A 1,000 foot long bridge in southeast China is providing an essential lesson in that country’s culinary tastes: The Chinese are not wild about butter. The proof is in the fact that Guangzhou authorities have resorted to coating the bridge in butter, in order to hinder suicide attempts, as well as the troublesome traffic jams [...]
September 20, 2009
LONDON – The Wellcome Collection a museum in London has acquired a beautiful, yet unusual new sculpture which will be on display September 25 until October 18. The work depicts the virus which causes swine flu, it said Friday, and it offers “a point of departure to explore the impact such viruses have had on [...]
September 18, 2009
BEIJING — China plans to cater to the country’s rising number of chocoholics with the opening next year of a Willy Wonka-style theme park in Beijing, complete with a replica Great Wall, state media said Thursday. The ‘world chocolate dream park’, reminiscent of Roald Dahl’s beloved book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, will feature a [...]
September 18, 2009
It took nearly a decade, but Kim Jong-il finally has the eatery he craved above all: an Italian pizzeria offering authentic-tasting pies. Jong-il has desired a true, Italian-style pizza and pasta eatery in the country for ten years. In 2008, he sent a group of North Korean chefs to Naples and Rome, Italy to learn [...]
September 16, 2009
For years, we’ve thought it was more healthful to shower than to sit in a tub of water. It seems that may be true only up to a point. Microbiolotist Norman Pace and his University of Colorado, Boulder team, with the unusual and perhaps unenviable task of analyzing the film of microbes that builds up [...]
September 15, 2009
Some decisions are easier than others, like whether to spend your pocket money on beer or on a totally awesome space shot—provided the cost is the same. MIT students Justin Lee and Oliver Yeh opted for the latter when they decided to send a camera into space. Instead of rockets, boosters and expensive control systems, [...]
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