Posted in nature, news on June 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Should apes have human rights?
By Tom Geoghegan
BBC News Magazine
Apes and humans have common ancestors but should they have the same rights? An international movement to give them “personhood” is gathering pace.
What would Aristotle make of it? More than 2,000 years after the Greek [...]
Posted in nature, news on June 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Arctic sea ice melt ‘even faster
By Richard Black
Environment correspondent, BB News website
A widespread Arctic melt would have major impacts on wildlife
Arctic sea ice is melting even faster than last year, despite a cold winter.
Data from the US National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) shows that the year [...]
Posted in news on April 15, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Cat resucitated with oxygen mask
Sookee had to spend the night at the vets in Dundee
A cat who was rescued from a blazing house was resuscitated by firefighters using a child’s oxygen mask.
Officers pulled the unconscious black cat named Sookee from the fire in Baluniefield Road, Dundee, after it had been overcome by smoke.
They fitted the [...]
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In pictures: From edible to incredible
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Australians vote on word of 2007
Are these Sydney beachgoers running the risk of tanorexia?
Are you suffering from password fatigue? Ever considered manscaping? Do you know any tanorexics? These phrases and more are contenders in an online vote organised by Australia’s Macquarie Dictionary to select the Word of [...]
Posted in news on December 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
No flight of fantasy – scientists develop instructions to make a magic carpet
Perfectly timed for pantomime season, a team of scientists has come up with instructions for how to make a flying carpet. The magical device may owe more to Walt Disney than to The Arabian Nights , but it is not pure fantasy, according [...]
Posted in news on December 8, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The gods have many temples in their name Pic: Vivek
A judge in India has summoned two Hindu gods, Ram and Hanuman, to help resolve a property dispute. Judge Sunil Kumar Singh in the eastern state of Jharkhand has issued adverts in newspapers asking the gods [...]
Posted in news on December 8, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
A hug from Amma
Hugging all over the world: Amma in New York, Santiago, Zurich, Rio
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