Following a spate of controversial scientific endeavours, the credibility of the Russian Government is again in question after inmates near Moscow reddened the frosty cheeks of officials by throwing a lavish toga party involving caviar, McDonald's … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2011
Will Human Population Growth Cause An Extinction?
It’s no surprise that in order to survive, humans need to eat, drink, keep warm or cool, and most famously, reproduce. And in order to ensure these activities are continually adhered to, for the survival of our species, it is no coincidence they … [Read more...]
Priceless Medieval Guidebook to Way of St. James Vanishes
Arguably the most hallowed book in Spain's history has vanished without a trace under high security in the country's north-east. The priceless Codex Calixtinus led pilgrims to the remains of one of Jesus’ Twelve Apostles, Saint James, via a route … [Read more...]
Furious Storm in Space – Saturn Engulfed
A prodigious and unrelenting force, spanning 300,000 kilometres across (30 times Earth's diameter), is raging above Saturn, in what has been labelled "one of the most violent weather events in the solar system". Thunder 10,000 times more powerful … [Read more...]
Waste Disposal Site Set to Double as Ski Resort
Self proclaimed hedonistic architect, Bjarke Ingels, has won the right to design Copenhagen's greenest incinerator, with his vision of snow bunnies gliding down walls that house blazing garbage, in an industrial pleasure-seeking world first. Set … [Read more...]
Scientists Find ‘Elixir of Life’ on Easter Island
Claimed to be the most remote inhabited island in the world, Easter Island lies 3,510 kilometres off the coast of Chile, far out in the middle of the world’s largest ocean. Renown for its giant, arcane statues, which once served as a conduit … [Read more...]