A CHASTE Romanian woman, tired of her neighbours' tittle-tattle, hired a gynaecologist to prove she was still a virgin at the age of 60.
She's virgin on the ridiculousRodica Trandafir from Bacau in the east of the country then posted the results of her virginity test to locals in her home town. Ms Trandafir told Romanian TV: "To make such accusations about a woman
of my age is disgusting. I hope now they will all shut up. To say I am a loose woman is outrageous."
Houston in raspberry jamIN WHAT sounds likes the plot of a 1970s horror flick, Houston is under siege from a swarm of ants that attack electrical equipment. Known as "crazy raspberry ants" after Tom Raspberry, the exterminator who first fought them, the insects have emerged in their billions since the onset of hot weather. The speedy critters bite and are resistant to domestic pesticides.
Caught nappingTHE reputation of the humble sloth as a lazy creature has been called into question. German scientists studying the mammals in Panama discovered they did not get as much shut-eye as first thought. Speaking to the BBC, researcher Niels Rattenborg could barely contain his enthusiasm about the discovery. "The real exciting finding was that they only slept 9.6 hours a day, which is much less than what people popularly believed," he explained.
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