New Portrait Of Queen For Royal Stamp Is Called 'Abominable' By Experts
A new portrait of the Queen, commissioned by Royal Mail to adorn a stamp marking the 60th anniversary of the Coronation, has been derided by critics who said it looked more like Margaret Thatcher.The...
View ArticleScientists Have Figured Out How The Turtle Got Its Unique Hard Shell
The mystery of how the turtle got its shell has finally been solved by scientists studying a 260-million-year-old fossil.All other animals with body armour, including lizards and armadillos, are known...
View ArticleGoogle Thinks You Want To Tattoo An Electronic Circuit To Your Flesh Instead...
Motorola’s forthcoming phones could use electronic tattoos or pills to identify users, it has been announced.The technology, which aims to remove the need to enter passwords and replace them simply...
View ArticleGWYNETH PALTROW: Here Are My Favorite Things To Do In Los Angeles
I was born in Los Angeles and my early childhood is imprinted in my brain: the memory of palm trees and the city’s specific light, harsh yet diffused at once – which I know doesn’t make sense. I...
View ArticleMatthew Rhys: The Americans 'Scripts Go To The CIA For Approval'
Most actors are good at deception. But Matthew Rhys - a Welshman playing a Russian pretending to be American - takes things to extremes in ITV's new US spy thriller, The Americans. He talks to Craig...
View ArticleAleppo's Population Has Grown Despite Being Directly In Syria's Crossfire
The tiny, honey-coloured Al-Shuwaibiya Mosque is the oldest in Aleppo and one of the few that remains undamaged. Unlike many, its low minaret is protected by surrounding buildings and still stands; its...
View ArticleUK Prime Minister: We Will 'Drain The Swamp' Of Muslim Extremists
David Cameron has pledged to “drain the swamp” in which radical Muslims are allowed to hide and develop their extreme views in the wake of the Woolwich terror attack.The Prime Minister told MPs he...
View ArticleCONFIRMED: Email Is Stressing You Out
Email is supposed to make modern life easier, but it is making workers more stressed than ever as they struggle to stay on top of hundreds of messages per day, according to researchers.Reading and...
View ArticleGoogle’s Android Apps Are Overtaking Apple By 500 Million Monthly Downloads
Google’s Android will become the most popular app platform in the world within months, claim reports that will deal a blow to Apple.Although Apple recently celebrated 50 billion app downloads, users of...
View ArticleFashion Designer John Galliano Says He 'Didn't Mean' The Anti-Semitic Rant...
In his first interview since the outburst in a Paris restaurant, he told Vanity Fair that he does not hate Jews and that the comments reflected his own self-hatred and addiction to drink and...
View ArticleDomestic Spying Revelation Could Be Devastating For The Obama White House
The Obama administration will be bracing itself for a torrent of hostile questions this morning following the apparent revelation that the National Security Agency has been data-mining the phone...
View ArticleNew 'Miracle Material' Is Flexible While Also As Hard As A Diamond
The race is on to harness the potential of graphene, a substance that is harder than diamond, yet incredibly flexible, and the world’s best conductor of electricity.Kostya Novoselov tends to wear an...
View ArticleInformation On More Than 17 Million Mobile Customers Will Soon Be Used To...
Information on more than 17 million mobile phone customers will be used to sell advertising on the internet later this summer.A venture set up by Vodafone, O2 and EE will look to profit from the data...
View ArticleEdward Snowden's Girlfriend Is 'Lost and Alone' After Whistleblower Fled To...
The glamorous dancer girlfriend of NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden has revealed her devastation at his decision to go on the run without her.Lindsay Mills, 28, who described her boyfriend as "E" and...
View ArticleIf You Thought There Was Hope For The PC, Think Again (MSFT, AAPL)
Tablet takeover to continue as Gartner forecasts 10 per cent decline in traditional PC sales.While combined tablet, PC and smartphone sales are forecast to rise 5.9 per cent in 2013, the respected...
View ArticleTwo Pension Funds Have Joined Forces In An Attempt To Oust The Entire Yahoo!...
Calvert and Christian Brothers Investment Services, two major US pension funds which between them manage $16bn (£10.4bn) of assets, have voted for every Yahoo! director to be removed from the board...
View ArticleStudy Suggests That Men Are Biologically Destined To Check Out Other Women
New research shows that while women are drawn to male faces that look familiar, men are more likely to rate someone they have never seen before as more attractive.It is thought the reason may be that...
View ArticleBritain Aims To Create The First 'Three-Parent Baby'
Britain will become the first country in the world to create babies with the DNA of three people under government plans which could see the procedure offered on the NHS by next year.Parents at high...
View ArticleBaby Dinosaurs 'Crawled Like Toddlers' Before Becoming Two-Legged Adults
Analysis of bones 100 million years old showed baby Psittacosaurus had long arms and short legs, which were used to scuttle around shortly after hatching.The arms grew quickly between the ages of one...
View ArticleAmerican Student Killed In Egypt Was A Teacher Who 'Cared Profoundly' About...
An American university student killed during a protest in Egypt was in the country teaching English to children and improving his Arabic because he "cared profoundly" about the region, his family has...
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