Could bullfighting be banned?
For as long as most people can remember Bullfighting has been a major event in Spain, it has been a national pastime and tourist attraction, but now it seems that bullfighting could be coming to end in Spain.
In the north eastern region of the country, the Catalonian regional government has been presented with a petition [...]
Government missing its own carbon footprint target
Most people at some time hear the carbon footprint message from the government, so naturally we the ordinary people think that the government are doing all they can to improve their carbon footprint, but it seems that may not be so.
It looks as if the government are not going to meet their targets for cutting [...]
Snakes are on a plane
Most people would think that films such as “Snakes on a Plane” made in 2006 are total fiction and could not possibly ever happen, if you believe that then you could be wrong as passengers on an internal flight in Australia found out recently.
It happened on a Quantas flight from Alice Springs to Melbourne when [...]
NASA may go to Venus
NASA could be sending a fleet of craft to Venus in the not too distant future, but the craft used will not only be the usual rocket powered, as NASA are experimenting with high altitude balloons. Could this be the future of space travel?
The plan will be considered to go in around fifteen years time, [...]
Fighting climate change with fish and chips
The rise of the small fuel producer is reaching the point where there is in virtually all areas someone producing their own bio diesel from used cooking oil.
The problem is that as this becomes more popular is there any chance that we could be seeing a fuel war between rival producers, in the same way [...]
Thai police to wear smiley masks
In Asia pollution on the streets can reach levels, which are just very wrong to work in, yet the traffic do so on a daily basis. However, in Thailand the motorcycle cops have to resort to wearing anti pollution masks, which ordinarily would make them look even scarier.
So to reduce the impact these mask wearing [...]
UK withdraws warship from Falklands
It could be a bad sign for the people of the Falkland Islands because for the first time since the conflict the warship, pirates are withdrawing which protects the region, to patrol the waters off Somalia because of the increased attacks.
HMS Northumberland was only dispatched to the islands earlier this month, but because of the [...]
Not all greens are that perfect
It seems that not all eco friendly consumers are as green as they would to think they are, many people who try practice a green lifestyle are often inclined to go with design as well as the environmental effect of products, which can often be a compromise.
These consumers do not go out of their way [...]
Burial at sea is eco friendly
Could burials at sea be the new eco friendly way of laying our loved ones to rest? Well it would seem so in the US as one business, which arranges this type of burial, use the cremated remains to produce artificial reefs of the east coast of the USA.
Therefore, the burial still uses cremation, which [...]
Moods linked to weather
This is a very appropriate piece of research that has been carried by a team in Germany, they have been looking at stress and other emotions, these are normally related directly to circumstances this could be work or business, after all there is little to be happy about these days.
However, the German researchers have found [...]