Every Christmas, Dutch people black up and put on afro wigs to dress as ‘Black Peter’; Santa Claus’ black helper. During the run up to the Feast of St Nicholas on the 5th of December people dress up as ‘ Zwarte Pieten ‘ in parades, public events and parties. The blacked-up character visits schools, shops …
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A rare songbird called the Ortolan is an illegal delicacy in France. Every year 300,000 Ortolans fly from the North, Baltic states, Finland and Scandinavia to warmer climes in the South. On the way they have to cross France. In France around 30,000 ortolans are hunted during their emigration. The Ortolan features on International Union …
Teleportation of particles into space has already been accomplished and teleportation of humans is theoretically possible For many years scientists have been able to ‘teleport’ photons (particles of light. The atom itself is not teleported but the states of single atoms have been teleported, thus creating to all extents and purposes, the same atom in …
Rabbit Show Jumping (or Kaninhop in Swedish) began in Sweden in the late 1980s and is now an international sport with tournaments being held around the world. The sport began from a rabbits enthusiasts club in Sweden who decided to hold a tournament to see whose rabbit could jump the highest/furthest. The first national championship …
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During storms some coastal towns are flooded with foam. In 2015 British coastal town Cleveleys was inundated with foam during a storm that whipped up the sea with strong winds. The roads were covered with foam with drifts several feet high in places. What causes sea foam? Sea foam is formed when the ocean churns …
Scientists at the University of Vermont have developed the first form of artificial life. ‘Xenobots’ are made from frog stem cells and are preprogrammed to perform simple tasks. “These are novel living machines, they’re neither a traditional robot nor a known species of animal. It’s a new class of artifact: a living, programmable organism.” Joshua …
