Wednesday June 19, 2013
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  • Beauty & Style

    Celestial flybys set to thrill astronomers

    5 months ago

    Astronomers are gearing for thrills this year when Earth gets buzzed by two rogue asteroids and two comets, including a wanderer last seen by the forerunners of mankind, blaze across the sky. Next week, the guardians who scour the heavens for dangerous space rocks will be closely tracking an... Full story

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    Bid to cross Antarctic in winter a trip into ‘unknown’

    5 months ago

    Adventurer Sir Ranulph Fiennes said Sunday his bid for the world’s first Antarctic winter crossing, with no option of rescue, would be a trip into the unknown despite his multiple record expeditions. Known as the world’s greatest living explorer, Fiennes will depart Monday for the... Full story

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    The challenge of Googling North Korea

    5 months ago

    What is one of the world’s most prominent advocates of Internet freedom doing in a country where unregulated access to information is generally either impossible or criminal? Google chairman Eric Schmidt’s ‘private’ visit to North Korea raises many questions, not least... Full story

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    Florida python hunting contest draws hundreds

    5 months ago

    A python hunting competition starting on Saturday is drawing hundreds of amateurs armed with clubs, machetes and guns to the Florida Everglades, where captured Burmese pythons have exceeded the length of minivans and weighed as much as grown men. Python Challenge 2013, a month-long event... Full story

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    China’s one child policy counter productive

    5 months ago

    China’s controversial One Child Policy (OCP), a radical tool of population control, has produced people who are more pessimistic, low on self esteem, less trustworthy and far less competitive, according to a finding. The OCP was introduced in 1979 and strictly enforced in urban centres... Full story

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    Tough guys like warm toes, too

    5 months ago

    12 January 2013 So many outdoor enthusiasts seem fearless: They climb the biggest rocks, hike the highest points, ski the steepest trails and do unimaginable things with their snowboards. But they don’t like doing it with cold fingers, a chilly wind at their back, or a chafed... Full story

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    PAUL SMITH WOMEN S/S13

    5 months ago

    Paul Smith’s spring/summer 13 women’s collection takes inspiration from the work of multi-disciplinary French artist Jean-Paul Goude. The illustrator, photographer, art editor and fashion film director is best known for his avant-garde, almost surrealist style. Goude’s playful ... Full story

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    Ageing of skin can be stopped

    5 months ago

    ubai If you love to have fun in the sun or are a very happy person who laughs a lot, that’s great. But what’s not great is that your face will age first. “Exposure to the sun [for a long time] makes the skin dry and causes wrinkles,” says Dr Luiz S. Toledo,... Full story

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    You are what you eat

    5 months ago

    According to Ayurveda, you are what you eat. The ideal role of food is that of an element that acts as a medicine to one’s body. The food depending on its qualities can either harm the body or aid it and improve its functions. Not just the quality of the food, good health also depends on... Full story

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    Beauty products for under Dh30

    5 months ago

    We've looked at designer menswear for less, and you suggested looking for something that costs even less. Way less. So after yesterday's under-Dh35 selection, we look at sale items for less than Dh30 today. Looks like the beginning of a countdown to Dh10, more or less. Last year's biggest find... Full story

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