Mouthwatering Footwear on Jan 22, 2010 in Bizarre Fashion Featured Food & Drink chocolate shoes Frances Cooley, a confectioner, fulfilled every woman’s fantasy by launching a range of designer shoes made from chocolate. Mrs. Cooley, who owns Clifton Cakes in Bristol, created a collection of shoes with varying designs like animal prints an...
Blueberry Juice Enhances Memory on Jan 22, 2010 in Featured Food & Drink Science News blueberry brain memory enhancers Scientists discovered that aside from blueberry’s reputation as a rich source of antioxidants it also improves memory. The study was conducted by having two groups of volunteers in their 70s with early memory decline. The first group drank 2 &#...
Mozilla Released Firefox 3.6 on Jan 22, 2010 in Featured Technology News Firefox 3.6 Mozilla web-browser Mozilla launched the latest version of the popular web-browser Firefox. The 3.6 version of Firefox introduces cutting-edge features like improved Javascript performance and startup time, support for new DOM and HTML5 specifications, support for new C...
Wedding Dress And A Cake In One? on Jan 19, 2010 in Bizarre Featured Food & Drink wedding dress-cake Since you cannot do anything with the dress after the wedding, artist Lukka Sigurdardottir designed a wedding dress that you can eat. The dress is made of cake. It’s a checkered-cake and covered by the classic white frosting. The only problem i...
Natural Scent of a Woman Raises Men’s Testosterone Level on Jan 18, 2010 in Featured Science News scent of a woman According to a research going “au natural” may be the best way to capture a potential mate’s attention. In two studies, which psychological scientists Saul L. Miller and Jon K. Maner from Florida State Universiry conducted, women wo...
Istanbul Celebrates European Capital of Culture Title on Jan 17, 2010 in Culture Featured World News European Capital of Culture Breathtaking fireworks display and cultural performances marked the launch of Istanbul’s year as one of the three European Capitals of Culture along with Pecs in Hungary and Essen in Germany. Opening celebrations included light shows arranged a...
From Convent to Showgirl on Jan 15, 2010 in Culture Entertainment Featured Film Burlesque Burlesque Undressed Kelly Fetcher Kelly Fletcher, former Home Counties convent girl, is the new star of a new documentary film charting the history of burlesque. The film, Burlesque Undressed, opens a new window into a ‘glamorous but hitherto little-xplored world’ and fea...
The Science Behind Singledom on Jan 14, 2010 in Bizarre Featured Science News Drake Equation Peter Backus, a university tutor uses a formula to explain singledom, finding that our chances of finding the perfect partner are just 1 in 285,000. The formula, which called The Drake Equation, was used by Mr. Backus in his thesis titled “Why...
Horrendous Pictures of Destruction in Haiti on Jan 14, 2010 in Featured World News Earthquake Haiti The recent earthquake that hit Haiti was the strongest in 200 years and may have killed 100,000 people. Red Cross runs out of medical supplies. Rescue operations are still on going, searching for people trapped in the rubbles. Below are just some of...
Major Earthquake Hits Haiti on Jan 13, 2010 in Featured World News Earthquake Haiti A massive earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 devastates the Caribbean nation of Haiti. The earthquake was the strongest to hit the country in 200 years and was reported to be felt as far away as Cuba. Rescue operations are ongoing to save people trap...
