ANISTON, MOORE TO DIRECT SHORT FILMS ON BREAST CANCER
Actresses Jennifer Aniston and Demi Moore and singer Alicia Keys will each direct a short film about breast cancer and its impact on people’s lives for cable television network Lifetime.
Monthly Archives: March 2011
PHILANTHROPIST SAVES £15M FRANCISCO DE ZURBARÁN PAINTINGS FOR THE NATION
The hedge fund manager Jonathan Ruffer has donated £15 million to save for the nation a series of paintings he has never seen.
US MAGAZINE AWARDS ISTANBUL PHOTOGRAPHER FOR KIRKPINAR WORK
US magazine awards Istanbul photographer for Kırkpınar work – Hurriyet Daily News and Economic Review. A young photographer from Turkey, Pari Dukovic, has received the PDN-30 award as one of […]
POWER YOUR PHONE WHILE YOU WALK
New nanogenerators can produce power using human footsteps, or even heartbeats. Watch the video: Newsy
FIRST MERCURY IMAGES IN ORBIT SHOW LOTS OF CRATERS
Think the moon has many craters? New photos from the first spacecraft to orbit Mercury show the tiny inner planet has far more impressive battle scars from regular high-speed peltings […]
ECHOING GREEN ANNOUNCES SOCIAL ENTREPRENEUR FINALISTS
Echoing Green announced forty finalists yesterday in the Echoing Green Fellowship contest. The contest seeks out thought leaders and social entrepreneurs promising social change.
ZOO’S DOLPHIN HABITAT CELEBRATES 50TH ANNIVERSARY
More than two million people each year visit the Brookfield Zoo’s Seven Seas exhibit in suburban Chicago. The exhibit, celebrating its 50th anniversary, is the oldest inland dolphin habitat in […]
AFTER THE DARK KNIGHT RISES, BATMAN RETURNS … WITH CHRISTOPHER NOLAN
Ever since Christopher Nolan announced that the forthcoming film The Dark Knight Rises will be his third and final Batman instalment, speculation has been rife as to who will be […]
6-8 HOURS OF SLEEP HELPS CUT FLAB
A new Kaiser Permanente study has found that people with the lowest stress levels and who also got more than six hours, but not more than eight hours, of sleep […]
WEIGHT-LOSS SURGERY MAY CUT MIGRAINE PAIN IN OBESE PATIENTS
Severely obese men and women who have bariatric surgery may shed more than just excess pounds: They may also reduce much of their pre-surgery risk for experiencing disabling migraines, researchers […]
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