
Solar panels on the Hubble Space
Telescope make for unique window shades in this scene photographed from
the flight deck of the Earth-orbiting space shuttle Atlantis
This image was taken on flight day 5 of the 11-day mission to repair and upgrade Hubble (Image Credit: NASA)
Giullermo and Enrique are Agentinian brothers wowing audiences with their playful and technically brilliant tango interpretations.
Calling themselves Los Hermanos Macano (meaning 'witty guys' and 'guys who've just got it'), they see their art as a modern link in the history of traditional tango. At the start of the last century, Argentina was an immigrant country with few women. Consequently, men were obliged to dance with each other.
Now take a look at this...
Fiji water is extolled by nutritionists and celebrities as the non plus ultra of liquids. Rich in silica, it is cleverly marketed as an elixir of health writes Julia Stephenson
According to its publicity blurb `Fiji water never meets the compromised air of the 21st century.’ And in a stunning example of green-wash the website triumphantly explains that the company is bringing 'clean water to people in need' in…Ethiopia.
Despite the growing concern about the way we raise our farm animals, many of us don’t think twice about wearing leather writes Julia Stephenson.
This may be because of the general assumption that leather is a by-product of the meat industry, but this is increasingly not so. As Tara Garnett of the Food Climate Research Network explains, "global production of raw cattle hides grew 24% between 1984 and 2004 - a faster growth than the production of cattle meat, at 19% over the same period.
Former BBC TV presenter - and one-time RAF fighter pilot - William Woollard became a 'reluctant Buddhist' several years ago
Now he says he is 'wholly convinced of its profound value to any life, anywhere.'
He explains the reasons for his conversion - and his conviction - in this inspiring talk.
We can all get stuck in
schemas - commonly known as life traps.
Invariably cemented in childhood, schemas are negative beliefs about the self that lead to self-defeating life patterns in adulthood. Hannah Borno looks at how it's possible to move on from our schemas and create new lives.
It was a devastating blow for Sarah Ellis to discover that nearly £5,000 had been stolen from her NatWest internet account in a bank fraud, writes Louise Ellis
This type of fraud, known
as 'phishing', has increased dramatically in the past year, causing
stress and financial misery for thousands of unsuspecting internet
customers.