Winter 2010 UK - Burn the oils and keep warm, but for how long?

Roll back to the year 1980. Had you been old enough, you would remember all the programmes telling us how advanced the year 2000 would be. From flying cars to ultra efficient homes, the year 2000 was to be a great technological leap from the good old 80's. Step forward 10...

Bank of America to resume foreclosures

"NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Bank of America said Friday it was ending its hiatus on foreclosure sales, and promised to get its act together after a series of sloppy home seizures prompted the bank to back off and re-examine its process."

Nigeria rapped for mass evictions due to Urban Development

" The rights group Amnesty International has criticised Nigeria's government over mass evictions in the oil-rich Niger Delta. Plans for urban development and slum demolition have been a violently contested issue in Port Harcourt. Amnesty is warning that continued...

Charles Darwin: The Man Who Came Up with The Revolutionary Idea

Darwin did not pursue his interest in plants and animals seriously until he became friend with the cleric and botanist John Steven Henslow at Cambridge University. On Henslow’s recommendation, he was invited to join the naval survey ship, HMS Beagle, as naturalist and...

16 Weird & Amazing Bird Facts Around The World

In Russia the keen eyesight of the pigeon is put to a very practical use for, at one factory in Moscow, they are used to sort ball-bearings. After four or five weeks special training, the birds inspect the ball-bearings as they pass on a conveyor. If any show the least...

29 Fascinating Facts About Plants From Around The World

The largest plants in the world are the giant redwood trees of North America. Sequoias can grow up to 107 m (350 ft) or more in height and may be up to 7.5 m (26 ft) across. They can weight more than nine times as much as a blue whale, the heaviest animal that has ever...

21 Fascinating Facts About Watery of The Earth

At Battlacaloa, Sri Lanka, there is a salt water lake which on calm nights, especially when there is a full moon, emits clear musical notes. The ‘singing’ appears to come from the bottom of the lake and, although no entirely satisfactory explanation has been given, it is...

Place I call home

A lot of you have probably travelled. Within your continent or further – you may have seen a lot. But which place will you call your home? Tomorrow, after all holidays, am heading back to UK. My second, or should I say my first home. But after seeing half Europe I got a...