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The Secrets of Storytelling: Why We Love a Good Yarn
Popular tales do far more than entertain, however. Psychologists and neuroscientists have recently become fascinated by the human predilection for storytelling. Why does our brain seem to be wired to enjoy stories? And how do the emotional and cognitive effects of a narrative... Potter fairytales to be published
" A collection of fairytales penned by Harry Potter author JK Rowling is to be published to raise money for a children's charity. The Tales of Beedle the Bard, which Rowling first mentioned in The Deathly...Five-year-olds to study Shakespeare
Students in primary and secondary school will be taught Shakespeare in England. Each school will get a free copy of Shakespeare: The Animated Tales on DVD. "School children as young as five will be... The South has a Good Story to Tell
"The fast-changing modern world is raising the living standards of billions in the South – China alone has lifted 400 million people out of poverty since the 1980s - but it is also risking the loss of many rich cultural traditions. One of them is storytelling. Oral... Search for China earthquake survivors bleak
"BEICHUAN, China (AP) — The search for survivors in the rubble of China's powerful earthquake grew bleak Sunday, with rescuers in some areas no longer listening for trapped victims.There were a few tales of rescues...British Government releases UFO files
The UK government has unveiled its secret UFO files, and the contents are sometiems surprising, sometimes amusing."The most comprehensive Government files on UFO activity are opened to the public for the first time today and they disclose that even air traffic controllers and...Solid Release Date for Overclocked: A History of Violence Announced by Lighth...
"Leading Publisher Lighthouse Interactive and dtp Entertainment AG, today announced a solid release date for their highly anticipated psychological thriller Adventure game, Overclocked: A History of Violence. This PC DVD-ROM game will begin hitting stores shelves across the...Keep your kid from lying
Facing twisted truths? Tweak old discipline tactics to fit new circumstances."Knowing why kids lie at each age and stage helps you encourage candor, and so does your unconditional support. Your best bet: create a nurturing environment so your child knows she can talk to you...Rowling fairytales fetch £1.95m
"A book of fairytales by the Harry Potter author, JK Rowling, has fetched £1.95m at auction. The Tales of Beedle the Bard had been expected to fetch £30,000-£50,000. But there were frenzied scenes in the sale room at Sotheby's in central London as bidding got under...Globalisation - Making China More Westernised
"Scored yet?' That was the first question from several young adventurers crowded around a table at a bar in Lhasa, Tibet's colourful capital city. Between sips of yak butter tea, they trade jokes and swap tales about their latest sexual encounters. These twentysomethings on...11 classic Halloween movies
"If you want to watch a movie to put you in the Halloween spirit, you have a lot of choices. While everyone things of the scariest film as Halloween fare, there are plenty of films that Halloween themed without being unbearably scary. Choices can include scary movie parodies...You Can Dress Them Up, But You Can't Take Them Out
Jeans and t-shirt or suit and tie, people like to get smashed and run amuck in public or semi-public places. According to the article below, bad booze-fuelled behavior is by no means the domain of students and...Pope meets drug addicts in Brazil, warns traffickers
Former drug addicts told Pope Benedict moving stories of their hardships and recovery in Brazil on Saturday and he scolded traffickers for the damage they sow across Latin America.The Pope, on a five-day visit to Brazil in which he has railed against the slack...Iran May be the Greatest Crisis of Modern Times by John Pilger
"It is time we in Britain and other Western countries stopped looking from the side. We are being led towards perhaps the most serious crisis in modern history as the Bush-Cheney-Blair "long war" edges closer to Iran for no reason other than that nation's independence from...Hamas: Keep Our Schools Free From Books With Sexual Innuendo.
"The Hamas-run Education Ministry has ordered an anthology of Palestinian folk tales pulled from school libraries and destroyed, reportedly over mild sexual innuendo, officials said Monday, in the most direct attempt by the Islamic militants to impose their beliefs on...
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