White House gets an 'arty' makeoverOctober 8th, 2009 LONDON - US President Barack Obama and wife Michelle have given a makeover to White House with some modern and abstract artwork. The landscapes, still life and portraits of the past have been replaced by bold colours, irregular shapes and squiggly lines.
Elusive golden cat photographed in Uganda's jungleSeptember 17th, 2009 LONDON - The elusive wild African golden cat has been photographed deep in the jungle of Uganda. The African golden cat is a medium-sized cat, about 80cm long, that lives within forest across central and west Africa.
White pedigree poodle gives birth to 8 black pups in UK!August 31st, 2009 LONDON - A dog owner has at least eight reasons to smile after her white pedigree poodle delivered eight black pups near Doncaster, South Yorkshire, UK. Owner Carol Marsden helped Sukanto My Fair Lady give birth to four girls and four boys at her home.
'Heteropolitans' dump topless babes' mags for men's health titlesAugust 14th, 2009 LONDON - Lads mags may not be the only choice of British men, for Men's Health has replaced FHM as England's best-selling men's title. The fitness magazine has raised its monthly circulation to 250,247, while FHM is down 16.2 percent in a year to 235,027.
Limited-colour screens may improve your mobile phones' battery lifeJuly 8th, 2009 LONDON - Scientists have come up with a way to make limited-coloured screens for mobile phones, which can improve batter life. Johnson Chuang of Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, Canada, has shown that OLEDs can be made frugal by carefully choosing the balance of colours used to make up an image.
Bengal tiger becomes first of its kind to be born without stripesJuly 7th, 2009 LONDON - A snow-white Bengal tiger, born at a ranch in South Africa, has become the first of its kind to exist in the wild today after being born without stripes. According to a report in the Telegraph, the tiger, named Fareeda, was born at Cango Wildlife Ranch, near Cape Town, South Africa.
Paint your roofs white to slow global warming, says Obama's energy adviserMay 27th, 2009 LONDON - US President Barrack Obama's energy adviser has suggested that as part of efforts to slow global warming, all the world's roofs should be painted white. According to a report in the Telegraph, Professor Steven Chu, the US Energy Secretary, said that the unusual proposal would mean homes in hot countries would save energy and money on air conditioning by deflecting the sun's rays.
We're sorry: Troubled London newspaper apologizes for being predictableMay 11th, 2009 Troubled London newspaper apologizes to readersLONDON — The Evening Standard is very, very sorry. And the venerable London newspaper wants readers to know it.
'Stinky' secrets of British bras revealed!May 1st, 2009 LONDON - In a lifetime, an average British woman spends 2,700 pounds on bras- but only bothers to wash them six times a year. That's the conclusion of a new survey.
Brighter, full-colour electronic readers coming your wayApril 30th, 2009 LONDON - Buying an e-reader but not sure if you'd like reading the dim screen? Well, then get ready for e-book reading experience that will be as close to printed media as possible. Scientists have announced, what is known as Electrofluidic Display Technology (EFD)- the first technology to electrically switch the appearance of pigments in a manner that provides visual brilliance equal to conventional printed media.
Black-car drivers most likely to break speed limitsApril 27th, 2009 LONDON - People who drive black cars are most likely to break speed limits, a new poll has found. The survey, by insurer elephant.co.uk, found that almost 25.4 per cent of black-car owners have speeding convictions.
No frenzied speculation over Gursharan Kaur's outfitsApril 2nd, 2009 LONDON - In the G-20 media room here, there are several journalists filing reams of copy on US First Lady Michelle Obama's outfits as compared to the outfits worn by Sarah Brown, the wife of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. They have of course been robbed of a great fashion competition-Carla Bruni (French President Nicholas Sarkozy's spouse) Vs Michelle Obama.
Electronic bendy displays may change the face of readingApril 2nd, 2009 LONDON - If some companies have their way, reading would never be the same again, with Hitachi, Fujitsu and Hewlett-Packard racing to develop bigger e-paper devices that are flexible and can display colour and video. According to a report in Nature News, the technology uses tiny capsules 0.1 millimeters wide that are filled with a non-conducting fluid that contains particles of positively charged white and negatively charged black pigments.
ManU may consult its vision expert to get rid of its title bluesMarch 27th, 2009 LONDON - The management at Manchester United is reportedly thinking of consulting their vision expert to see if the colour blue is a bad luck charm, and needs to be replaced. According to sources at Old Trafford, Man U reckons their title blues are down to the colour of Dutch goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar's shirt.
Prince Charles visits temple for Holi but shies away from colourMarch 6th, 2009 LONDON - Prince Charles and his wife Camilla Parker-Bowles visited a massive temple in northwest London Wednesday to celebrate Holi with all the colour, music and dance of the festival, but were spared being doused in colour themselves. The royal couple visited the Swaminarayan temple in Neasden, where they saw children throw coloured powder and water at each other.
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