Believed to be more than 400 years old and nearly 200 times the size of a chicken egg, an extremely rare elephant bird egg will be auctioned in London this week, with an estimated price tag of up to $76,000. The egg, over 30 centimeters (11.81 inches) high, was laid by the now extinct elephant bird, a giant flightless bird indigenous to Madagascar, according to auction house Sotheby’s. The bird,
How choice helps us to recover from illness and stay healthy.Recently in my family, an elderly relative became unwell; she was not so unwell that she needed to be admitted into hospital, but was too unwell to be home alone, unattended. Many families face this kind of situation, and aside from any of the wider or longer-term implications, one of…
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Schiaparelli fragrance sketch from 1937 After the hurried leaving of Marco Zanini, French couture house Schiaparelli has named Bertrand Guyon as its new design director. In November, Schiaparelli confirmed the departure of Mr. Zanini, but did not immediately name a replacement designer (see story). According to WWD, the couture house had been considering Mr. Guyon shortly after Mr. Zanini left the design director position after only a two seasons. Hire couture
Apple beat Wall Street’s revenue and profit forecasts on Monday as it sold more iPhones in China than the United States for the first time. Icahn, who has been vocal about his belief that Apple is undervalued, has urged the company’s board to buy back more shares using its huge cash pile. The 79-year-old, one of Apple’s top 10 investors, said in February that Apple stock should be trading at
(NaturalNews) Olive tree growers in Italy, where a bulk of the world’s olive oil is produced, are protesting a government plan to chop down thousands of olive trees in an attempt to stop the spread of xylella fastidiosa. The bacterium, which causes olive trees to shrivel and stop…
(NaturalNews) Olive tree growers in Italy, where a bulk of the world’s olive oil is produced, are protesting a government plan to chop down thousands of olive trees in an attempt to stop the spread of xylella fastidiosa. The bacterium, which causes olive trees to shrivel and stop…
(NaturalNews) Media outlets are widely reporting on two recent studies in the journal Geophysical Research Letters describing a giant “blob” of warm water that may be responsible for recent ecological and weather anomalies across the United States — from California’s drought to the…