Athens' giant Christmas tree burns in front of the Greek parliament in Athens December 8, 2008. Protesters set fire to a major department store in central Athens and torched the city's giant Christmas tree outside parliament as anti-government protests worsened. REUTERS/John Kolesidis (GREECE)

This Cambridge University press office(CUPO) handout shows two of the four teddy bears that were lauched to the edge of space.
Four teddy bears, fully decked out in custom-made spacesuits, were launched to the edge of space this week as part of a British university experiment.