The world’s oldest person Misao Okawa, a mother of three, grandmother of four and great-grandmother of six, turned 117 on Thursday in western Japan. Okawa, one of only a handful of people born in the…
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Design 101: Introducing a chair that looks, feels, smells of human flesh
Designed by London-based Gigi Barker, dubbed the “Skin Chair,” this lounger replicates how human flesh looks, feels and smells. Thanks to a pheromone-impregnated silicon moulded base that makes the stretched leather feel and smell like…
Africa celebrates Africa Environment Day and life of Wangari Maathai
Celebrations to mark this year’s Africa Environment Day and Wangari Maathai Day commenced with the burning of 15 tonnes of contraband ivory by Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta at Nairobi National Park, with 1,000 guests in…
Scientists trace strains of HIV virus to gorillas in Cameroon
Two of four strains of the virus that can cause AIDS come from gorillas in southwestern Cameroon, an international team of scientists reported in studies published Monday in the United States. The new information means…
Did you know today is #WorldWildlifeDay?
Today is World Wildlife Day. Proclaimed on 20 December 2013 during the sixty-eight session of the United Nations General Assembly, March 3 celebrates the many beautiful and varied forms of wild fauna and flora, recall…
The world’s sexiest names for men and women
Let’s face it. When it comes to names, we don’t really have a say in what our parents choose to call us. Unless of course your parents named you Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii,…
Ganja! Jamaica eases marijuana law
Jamaica, long associated with a vibrant pot-smoking culture, on Tuesday passed a law decriminalizing possession of small amounts of the leaf it calls ganja. “Ganja law gets green light,” the Jamaican Observer said in its…
Dutch artists make waves with ‘dead animal’ art
In a loft in a disused school, Dutch artist Noortje Zijlstra takes a frozen crow carcass from a refrigerator and cuts it open, pursuing her latest “dead animal art” project. Wearing surgical gloves, Zijlstra…
#RunningWithTheFirstLady for the Beyond Zero campaign
I am here to tell my version of the truth and nothing but that version. Pretty much. Here’s a moment by moment rundown of what went down on Thursday19th February, 2015, at State House, Nairobi,…
Teenagers urged to use smaller condoms
Teenagers in Thailand have been told to use smaller condoms. The country’s Ministry for Public Health has issued the plea because it found that younger boys are buying ill-fitting contraceptive devices to impress their friends….