Showing posts with the label News & Events

How Coronavirus Emptied The World’s Streets

Mar 22, 2020

As millions of people around the world lock themselves indoors in order to prevent transmission of the dreaded coronavirus, the world outsid...

The Newspaper That is Published Only on 29th February

Mar 2, 2020

The French newspaper, La Bougie du Sapeur, has been publishing for the last 40 years. Yet, there has been only eleven issues so far. Why? ...

Londoners ‘Celebrate’ Great Fire By Setting Wooden Model on Fire

Sep 5, 2016

A massive wooden replica model of 17th century London was set ablaze on the River Thames on Sunday night to mark the 350th anniversary of th...

Beehive Fences: Using Bees To Keep Elephants Away From Crops

Aug 13, 2016

Protecting crops from raiding elephants is not an easy task for Africans farmers where wild elephants often roam free, until a group of Brit...

US Wildlife Service Finds Similarities Between PokemonGo Characters And Actual Wildlife

Aug 5, 2016

Although I couldn’t care less about the recent PokemonGo foolery that’s appeared to have seized the world over, I find it highly amusing how...

UNESCO Inscribes 9 New Heritage Sites

Jul 16, 2016

The World Heritage Committee, the cultural arm of the United Nations is currently meeting in Istanbul, Turkey, for its 40th session. The com...

Artist Installs Floating Piers on Italian Lake

Jun 14, 2016

A three-kilometer-long floating walkway made up of 220,000 high-density polyethylene cubes connect two small islands to the shore on Lake Is...

Robot Monk in China’s Buddhist Temple

Apr 25, 2016

A new monk has joined services at a Buddhist temple on the outskirts of Beijing. He moves around the temple, chanting Buddhist mantras, and ...

Undressed: An Exhibition of Underwear

Apr 19, 2016

Underwear worn by British supermodel Kate Moss, corset worn by American burlesque dancer Dita Von Teese, boxers worn by star footballer Davi...

Want to Spend a Night in Van Gogh's Bedroom?

Feb 11, 2016

The Art Institute of Chicago has created a life-size replica of Van Gogh’s famous bedroom at his home in Arles, France, which he had immorta...