For all those who think they can get away with quietly dropping that discarded gum wrapper or empty crisp packet on the street because nobody will know you’ve done it, beware. There’s a chance a huge poster with your face on it could end up all over the city, shaming, if not naming, you. A new campaign called ‘The Face of Litter’ has been launched in Hong Kong as […]
CALIFORNIA IS RUNNING on groundwater right now. As the state has cut down on surface water deliveries from rivers and reservoirs, farmers and municipal water suppliers have reacted by sucking more and more out of Madre Earth. The state’s land, in response, is sinking lower and lower, day by day, year by year. In times of crisis, turning to groundwater is understandable (it may even be unavoidable). But—as it […]
The whales were feeding off the shores of Duxbury Beach Wednesday. The wakes from the whales could be seen on the calm ocean waters. The whales feed on copepods by opening their mouths as they swim through masses of the tiny creatures. Water erupted from the blow hole of one of the whales. A whale came up for some air off the coast of Mass. Please follow and like us:
We have grown up believing that milk is the only legit source of calcium. This gets even more complicated if we go by the logic that an average Indian needs three servings of calcium (dairy) a day. If you love milk, you won’t mind, else you are in for trouble. Is it? Not really. First and foremost, you don’t need three servings of dairy to meet your calcium requirement. […]
Some time around 2010, stories began circulating on the Internet about a sexually transmitted disease called “Blue Waffle.” Use your imagination. For five years now, sexual health educators throughout Canada and the United States have been fielding questions about the disease which, according to web wisdom, is only passed from women to men and may be the result of poor hygiene or an overactive sex life. It does not exist. […]
Washing hair sounds like a regular, mundane chore that require little-to-no technique. So, it may come as a surprise to know that most people actually do not wash their hair the correct way, leading to several scalp and hair problems like dandruff, itchiness, dryness, oiliness and break outs. Here are the tips that can help you understand where you’re going wrong ( if indeed you are) and set you up […]
There is one fundamental question that has doing the rounds since the Judge read out the verdict against actor Salman Khan, what will be the impact on Brand Salman? How will be the endorsements impacted and what happens to the films he had already signed? Trade experts say that despite the huge amount of money riding on one of Bollywood’s most bankable actor, there is no much panic in […]
After a few months of feeding off teaser images, the wait is finally over. You can now watch Meryl Streep in action as a rock goddess in the first trailer for Ricki and the Flash. Owning the new role, Streep proves once again that she can do anything. Directed by the Oscar-winning Jonathan Demme (The Silence of the Lambs) and written by fellow Academy Award-winner, scriptwriter Diablo Cody (Juno, Young […]
“In Agra and Mathura, vehicular traffic has increased manifold. The cities have not invested in public transport and even though compressed natural gas (CNG) is available, they have not made optimum use of this clean fuel,” says Narain. Narain says there are two serious issues. “One, we will not be able to fix the problem unless we know the underlying cause. Two, we will not be able to convince people […]
There’s a growing number of dairy farms where the cows are milked with minimal input from humans. Is this the future of dairy farming? Earlier this year, listeners of The Archers tuned in to hear an internal family debate – about whether to make the switch to robot milking parlours. About 5% of UK farms already use robotic milking, according to Liz Snaith of the Royal Association of British Dairy […]
