The first 10 countries to have qualified for the live Eurovision final on May 11 have been announced
To be called a patriot is today considered an honor, but it wasn’t always this way. For much of the 17th century, to be deemed a 'good patriot' was to be a lover of one’s country who agreed on
The first recorded instance of the selfie harkens back to what may have been the first photographic portrait. In 1839, a young Philadelphia chemist named Robert Cornelius stepped out of his family’s store and took a photograph of himself. Take a look at the result.
What do you first notice when meeting someone new? The answer is different for everyone. While some may be great body language readers, others may find more importance in the conversation they have when first meeting someone. But when it comes down…
1. Ida May Fuller was the first person to receive a Social Security check and collected a total of $22,889, despite only having contributed $25.
What do you first notice when meeting someone new? The answer is different for everyone. While some may be great body language readers, others may find more importance in the conversation they have when first meeting someone. But when it comes down…
This week Mother Earth gave us beautiful auroras, smoking hot lava and rare cats in the wild. Check out our choices.
The young royals put on a show of support for the King today as they hosted a garden party in his absence.
© 2014 Aya Takano Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. "May All Things Dissolve in the Ocean of Bliss" is Aya Takano’s first major solo exhibition with Kaikai Kiki Gallery (Takashi Murakami's art space in Tokyo) in eight years. Her show’s titular piece, and largest extending over 3 panels, encompasses her thoughts on all things coexisting in a single world. What she portrays here includes everything that is disastrous, cruel and wonderful simultaneously dissolving into a single state of bliss. Aya Takano spoke with Hi-Fructose in this rare interview about her new work and future dreams as an artist. Read our conversation after the jump.
Modern Paganism has grown up in the shadow of Christianity, and Christianity grew up in the shadows of the numerous paganisms that existed in the first few centuries of the Common Era. Paganism and Christianity share holidays and sometimes even beliefs. There's an inter-connectedness to these two very different streams of thought that may never go away.
What do you first notice when meeting someone new? The answer is different for everyone. While some may be great body language readers, others may find more importance in the conversation they have when first meeting someone. But when it comes down…
What do you first notice when meeting someone new? The answer is different for everyone. While some may be great body language readers, others may find more importance in the conversation they have when first meeting someone. But when it comes down…
The young royals put on a show of support for the King today as they hosted a garden party in his absence.
Children are precious. A parent’s love for their children is unparalleled, so when a child goes missing it destroys the lives of those parents who loved and cherished their offspring so dearly and often captures the undivided attention of a whole country, or even the world. This list takes a look at 10 tragic cases of missing children. For obvious reasons, the word ‘top’ has not been included in the title as each one of these is as heartbreaking and catastrophic as the next.
What do you first notice when meeting someone new? The answer is different for everyone. While some may be great body language readers, others may find more importance in the conversation they have when first meeting someone. But when it comes down…
(image thanks to: Public Speaking May 29, 2008 Formal Outline Topic: Anxiety Disorders Specific Purpose: To educate my audience about the most common psychiatric illness affecting children and adul…
'No medicine may prevail … till the same dolorous tooth be … plucked up by the roots.' When dolorous first appeared around 1400, it was linked to physical pain—and appropriately so, since the word is
Once you get the hang of it, forming these dumplings is easy, but it may take a little practice at first.
When we think of adventurers and explorers it is common to think of men, bearded and grim, setting out in search of new lands or excitement. However history is littered with women who have bucked the trend of staying at home and gone on adventures. Here are ten women who travelled the world and led adventurous lives because they wanted to expand their horizons, earn money, or simply because boredom was not their style.
Discover the finest artists from animation, games, illustration, and comics! This time we have the pleasure to introduce you to the art of Mutsumi Inomata...
We know that street harassment is no joke, but gosh, how are you supposed to know when you’ve got the go-ahead to whistle, tell someone how hot she looks, or ask her if she’s DTF? It’s just so darn confusing! But luckily for you, catcallers of the…
A new theory suggests that Homo erectus was able to create seagoing vessels – and must have used language to sail successfully
Harry Clarke - Art Gallery of Complete Illustrations from the First Edition of the book The Selected Poems of Charles Swinburne, published in 1928.
March 7, 1965 - Sunday Chronicle readers awoke to news that the Pentagon was sending two...
Being an Aussie myself and knowing my way around the 'lingo' those traveling to Australia for the first time may very well be confused or totally baffled by the way in which we communicate with each other. Much like putting a phrase book together for visitors heading to Thailand or
Street view, Rudesheim, Rhine valley, Hesse, Germany
Today, pigeons are kept by people as pets, but too many pigeons can be a nuisance, and usually one will find people seeking pigeon deterrents to control their nuisance. Pigeons will harbor diseases that they can transmit to man. Pigeons’ nesting...
