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'Playing' With Food Has Never Looked So Good!

A mosaic of a tea picker, a wild flower meadow and a working camera all made from sugar, were just some of the extraordinary sights in store for the thousands of people fortunate enough to attend the annual Experimental Food Society Spectacular held on November 8 & 9th, at London's Truman Brewery....

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'Playing' With Food Has Never Looked So Good!

Remembering The Legacy Of John F. Kennedy

This week marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of America's beloved President John Fitzgerald Kennedy or as he was affectionately called, JFK. The November 22nd, 1963, tragedy that occurred as the 35th leader of the United States of America and his elegant wife Jacqueline, were riding in an open motorcade through downtown Dallas, is regarded as a defining moment in American history, one that many will never forget....

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Remembering The Legacy Of John F. Kennedy

Japanese Scientists Uncover Cool Optical Illusion

Focusing on the red cross, look carefully at this picture. What do you see? White dots wriggling around in different directions and colliding? What if we tell you that the dots are not wriggling around, but are actually moving in a straight trajectory, and even worse, they never meet each other at all!...

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Japanese Scientists Uncover Cool Optical Illusion

San Francisco Temporarily Transforms Into Gotham City Complete With Batkid

On November 15th, the beautiful city of was under siege! With the Riddler and Penguin terrorizing its residents, Police Chief Greg Suhr, had no choice but to call everyone's favorite caped superhero - Batman or as it turns out was the case here, Batkid. No, this was not the filming of Batman Begins, but a citywide charade organized to fulfill the wish of a five-year-old boy by -based Make-A-Wish Foundation!...

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San Francisco Temporarily Transforms Into Gotham City Complete With Batkid

'Pop-Up' Schools Provide A Glimmer Of Hope For Third World Countries

For those of us that live in the United States and other developed nations, good quality education is something we take for granted. But such is not the case in most third world countries. In places like Kenya, access to schools is severely limited and even those that do exist are producing poor academic results. Now, thanks to an innovative 'out of the box' solution provided by Bridge International Academies, there may be hope....

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'Pop-Up' Schools Provide A Glimmer Of Hope For Third World Countries

Losing Pounds In Dubai is Worth Its Weight In Gold - Literally!

We have heard of corporations incentivizing employees to get healthier by providing them with gym memberships or even gift cards, but gold from local government officials? That has to be a first! Turns out it is exactly what the flashy city of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates did recently, to try get its residents to adopt a healthier lifestyle....

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Losing Pounds In Dubai is Worth Its Weight In Gold - Literally!

Super Typhoon Haiyan Sweeps Across Philippines

The residents of Philippines are no strangers to typhoons - After all, an average of 19 storms brush by each year with at least 6 or 7 making landfall. However, super-typhoon Haiyan or Yolanda as the locals are calling it, that landed around 4 am local time on Friday, November 8th, 2013, was no ordinary storm. With estimated sustained winds of 200 mph and gusts rising as high as 235 mph, experts believe that it may have been the biggest typhoon to ever make landfall....

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Super Typhoon Haiyan Sweeps Across Philippines