When you watch Lalibela from a distance, the only sign there is something there is the stream of people flowing in and out of crevices. There is absolutely no sign of underground temples. Visits to Lalibela are timed for the moments when the congregations ebb, using the intermissions in daily services to negotiate the canyons. … Read more
In April 2002 the US sponsored a failed military coup against Hugo Chavez, the democratically elected president of Venezuela. An Irish TV crew was there by chance filming a documentary on Chavez, and caught the entire event from the inside.
The so-called comfort women of World War II are a dark and sometimes overlooked footnote in history. Everything began in 1932, when Japanese military began recruiting women for work in the newly established comfort stations. Most of the women were Korean. They were promised jobs, but what they found out was that these stations were … Read more
Unidentified flying object (commonly abbreviated as UFO or U.F.O.) is the popular term for any aerial phenomenon whose cause cannot be easily or immediately identified by the observer. The term UFO was confirmed by The United States Air Force in 1952. They defined UFOs as those objects that remain unidentified after scrutiny by expert investigators. … Read more
Schizophrenia is one of the worst mental disorders. It is characterized by abnormal social behavior and failure to understand reality. Some of the common symptoms include false beliefs, unclear thinking, confused thinking, hearing voices others do not, and a lack of motivation. Through history, there have been a number of famous people living with schizophrenia. … Read more
Leonardo Di Caprio has said it over and over, we need to be more aware of the troubles our planet is facing, and the challenges of helping the environment and preserving life on Earth. Let’s be honest for a moment, while it is true that our planet will survive long after we are gone from … Read more
Imagine if your heart can repair itself? At the moment, it is just a theory and a research. The research, conducted by a tissue engineering and biomaterials science teams from Netherlands, Switzerland and Germany, the research is a result of a work by a multidisciplinary collaboration of top institutes. ImaValve is the end product, a … Read more
Has hunger ever changed your mood? If the answer is yes, you know that what we eat, or do not eat, directly affects our mental health. Our belly and brain are physically and biochemically connected in a number of ways. The state of our intestines can alter the way our brain works and behaves. And … Read more
Blizzard Entertainment is an American video game company. It was founded in 1991 by three graduates of ULCA (University of California, Los Angeles), Michael Morhaime, Allen Adham and Frank Pearce. Since its foundation, Blizzard didn’t create many games, but the ones that they made are considered to be the biggest achievements in gaming history. Games … Read more
Demi Lovato is quite a successful singer. She has released six studio albums. And when she released her last one, she followed it up with a documentary about her path to success. The “Simply complicated” documentary follows her pursuit to overcome her demons, and shows exactly how painful that journey is. The most used word … Read more