According to a recent survey, these seven jobs are the United Kingdom’s WORST jobs ever. Not only do do the people who have these jobs sound utterly miserable with their daily tasks, but they are also paid a pittance for it.
I wonder though, if some of these jobs could actually be more interesting than […]
Move over Supermodels who look nothing like “real women” with their waif-like figures, pouty lips and chiseled bone structure - a fashion show just took place in India where the models were blind.
Glittering in beautiful Indian dress, more than 30 lovely blind models strutted down the ramp with ease in a fashion show held in […]
Twice this week, the stories of stowaway cats have hit the headlines, both of which made it through perilous voyages at sea inside shipping containers, which they snuck in unsuspecting.
First in line was one-year-old tabby Emily, whose curiosity got the better of her when she hid in a box of paper that made its way […]
No, thats not the latest Christmas display at your local toy store, thats the result of a recent breeding program for Pandas in Sichuan, China, where one zoo has its hands full with 16 baby pandas.
The Sichuan Wolong Panda Protection and Breed Center is dealing with the results of a breeding boom — 16 pandas […]
6. Physica (Physics) by Aristotle (circa 330 B.C.)
By contrast, Aristotle placed Earth firmly at the center of the cosmos, and viewed the universe as a neat set of nested spheres. He also mistakenly concluded that things move differently on Earth and in the heavens. Nevertheless, Physica, Aristotle’s treatise on the nature of motion, change, and […]
If you’ve always wanted to learn about science and our universe, or just read works by some of history’s greatest minds like Albert Einstein, Galileo or Isaac Newton perhaps, check out this list of The Greatest Science Books Of All Time compiled by Discover Magazine.
1. and 2. The Voyage of the Beagle (1845) and […]
Yes, Sharon Stone looks amazing in her 50’s, but even more amazing is how Sofia Loren looks in her ripe old 70’s. Even better than some do in their 30’s I might add. And if I looked as fabuloso as Sophia does at her age, I would pose for the iconic Pirelli Calendar too.
Another […]
Readers Digest has been around for as long as I can remember, its small book-like pages bright and beckoning in places like the washroom. Not that I don’t like it, but I somewhow always think of my Grandmother, who always had a subscription, bought their books and joined their sweepstakes on a regular basis.
Because […]
If you think you can send an sms text message fast, how about doing 160 characters in less than 42 seconds.
Well, in Singapore, a sixteen-year-old by the name of Ang Chuang Yang did it it 41.52 seconds, beating the Guinness World Record previously held by American Ben Cook, whose record was a mere 42.22 seconds.
The […]
SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) has been plaguing parents from the beginning of time with a condition that kills babies (usually from one month to one year) without any warning or apparent reason.
The recent findings suggest that SIDS may have a biological cause, one connected to an abnormality in the brain. In future, doctors […]
