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Enlarge / A nori farm off the coast of Japan. (credit: H. Grobe) The tasty Japanese seaweed nori is ubiquitous today, but that wasn’t always true. Nori was once called “lucky grass” because every year’s harvest was entirely dependent on luck. Then, during World War II, luck ran out. No nori would grow off the […]
Joe Raedle/Getty Images Sears reported an adjusted loss of $ 226 million in the fourth quarter of 2016, and isn’t likely to be any better. More consumers are likely to do their holiday shopping online this year, furthering the retailers woes. Times are getting desperate for Sears Holdings Corporation. Shares of the ailing retailer slipped to an […]
Published time: 17 Nov, 2017 04:24 A school teacher is believed to have saved the life of a three-year-old girl, the sole survivor of a recent plane crash in the Russian Far East, by covering the child with her body. Locals are now asking for a posthumous award for the teacher. Olga Laponnikova, a teacher […]
Earlier this week we brought you a dash-cam video of a harrowing near-collision between a child who darted out into traffic on a busy country road and an approaching semi. It was thought to be an illustration of the effectiveness of Volvo‘s autonomous Automatic Emergency Braking technology. Turns out, the miraculous miss is down to […]
Fans still aren’t even sure if they will see Superman in Justice League. His appearance has been shrouded in mystery but all will be revealed at the end of this week when the movie finally hits cinemas. The new DC blockbuster will show how Batman and Wonder Woman attempt to pull together a team of […]
Wrigley Field was already lifeless by mid-May 1997. After the beloved Cubbies started the season 0-14, fans up and vanished. But on May 18, slammin’ Sammy Sosa launched two dingers as Chicago beat the Giants before the first sellout crowd of the season. Thing is, much of the crowd couldn’t have cared less about home […]
(Welcome to The Soapbox, the space where we get personal, political, and opinionated about anything and everything. In this edition: how the new film Lady Bird helped one writer salvage his relationship with his mother.) Greta Gerwig‘s new movie, Lady Bird, opens in theaters tomorrow. It’s a stunning piece of work, beautifully felt, ambitious both in its scope and intimacy, […]
GETTY Diesel cars future could be preserved thanks to a new technology Diesel cars have been condemned since the revelation that they create a lot of noxious emissions. British drivers were encouraged to buy dieselcars in 2001 as they were thought to be more efficient and they, typically, emit less CO2 emissions. Noxious emissions, however, […]
Friday night saw the pub landlord shut down Grafton Hill in true Mick (played by Danny Dyer) fashion, but he may live to regret it. Walford’s stalwart couple will find themselves completely stuck as they try and find enough cash to keep their beloved pub. However, they could be rescued by a very unlikely neighbour. […]
Felicity Salisbury was born with the eye cancer retinoblastoma but it was only picked up when a family friend said she thought the “cat’s eye” glint needed checking out. Tests showed that Felicity had three tumours in each eye. Her mother, Charlotte Salisbury, 32, who lives in Lancaster, said “the sun gave Felicity the appearance […]
