Now before we get started, let’s get one thing clear. Disgusting as defined by you and me might not be disgusting as defined by the next gourmand. What one abhors the next adores. So get those "yucks" and "eeews" out of your system. You’d eat this ...
Read More Post a comment (0)Facial tattoos, usually in the news because some youngster tried to be as outrageous as possible, actually have a long tradition among tribes around the world. Find out where to find beautiful facial tattoos and what they mean in a post that can proudl...
Read More Post a comment (0)Natural phenomena are always best appreciated when they are rare. Niagara falls? Big deal. Grand Canyon? It's just some gap. The Great Barrier Reef? A bunch of stupid colours and some water. Whatever. You can see them anytime. What's REALLY going to ma...
Read More Post a comment (0)They sit perched atop dizzying heights, often unnoticed by human eyes but ever watchful of our movements. They have outlived us by centuries and under their gaze the story of a city's sins and changing face can be told. The gargoyles of the famous Notr...
Read More Post a comment (0)Hummingbirds are fascinating creatures. They may be among the smallest of birds but can do things other birds cannot do – fly backwards, for example. Even the slowest hummingbird still flaps its wings 12 times per second and the fastest 90 times per ...
Read More Post a comment (0)Snapshots of water-filled balloons bursting are amazingly frozen moments in time. Granted, they also bring back memories of when you were a young scamp, mischievously dropping water bombs on hapless cyclists from overpasses, or soaking whole streets in...
Read More Post a comment (0)As the faith versus science wars first exploded across the western world, altering forever the place of religion in society, he was one of the most visible and powerful speakers in favour of evolution. But in his haste to popularise this new scientific...
Read More Post a comment (0)The Large and Small Magellanic Clouds are satellite galaxies to the Milky Way – celestial wonders visible to the naked eye, at least for those located in the southern hemisphere. Astronomers have been testing theories of stellar evolution on magellan...
Read More Post a comment (0)Is there a limit to how much beauty one can take? We don’t think an overdose of beauty has ever harmed anyone, so here’s Bora Bora from above: white beaches, turquoise water, lush green vegetation… some islands have it all. Oh wait, did we mentio...
Read More Post a comment (0)OK, we’re not going to bore you with every last entomological detail about these hairy critters. You all know the story: caterpillar becomes cocoon; cocoon becomes moth; moth lays eggs; eggs hatch into caterpillars. Yes, caterpillars. And hairy ones....
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