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The species, known locally as the lesula, was discovered after a young female was seen kept captive at the home of a primary school director in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2007. The young animal resembled an owl faced monkey (Cercopithecus hamlyni) but its colouring was different to that of any known species, theRead More …

Earlier this year they were a mostly unknown feminist punk band from Russia… but now they have become an international phenomenon and a wakeup call to the reality of social freedoms in the modern Russian Federation.The group, called Pussy Riot staged an illegal concert on February 21st, on the steps of Moscow’s Cathedral of ChristRead More …

David Weekes has turned his fully-functioning Hackney carriage into a hotel for one, available to rent for £50 a night. It has been kitted with a “memory foam” mattress, pillow and duvet – complete with official Olympic pillow case and bed spread – a bedside lamp, “curtains” and a Paddington Bear teddy. There is alsoRead More …

We’ve been following Honda’s Stride Management Assist since its first unvelling in 2008, to the introduction of its strurdier cousin into the workplace and then its U.S. Tour in 2009. Now the ASIMO spin off is scheduled to undergo field tests by Japan’s National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology (NCGG). The NCGG will test 40Read More …

Instaglasses is a new product concept by German designer Markus Gerke. Influenced by Google’s Project Glass, Gerke decided to combine the idea of a camera-capable pair of glasses with the various filters of the Instagram photo-sharing mobile app. Instagram is an immensely popular photo-editing and sharing social network for smartphones. Its main feature is theRead More …

French cows are enjoying up to two bottles of high quality wine every day as farmers attempt to produce the best beef in Europe. The extraordinary development has seen a ‘Vinbovin’ label of meat established which is already being championed by some of the best restaurants in Paris. It follows an experiment in Lunel-Viel, inRead More …

To reforest a mountain is simple but expensive. For this reason the authorities of the county of Fumin, in the southwest of China, have decided to replace the green of the plants with the synthetic green of the varnishes. Certainly, a not ecological choice but it points, at least in this way the authorities areRead More …