Living life despite his disability. Amazing!

See website. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Ellie May Challis battled meningitis as an infant. She recovered, but her arms and legs had to be amputated. She has since used normal prosthetic legs which were were painful and slow. Now five years old, Ellie has new carbon framed legs, the kind amputee sprinters use.
Video Here picked by bingo 8 months ago

Astronomers are puzzling over a spiral galaxy whose spiral arms are wrapped in opposing directions. The unusual structure may be a lingering scar from a tussle with a smaller galaxy that was ultimately swallowed. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

For decades, astronomers have pictured our galaxy as sporting four major, spiral arms, however new images effectively sever two appendages, revealing the Milky Way has just two major arms. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

The mere act of folding your arms increases perseverance and activates an unconscious desire to succeed, new research shows. picked by maxriter 2 years ago

Marine experts have given 25 octopuses a Rubik's Cube each in a study aimed at easing their stress levels in captivity. picked by bornbad 6 months ago

A man (43) has been arrested after he kidnapped his wife (36), who had separated from him, and then viciously beat her, breaking each of her arms and legs, and putting out her right eye; he then penetrated her with an iron bar (NSFW warning on link) picked by Bornbad 9 months ago

Nick Vujicic was born with no arms or legs - but he doesn't let the details stop him.

The brave 26-year-old - who is mainly torso - plays football and golf, swims, and surfs, despite having no limbs.

Nick has a small foot on his left hip which helps him balance and enables him to kick.
He uses his one foot to type, write with a pen and pick things up between his toes. picked by sharon22 5 months ago

A two-year-old girl worshipped as a goddess after being born with four arms and four legs is taking her first steps since having her extra limbs removed. Update on this and this. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

In a bizzare suicide pact, the two men used a circular saw to hack off their own arms. picked by BrownTrout 3 years ago

The woman with Proteus Syndrome has already met orthopedic surgeon Dr William Ertl and prosthetic maker Kevin Carroll to figure out what has to be done with her giant legs. Mandy Sellars' legs are 4 times bigger than the normal size that make her life difficult. picked by chappy 1 year ago

This website is devoted entirely to the hands and arms that went flying in the Star Wars movies. Who knew there were so many?!
(also in keeping with today's theme) picked by gnikgnok 3 years ago

This young girl lost her legs in an accident at three years old. Unable to afford the cost of prosthetics, Qian’s parents came up with the idea of sitting her on a basketball, which, with the aid of a couple of brushes that double as low-level crutches, enabled her to move herself by bouncing around. After many years, she was fitted with new titaniums and is learning to walk again. picked by gnikgnok 3 years ago

In response to the hundreds of soldiers coming home from war with missing arms or legs, Darpa is spending millions of dollars to help scientists learn how people might one day regenerate their own limbs. picked by Alton 3 years ago

They flirt, hold hands and guard their lovers jealously - yet they don't even have bones.

The love lives of octopuses are far more complex than anyone thought, a team at the University of California, Berkeley, reports. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

You know the world is going to hell when police say it's a possibility that the legs are from the same person and may belong with a torso found nearby.
Just how many body parts do they find up there on a weekly basis?! picked by gnikgnok 3 years ago

Five-year-old girl who lost her arms and legs gets revolutionary set of prosthetic limbs.

Don't miss this - it really is a must see! picked by topofall 8 months ago

Why is it that animals that have suffered brutal and unfortunate incidents get called Lucky? Lucky the Turtle got his legs chewed off. How is that lucky? Seems like any day I get my legs chewed off is going to be a pretty crappy day. Anyway, yada yada yada, the turtle now has new legs. picked by pocksucket 3 months ago

The 11-month-old calf had lost her back hooves and half of her ears to severe frostbite. These days, Meadow is running and grazing, and making friends with goats in a nearby pen.

*Not the calf in thumbnail. picked by MandolinOrange 3 weeks ago

The world's only transplant recipient of two full arms said the feeling of being whole again was "indescribable". picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago