The taste of beer, even without any effect from alcohol, triggers a key reward chemical in the brain, according to a study on Monday that explores how people become hooked on booze. Neurologists at the…
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The Angsana Spa wins at World Luxury Spa Awards
Who doesn’t love to be pampered? And who doesn’t want to be pampered very, very well? Sankara Nairobi’s Angsana Spa has been acknowledged as a country winner at the 2013 World Luxury Spa Awards –…
Smirnoff reveals Dj lineup for Nakuru party
Smirnoff will at the end of this month take its ultimate nightlife experience ‘The Night’ to Nakuru, with a glow-in-the-dark themed party to be held at the Nakuru Athletic Club. This will be the first…
Fasten seatbelts for bumpier flights: climate study
Flights will become bumpier as global warming destabilises air currents at altitudes used by commercial airliners, climate scientists warned Monday. Already, atmospheric turbulence injures hundreds of airline passengers each year, sometimes fatally, damaging aircraft and…
‘World’s greatest’ Chef Ferran Adria goes digital
From foie gras noodles and liquid olives to air baguettes and mimetic peanuts, much of what elBulli chef Ferran Adria and his team created across their nearly 2,000 dishes defies transcription. Two years after closing…
Stalking Nairobi’s pop-up restaurant Marley’s Kitchen
“Your jerk chicken is marinating as you sleep…” With a post like that on Facebook, who can say no to stalking the new pop-up restaurant in Nairobi – Marley’s Kitchen – definitely not me. After…
Man flies from Mandela jail to Cape Town using balloons
A South African man on Saturday successfully flew across the sea from Nelson Mandela’s apartheid island prison using helium-filled giant party balloons. The six-kilometre (3.7-mile) crossing, to raise funds for a children’s hospital named after…
Chinese travellers: world’s biggest tourism spenders
Chinese travellers are the world’s biggest tourism spenders, splashing out a record $102 billion (78 billion euros) on trips abroad in 2012, the UN World Tourism Organisation said Thursday. The number of Chinese travellers to…
Inspiring: Boy with Down’s Syndrome sets Everest record
A 15-year-old American has become the first teenager with Down’s Syndrome to reach Everest Base Camp, according to his father, in an attempt to inspire different attitudes towards disabilities. Eli Reimer, from Oregon, reached the…