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• ‘Crawling Ghost Nurse’ Trick Goes Wrong in Indonesia

  

  A suster ngesot. No wonder the guard was scared. Photocredit: http://appipatongai.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/suster-ngesot.jpg A security guard in Bandung,... Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• US and Them? FACTA is an Onerous Piece of Global Legislation

  

  Mitt Romney - what were you thinking? Photo credit: Gage Skidmore, http://flic.kr/p/9itUtP We have been waiting for some time now for the IRS to produce the... Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2012 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• With #McDstories, McDonald’s Learns the Meaning of ‘epic Fail’ – Then Tries Agai...

  

  After a first Twitter campaign goes spectacularly wrong, McDonald's gets right back up on that bucking bronco and tries again. Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2012 SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Scientists Successfully Make an Object Invisible; Make Way for Invisible Armies...

  

  Scientists have developed a technique which can make objects invisible. So what use can it be put to - apart from, of course, hiding from teachers in Hogwarts? Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2012 SCIENCE

• Revolution in Egypt: Tahrir Square, One Year On. What Happens Now?

  

  Protesters in Tahrir Square, in 2011. Photocredit lilianwagdy http://www.flickr.com/photos/lilianwagdy/6442996291/sizes/z/in/photostream/ It’s been a year... Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• ‘Integrity Crisis’ Hailed as Britons Are Found to Be More Dishonest Than a Decad...

  

  Stealing - is it more in Britain tolerated now? Photo credit: Rick Goldman, http://www.flickr.com/photos/38076430@N05/3555651378/ Britons are less honest than... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Ralph Fiennes Shines as Director and Star of Modern Reboot of Shakespeare’s...

  

  Ralph Fiennes as Coriolanus: Director and star Stage and screen actor Ralph Fiennes makes his directorial debut with Coriolanus, a movie adaptation of a... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2012 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• UK Economy: Gross Domestic Product Down, Prospect of Double-dip Recession up

  

  Initial figures suggest UK GDP fell by 0.2 percent in the last three months of 2011. That means the UK is just two months aways from a dreaded double-dip... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2012 BUSINESS, CURRENT, ECONOMICS, SOCIETY

• China, Hong Kong Prepare for Baby Boom in ‘auspicious’ Year of the Dragon

  

  Year of the Dragon. Photo credit: Garry Knight, http://flic.kr/p/9jmV8t Parents across Asia are determined to give their babies the best start in life – by... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Mitt Romney Releases Tax Returns, Reveals $21.7 Million Income and 14 Percent Ta...

  

  Mitt Romney: Taxing times? Photo credit: Gage Skidmore, http://flic.kr/p/aqnGZ7 Republican presidential Mitt Romney has released his tax returns, following week... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• The Enduring Appeal of Sexy, Serious Sherlock Holmes

  

  Sherlock Holmes: Popular appeal. Photocredit: publicity still The BBC’s adaptation of the Sherlock Holmes stories, Sherlock, written by Mark Gatiss and Steven... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2012 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO

• State of the Union: Obama’s Five Key Quotes

  

  US President Barack Obama. Photo credit: Official White House Photo by Pete Souza In his third State of the Union address, President Barack Obama moved to... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2012 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Apple’s Profits Soar; but What About Its Workers’ Conditions?

  

  Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple. Photocredit: lemagit http://www.flickr.com/photos/27244079@N02/3199045320/sizes/z/in/photostream/ Software giant Apple’s exceeded al... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• State of the Union Address: President Barack Obama Attacks Income Inequality,...

  

  President Barack Obama, July 2011. Photo credit: Geoff Livingston President Barack Obama used his third State of the Union address to attack income inequality... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2012 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Sir Richard Branson Calls for Softer Drug Policy: Dope Or Wack?

  

  Sir Richard Branson: Legalise drugs, man. Photocredit: D@LY3D http://www.flickr.com/photos/daly3d/4603352127/sizes/z/in/photostream/ Virgin tycoon Sir Richard... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2012 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Viral Video: Daredevil Chinese Soldiers Play Hot Potato with a Live Grenade

  

  Can a video purportedly showing Chinese soldiers playing pass the parcel with a live grenade be real? Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange’s New Gig: TV Talk Show Host

  

  Julian Assange. Photo credit: BBWBryant WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has announced that he is to host his own TV series in which he promises to interview... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2012 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, SOCIETY, TV & VIDEO

• Ukraine’s Vibrant Art Scene on the Eve of the Country’s Inaugural Arsenale...

  

  Kiev, Ukraine. Photo credit: Adam Reeder Ukrainian contemporary art has been generating some of the most exciting work in Europe in recent years, with the new... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Mitt Romney Releases Tax Returns Ahead of Florida Primary, Trades Insults with...

  

  Mitt Romney: Down but not out? Photo credit: Gage Skidmore, http://flic.kr/p/9itVJF Has the Republican presidential nomination become a two-man race? Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2012 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Oscar Nominations: Scorsese’s Hugo Leads a Field Full of Surprise Inclusions...

  

  A still from the movie version of Hugo. Martin Scorsese’s 3D film Hugo has a best 11 Oscar nominations. Michel Hazanavicius’s awards season favorite The... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2012 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES