The family-owned Cochrane business has spent three generations to build what would become a storied purveyor of frozen treats
Cutting-edge technology has again come to the Bayreuth Festival, where Wagner premiered his final opera with the latest stagecraft in 1882.
Not so long ago a friend told me a story about when she was on a school trip to Russia back when it was part of the Soviet Union. My friend found out that branded Western denim jeans such as Levi’s were greatly sought after on the black market. She sold two pairs of jeans which were paid for in roubles as the buyer had no hard currency i.e. US dollars. As this was during the communist era roubles bought very little of value. Most shops selling decent products demanded payment in foreign currency only. Читать дальше...
WARRINGTON WOLVES hooker Daryl Clark will be playing for a new Super League side in 2024 after agreeing a deal with a rival club. The...
Microsoft has teamed up with Paramount Pictures ahead of the release of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem to give away some TMNT-themed Xbox controllers. But the theme doesn’t just stop at the controller’s artwork, oh no – each has an integrated diffuser designed to waft the delicious scent of New York-style pizza at its user.
Clinicians examining data from wearable devices that track steps per day found people with heart failure experienced fewer health limitations with increased mobility.
The movie’s reference to the Gen X indie band is par for the course in the Greta Gerwig cinematic universe.
The Paris 2024 Olympic games will officially begin on July 26 with an eagerly anticipated opening ceremony set to take place along the River Seine. Watch FRANCE 24's special programme marking the one-year countdown to the start of the games presented by Sélina Sykes.
An analysis of more than 2 million pet dogs living in the UK in 2019 has identified the most common overall breeds—topped by mixed-breeds, Labrador retrievers, and Jack Russell terriers—while also highlighting the popularity of breeds with physical features associated with increased health risks.
Many gardeners will tell you that aphids are the bane of their existence. According to a new study from the University of Florida, these tiny pests also pose problems for the iconic monarch butterfly. The study found that when oleander aphids infested tropical milkweed—a nonnative milkweed species commonly used across southern portions of the U.S. stretching from California to Florida—the butterflies laid fewer eggs on the plants, and caterpillars developing on those plants were slower to mature.
What happens inside the carnivorous plant Venus Flytrap when it catches an insect? New technology has led to discoveries about the electrical signaling that causes the trap to snap shut. Bioelectronic technology enables advanced research into how plants react to their surroundings, and to stress. The work is published in the journal Science Advances.
Who lived at Machu Picchu at its height? A new study, published in Science Advances, used ancient DNA to find out for the first time where workers buried more than 500 years ago came from within the lost Inca Empire.
All plants and lichens listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act are sensitive to climate change but there are few plans in place to address this threat directly, according to a new study by Amy Casandra Wrobleski of Pennsylvania State University and colleagues, published July 26, 2023 in the open-access journal PLOS Climate.
While artificial intelligence is a transformative tool that can release us from tedious tasks, we must be wary of its unprecedented power to to supercharge propaganda
From using less protein to adding ethanol, these science-backed tricks can help you make the crispiest tempura
Based on the first film sequel, Aliens: Dark Descent sees you in charge of exploring a moon in search of hostile creatures. Things can get real bad, real quick, discovers Jacob Aron
A charming, challenging book argues that we can improve our well-being by tapping into the spiritually transforming "overview effect" that astronauts report after seeing earth from space
Bolivia's deforestation crisis is underlined in this set of images from Terraforming, a project by photographer Matjaž Krivic and journalist Maja Prijatelj Videmšek
As academics struggle to compete with private investment, perhaps Musk’s new artificial intelligence venture really can tackle the “true nature of the universe”
Many have an attitude towards water that assumes it will always be plentiful. But unless people, governments and corporations change their ways, the demand may soon outstrip the supply, says Jason Arunn Murugesu
Owls are "in our DNA" says Jennifer Ackerman, the author of a new book that investigates the latest scientific and archaeological findings about the enigmatic birds
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