2016

Marilyn Thipthorpe When Freddy the tortoise was caught in a bush fire in Brazil, his chances of survival were slim. But thanks to a group of pioneering surgeons known as The Animal Avengers, Freddy not only survived his ordeal – he is also now the proud owner of the world’s first 3D printed shell! “Freddy…

Marilyn Thipthorpe While traveling around the world, it is possible to notice one thing – none of the doors are the same. Sometimes extraordinary, outstanding and mysterious doors often are perceived as an opportunity to get into some kind of magical world. They say that doors are a gateway to another world. Don’t know if…

New Zealand artist Benjamin Lloyd recently announced on Facebook that he would give all the kids at Auckland’s Starship Children’s Hospital temporary tattoos if he received 50 likes. But he didn’t get 50 likes. He got over 400,000 of them! And the number just keeps on rising. True to his word, Lloyd has agreed to…

Marilyn Thipthorpe China’s traffic jams are legendary. One jam even has its own Wikipedia page dedicated to it. But the country’s epic gridlock problems might soon be a thing of the past if plans for this amazing elevated bus go ahead. Take a look at the pictures below to see for yourself what we mean….

Eshan Maitra You are probably like, “Why Not?” Murderers are not just forces of evil. They are the evil. But James Garbarino, psychologist at Loyola University beg the different. He has spent decades studying the minds of killers and concluded everything in his recent book “Listening to Killers: Lessons Learned from My Twenty Years as…

Samiul Bashar Samin English speakers know that their language is odd. So do people saddled with learning it non-natively. The oddity that we all perceive most readily is its spelling, which is indeed a nightmare. In countries where English isn’t spoken, there is no such thing as a ‘spelling bee’ competition. For a normal language,…

Nusrat Jahan If your life has been on a steady straight path, then you are probably a zombie. Life is bumpier than rock road bars and it is not always easy to adapt to all the changes and smoothly transition from one phase to another. However, those who have mastered the art of dealing with…

Md. Taqi Yasir Winnie-the-Pooh greets Queen Elizabeth the Second and a boy who resembles her great-grandson Prince George in a new story published last Thursday to mark and reminiscence both their 90th birthdays. The honey loving bear of A. A. Milne, who first emerged in a story in 1926, the year of the Britain’s Queen’s…

Myisha Nawar Our society needs to understand that getting engaged or married is not an accomplishment. Having a ring on your finger is not an accomplishment! It is 2016 and being popped the question is still more celebrated than the academic and professional pursuits of a woman. While college graduations and landing a great career…