Last year's Singing Review went viral, in a GOOD way (not like H1N1). Re-live the year's news and sing along with Uncle Jay! Oh wait, you can't he changed all the words. See you in January!
Kenya’s camels recently started sporting some unusual apparel: eco-friendly refrigerators! Some of the African country’s camels are carrying the solar-powered mini fridges on their backs as part of a test project that uses camels as mobile health clinics. Organizers hope the eco-friendly transport system will provide a cheap, reliable way of getting much-needed medicines and vaccines to rural communities in Kenya and Ethiopia.
Call it what you will, "the noughties", "the two-thousands" or something else, the first decade of the 21st century (2000-2009) is now over. Looking back on the past ten years through news photographs, it becomes clear that it was a dramatic, often brutal decade. Natural disasters, terrorist attacks and wars were by far the most dominant theme. Ten years ago, Bill Clinton was ending his final term in office, very few had ever heard of Osama bin Laden, the Taliban ruled Afghanistan and Saddam Hussein still ruled Iraq - all that and much more has changed in the intervening time. It's really an impossible task to sum up ten years in a handful of photographs, but below is my best attempt at a look back at the last decade - feel free to let me know what I missed in the comments below. (50 photos total)
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The new Millennium got off to a great start where the world of gadgetry was concerned. For our 20 best we selected only actual gadgets—no websites like YouTube or Facebook, no software programs and no innovative companies like Netflix. From listening to music to trips to the lavatory, each of these gadgets has made life a little more enjoyable. Congrats to the inventors—now quit dawdling on the video-camera watch and the personal jetpack.
The year 2009 is now coming to a close, and it's time to take a look back over the past 12 months through photographs. Historic elections were held in Iran, India and the United States, some wars wound down while others escalated, China turned 60, and the Berlin Wall was remembered 20 years after it came down. Each photo tells its own tale, weaving together into the larger story of 2009. This is a multi-entry story, 120 photographs over three days. Please see also part 1 and part 2. (40 photos total)
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Oh wait, they're not. That's a myth. The plants really aren't toxic at all.
But people, as it turns out, are poisonous to the plants, which could live for years with a little tender love and care instead of post-holiday neglect.
A 7-year-old girl in the Parker County city of Hudson Oaks will have trouble NOT believing in Santa Claus.
As NBC5 reported, Brooke Botello wrote a letter to Santa asking for the return of her 6-month-old English bulldog puppy, which was stolen from in front of her home.
Someone -- an elf, perhaps? -- turned in the dog to police, and Brooke and her buddy were reunited.
Now's there's a Christmas Story we can all believe in.
Helping small minds understand big news.
For the fans of 24.
From the Houston Chronicle Science Blog.
