Scottish Hospitals to face random checks on cleanliness

Following an audit of NHS hospitals in Scotland, it has been announced that Scottish hospitals will face random health and safety checks over the coming year."INSPECTORS are to make random checks on hygiene levels and infection control in Scottish hospitals as part of a ...

Scientists discover 'world's first bird' that lived 235million years ago

"Palaeontologists have unveiled an extraordinary prehistoric 'flying' reptile which lived 235 million years ago.The kuehneosaurs glided through the subtropical forests of Europe using scaly 'wings' that could...

Don't Lie - Today is National Honesty Day!

To lie or not to lie...to be totally honest or to fib maybe just a little.  Today is a day all about being honest.  No lies, no small fibs, just pure honesty.  National Honesty Day is celebrated...

Sleet Storm in Space

"Astronomers are pretty sure that most of the water on Earth — and the water that probably flowed billions of years ago on the surfaces of Mars, and maybe Venus as well — came from icy comets, raining down on...

Virgin America Takes to the Skies

Globetrotting tech writer Xeni Jardin flew on Virgin America's virgin flight out of San Francisco, and turns in a rave review:"Much of the suck you're familiar with on other domestic airlines is absent, and there...

Digital Imaging Camera Conversion: Records To MP3 :: Symblogogy

"Digital imaging technology is an amazing tool. It provides biometric information to help keep us safe, it reads symbologies so that we can get information delivered to us through a camera and sofware (up to 20...

Don't Put your Money where your Mouth is.

Opinion Barry Artiste, Now Public Contributor It has been said the influenza Viruses can survive 17 days on your money, then perhaps a cashless society is the way to go. But then ATM's as well as touch screens...

What Kind of Genius Are You?

"A new theory suggests that creativity comes in two distinct types – quick and dramatic, or careful and quiet. In the fall of 1972, when David Galenson was a senior economics major at Harvard, he took what he describes as a “gut” course in 17th-century Dutch art. On the...

Vertical Garden: The art of organic architecture

"Patrick Blanc overgrows the vertical surfaces of buildings in the most beautiful way. What he creates is far away from any fancy horticultural show, his Vertical Garden could rather be called eco-art, or greener architecture consisting of a variety of plants trailing gently...

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