Natural disasters are a wake-up call to humanity… When there was Bushfire in Australian Town near Perth Credit: NASA Earth Observatory It was January 6, 2016, the predictions made for the disaster became reality when lightning triggered a fire in Lane Poole Reserve, Australia. The bushfire spread rapidly, overran Yarloop, a small town near of Perth.…
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“….feeling like they were frozen”: A Zika virus victim’s tale
Story of 21-year-old Brazilian college student Jade Coelho de Miranda, who was infected last year. Last October, I frequently hung around a large park at my college, the Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. I didn’t think much of all the mosquitoes in the area — until I broke out in a rash…
European businessman buys portrait of a potato for $1.56m
You may laugh but It is serious. An European businessman just paid €1 million (S$1.56 million) for a portrait of a potato. You may be thinking, what was so special in that portrait. Well, nothing so much important. It just features an organic Irish spud on a black background shot under a single light using a digital camera.…