The Fish Eat Your Dead Skin
Officials warned this week that the popular fish pedicures could spread HIV and hepatitis C. According to the Health Protection Agency, risks are minimal but not unheard of. The spas are currently a trend and most people who use them merely want to experience the sensation of having their dead skin eaten off by the tiny fish, rather than become regular users.
Josh Taylor a 21-year-old from Guildford, Surrey, and his friend Edward Bishop have created a weather balloon which they have managed to send 118,000 feet up into the air to capture images of the edges of space. The project was called the Taylor Made Space Balloon and it was a joint and very ambitious effort.
A team in South Korea have claimed to have cloned coyotes for the first time. The team is being led by Hwang Woo-suk, the disgraced stem cell scientist who had produced papers with fabricated results.
Alain de Botton has made points on modern parenting. Parents today appear to mollycoddle children. Each detail of life is considered with great attention. Questions are answered and considered. Mr. de Botton points out that throughout history, children have been ignored, slightly neglected, and questions unanswered. This would have been due to the high [...]
A report for the Conservative Party has suggested that students in England should study maths until the age of 18. The report author, TV presenter Carol Vorderman said, “Some children are never taught maths by a maths teacher,” which highlighted the need for reform in schools. According to the report, change will give children [...]
Researches from University College London have studied a 120 million year old fossil, which has been discovered to be the oldest pregnant lizard ever found. The team said the lizard from the Cretaceous period was only a few days away from giving birth when it died. The report, found in the journal Naturwissenschaften, details [...]
After missing out on a £8.5million jackpot six years ago, Sue and Lee Mullen have received a stroke of luck in the form of £5 million.
The Church of England has planned to overhaul its traditional baptism service. The new services will incorporate the language of EastEnders rather than the more traditional language of the Bible in order to make the service more “accessible”.
Mike Sullivan who suffers from Tourette’s is to undergo a pioneering form of brain surgery.
What is expected to be the world’s fastest car begins construction this week.
Sony Ericsson has confirmed the forthcoming launch of the Xperia Play, promising a full revelation set for 13 February, just ahead of Mobile World Congress (MWC).
A laboratory breakthrough has found that Bowel cancer may be identified in future by dogs. Japanese researchers have found that a dog can scent bowel cancer in breath and stool samples as accurately as high-tech diagnostic tools.
The BBC has announced it is axing 360 jobs due to a cut back in its website, closing 200 subsidiary sites, as director-general Mark Thompson admitted it had been allowed to grow “like Topsy”.
It has emerged that Toyota ended 2010 as the world’s biggest carmaker, despite a long series of recalls and safety issues.
The number of re mortgage approvals in the month of November is stronger than the most recent six month average, with more borrowers switching lenders when rolling over their fixed rate loans. During the month of November there were 27,045 approvals compared to 24,785 in October and 21,597 in November of last year.
The Bank of England sounded caution today stating that millions of households may see their monthly payments rise in 2011 on the back of higher tracker mortgage rates.
