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Hell hot cross buns: “For a limited time. A bit like Jesus”

April 7, 2011 by Andrew 1 Comment

Hell Pizza in New Zealand have (another) advertising campaign that’s upsetting the Church. What have they done? They’re selling hot cruss buns for Easter. The buns are decorated with an inverted pentagram – a symbol commonly associated with Satanism. There’s more. The tagline for the advert – which appears in billboards all over Auckland, the […]

Picture: Living with Nature

April 5, 2011 by Andrew Leave a Comment

Isn’t this house simply fantastic? It fits in perfectly with the natural surroundings and does not look like some horrid wart on the side of the mountain. The identity of the photographer is unknown.

The Incident at Tower 37

April 1, 2011 by Andrew Leave a Comment

This 10 minute animation was created for World Water Day 2011. The man leading the project is Chris Perry, who previously worked at Pixar. The video shows mankind exploting the local natural world, gobbling up its resources for themselves and failing to notice that it was destroying the local ecosystem. There’s an unexpected hero and […]

Dallol: Alien landscape on Earth

March 25, 2011 by Andrew Leave a Comment

These pictures are from Russian photographer Victoria Rogotneva and are intended as a fair use sample of her fantastic work. This alien landscape on Earth is actually Dallol, a volcanic explosion crater, in Ethiopia. It came into being after an erruption in 1926. The crators (or “maar” if you want to use the technical term) […]

Charles Darwin’s walking stick

March 24, 2011 by Andrew Leave a Comment

This photograph shows the walking stick used by Charles Darwin, author of “On the Origin of Species” and father of evolutionary biology. Rather ironically, it’s crafted from whalebone and ivory. The handle is a small skull. In Pure Spirit Is this the sort of walking stick you had in mind when you thought about Charles […]

Warwick castle seeks Dragonologist

March 23, 2011 by Andrew Leave a Comment

Do you live near Warwick in England? Warwick castle has a vacancy for a consulting Dragonologist and has a job post on Monster.co.uk to help find the right person for the role. The castle will be launcing a new attraction in April called “Merin: The Dragon Tower” and the researcher/consultant is needed to ensure that […]

Which is better for weight loss? Running or cycling?

March 22, 2011 by Andrew 1 Comment

As well as a healthy diet you need to be physically active in order to loose weight. Walking or cycling to work is a good start. Not only does it save on petrol and help the enviorment, it helps burn those calories. The Live Strong has some calculations on which would be best for weight […]

40 million years later and King Crabs invade Antarctica

March 22, 2011 by Andrew Leave a Comment

Evolutionary biologist Sven Thatje has made the news with his discovery that King Crabs are returning to Antarctic waters. I say “returning” but it’s been a long while since the King Crab last stalked in these waters. Scientists calculate that it’s been some 40 million years since the King Crab was able to survive in […]

Stunning Super Moon photographs

March 21, 2011 by Andrew 2 Comments

Saturday, March 19th, 2011, was a “Super Moon” as the satellite got as close to Earth as it will at any time during 2011. The moon reached a distance as short as a mere 221,565 miles from the planet.

Christians protecting Muslims while they pray in the Egypt protests

February 3, 2011 by Andrew 1 Comment

This is a fantastic picture. It’s come from the protests in Egypt and is being described as Christians protecting Muslims while they pray during the protests. Coptic Christians make up about 10% of Egypt’s population and there’s been suggetsions they have much to fear from revolution – if an extreme Islamic faction takes control of […]

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