the much-hyped new installment in Christopher Nolan’s Batman series, is currently shooting in Pittsburgh where paparazzi and fans have swarmed the set. Over the weekend, Steel City residents — including one lucky pair of newlyweds – got a good look at the camouflage-edition Batmobile that will be featured in the movie.

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Talk about jeopardy — longtime game show host Alex Trebek arrived at a California event on crutches yesterday and revealed that he was hurt while in pursuit of a burglar at a San Francisco hotel.

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Are you a Coen brothers buff who happens to have $2.3 million in loose change? You can now buy the ultimate collector’s item — an entire compound of cottages, one of which was home to the Dude (Jeff Bridges) in their iconic comedy ‘The Big Lebowski.’

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Mosaic artist Jason Mecier believes when you call a celebrity “trashy,” you should mean it.

As part of his Celebrity Junkdrawers collection, Mecier makes incredibly creative portraits of stars using things the rest of us would normally throw away (one man’s trash is another man’s…Kathy Griffin visage).

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These aerial photos of famous sports stadiums, taken by NASA, bring a whole new meaning to “best seat in the house.” Assembled by Wired’s Playbook blog, the bird’s eye photos give a mile-wide perspec

As if she wasn't already overexposed enough, Gwyneth Paltrow is appearing half-naked as Miss August in a special Vanity Fair on Jewelry calendar.

Not that she's ever been chubby, but Paltrow took to her site to explain the arduous process of going from willowy to more willowy to promote her appearance in 'Iron Man 2,' detailing a diet consisting mainly of lean proteins and vigorous workouts.

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The American Medical Association is taking a stand against Photoshop.

For decades, photo manipulation software has been whittling the waists and thinning the thighs of celebrities and models, and the AMA says it’s caused unrealistic and unhealthy body image issues — especially among children and adolescents.

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Flooding in North Dakota was expected to enter record territory on Friday, with the Souris River expected to peak over the weekend, breaking a record set in 1881.

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Nearly two months after an outbreak of tornadoes swept through Alabama and other states, a Casper, Wyoming radio crew went to check out the damage.

Donovan Short from KISS 104.7 FM went to Alabama to visit family and saw the damage that remained after the news crews were long gone.

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When Aptos, California resident Peter Govaars went with his daughter to examine the the damage that a two-day storm had wrought on nearby Hidden Beach, he discovered the skeleton of a digital camera. It was beaten and battered by the ocean but, amazingly, the memory card was still intact. After opening and cleaning the card with rubbing alcohol to remove the salt and sand, Govars inserted it into his computer and found 104 photographs taken in nearby Santa Cruz during a two-week period in June of 2007. The images, he concluded, had just survived a possible and remarkable four years at sea.

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