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Main » 2013 » January » 07
Will Smith and his wife Jada Pinkett have announced they are not splitting up.

The couple issued a statement after In Touch Weekly magazine reported they were set to divorce.

"Although we are reluctant(вынуждены) to respond to these types of reports, the rumours circulating(слухи) about our relationship are completely false," they said.

"We are still together. Our ... Read more »
Category: BBC Reader Here | Views: 874 | Added by: Pashkaa | Date: 07.01.2013 | Comments (0)

Peter Anstell, chair of the Friends of Horsey Seals (FHS), said the "phenomenal" number of pups had turned Horsey into a tourist attraction.

Volunteers(добровольцы) from FHS are attempting to keep visitors from disturbing the record 600 pups on the beach.

Norfolk Police has advised people to stay away because of traffic problems.

Grey seals begin arriving at Horsey beach in November, give birth over the coming months, and ... Read more »
Category: BBC Reader Here | Views: 735 | Added by: Nastay62rus | Date: 07.01.2013 | Comments (0)

Eating or drinking too many calories on a regular basis can lead to weight gain.But unlike food, alcoholic drinks have very little or no nutritional value.

The 'empty calories' in drinks are often forgotten or ignored by dieters, says the WCRF.

Kate Mendoza, head of health information at WCRF, said: "Recent reports have shown that people are unaware of calories in drinks and don't include them when calculating their daily consumption."

Containing 7kcal/g, a ... Read more »
Category: BBC Reader Here | Views: 834 | Added by: Nastay62rus | Date: 07.01.2013 | Comments (1)

Located 105km west of London in rural(сельский) Hampshire, Highclere Castle sits amid a quintessential English landscape of gentle hills, ancient water-meadows and soporific villages where thatched cottages still outnumber tiled(черепица) roofs. Appearing regally at the end of a long gravel drive, its impressive Italian Renaissance-style facade ringed by vast manicured grounds will be instantly recognizable to anyone who has ev ... Read more »
Category: BBC Reader Here | Views: 802 | Added by: Nastay62rus | Date: 07.01.2013 | Comments (0)

And, unusually, the number of red foxes has simultaneously(одновременно) surged in the area, on Hudson Bay.

The surprising pattern has prompted observers to question whether the elusive(неуловимый) Arctic foxes are being driven out of their dens by invading red relatives.

"It stopped dead, turned and ran," says Tera Ryan, wildlife guide at polar expedition company Churchill Wild, describing the time she witne ... Read more »
Category: BBC Reader Here | Views: 895 | Added by: Nastay62rus | Date: 07.01.2013 | Comments (1)

Officials in the town of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory say they believe the fire was started deliberately.

The trees had been due to be added to a national heritage(наследие) register.

Indigenous(местный) leaders say that the burning of the trees is a desecration - they are regarded as living spirits in indigenous culture.

Tribal elder Baydon Williams said the loss of such a revered sit ... Read more »
Category: BBC Reader Here | Views: 830 | Added by: Nastay62rus | Date: 07.01.2013 | Comments (0)

This November, the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation invested a million dollars in edX, the world’s largest online learning initiative. Founded by Harvard and MIT, edX boasts a growing number of “massively(в широком масштабе) open online courses” (MOOCs) aimed at bringing virtual versions of world-class higher education to hundreds of thousands of participants. By 2013, it will offer a selection of entirely free online classes from Harvard, MIT, Berkeley and the Un ... Read more »
Category: BBC Reader Here | Views: 913 | Added by: Nastay62rus | Date: 07.01.2013 | Comments (0)

Have you ever received a “phantom” text message? If you’ve been convinced your phone is vibrating or ringing in your pocket when it turns out to be nothing, the answer is yes. And you’re not alone. According to the Pew internet research center, 67% of American adults in a national survey experienced the same thing.

The same report also found that almost 37% of those surveyed said that they “couldn’t live without” their smartphones, depicting a world in 2013 where ubiquitous computin ... Read more »
Category: BBC Reader Here | Views: 791 | Added by: Nastay62rus | Date: 07.01.2013 | Comments (0)

If that satisfies your curiosity for what Jamaica is like, then you may as well find an all-inclusive resort to stay at. But if you care to discover the real Jamaica, then you should brave(храбрый) the country’s many pot holes and head to the Jamaica’s south west corner. A 95km drive from the island’s second largest city Montego Bay or 150km west from the capital Kingston brings you to Treasure Beach, a small fishing town in the parish(округ ... Read more »
Category: BBC Reader Here | Views: 876 | Added by: Nastay62rus | Date: 07.01.2013 | Comments (0)

The Ubuntu operating system has been adapted to run on smartphones.

The Linux-based software(програмное обеспечение) will allow users to run desktop apps(приложения)on their handsets, allowing them to double for PCs when docked to monitors.

The code will initially(в начале) be released as a file(напильник xD) which ca ... Read more »
Category: BBC Reader Here | Views: 822 | Added by: Johnny_Bravo | Date: 07.01.2013 | Comments (0)

Vast numbers of cells that can attack cancer and HIV have been grown in the lab, and could potentially be used to fight disease.
The cells naturally occur in small numbers, but it is hoped injecting huge quantities back into a patient could turbo-charge the immune system.

The Japanese research is published in the journal Cell Stem Cell.

Experts said the results had exciting potential, but any therapy would need to be shown to be saf ... Read more »
Category: BBC Reader Here | Views: 808 | Added by: Johnny_Bravo | Date: 07.01.2013 | Comments (0)

Toyota has given a taste of self-drive car safety technology ahead of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas next week.

The car maker revealed(открывать) a video clip of a Lexus fitted with safety features designed to minimise car crashes.

The technology includes on-board radar and video cameras to monitor the road, the surroundings, and the driver.

The car can also communicate with oth ... Read more »
Category: BBC Reader Here | Views: 826 | Added by: Johnny_Bravo | Date: 07.01.2013 | Comments (0)

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