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Paura di non riuscire a concludere in tempo gli acquisti di Natale? Siete in cerca di nuove idee per non deludere i gusti più ricercati? Sappiamo quale stress comportano gli acquisti natalizi, specialmente se siete fra coloro che affollano i negozi il giorno della Vigilia, e per questo SpaFinder ha pensato a una soluzione per […]
Continue ReadingHaben Sie schon Panik, weil Sie fürchten, nicht alle Geschenke rechtzeitig vor Weihnachten besorgen zu können? Noch keine Idee für diese schwierigen Verwandten? Wir wissen alle, wie stressig es sein kann, die Läden zu durchstöbern – vor allem wenn Sie zu den Leuten gehören, die Heilig Abend einkaufen gehen! Da kann SpaFinder helfen. SpaFinder Geschenkgutscheine […]
Continue ReadingVous paniquez déjà à l’idée de ne pas avoir tout fini à temps pour Noël ? Vous êtes à cours d’inspiration pour les membres de votre famille ayant des goûts compliqués ? Nous savons tous combien faire les magasins peut être stressant, surtout si vous faites partie de ceux qui font leurs emplettes la veille […]
Continue ReadingThe strange outsider in a club of tropical islands that span a glorious arc stretching from Venezuela to Florida, Barbados is immediately set apart from its volcanic neighbours for a remarkable reason: it is formed entirely of coral. From the gullies of the highland hills that the first British settlers, in the early 1600s, dubbed […]
Continue ReadingA growing number of men across the country are picking up an unlikely hobby – knitting – and changing the face of the knitting world in the process. Jarrett Matthews was sitting on a crowded bus in Queens, N.Y., quickly and delicately maneuvering a ball of mauve yarn with two knitting needles, creating the beginnings […]
Continue ReadingScientist parents don’t necessarily check their analytical minds at the nursery door. Some of them look on the common problems of parenting as an intellectual puzzle that needs to be solved. Physicist Dan Sisan tried everything to get his newborn daughter to stop crying – feeding her, rocking, hugging, singing, giving her a swing. Nothing […]
Continue ReadingMicro greens, once the domain of haute cuisine, are now ready to grow in kitchens everywhere. Consumers who want to eat organically and locally are being turned on to the ultimate homegrown crop, and the kitchen farming industry is responding. A farmer gazes out upon a lush field of greens. The arugula, amaranth and basil, […]
Continue ReadingWhile books about food are flying off the shelves and cooking shows are hot, people are increasingly relying on their microwaves to make dinner. Cooking is becoming more recreational and less a necessity. On a recent Saturday morning, Katrina Gleich and her boyfriend, Mike Shur, celebrated their one-year anniversary at CAMAJE, a bistro in New […]
Continue ReadingWant your name in the record books? Can’t find a gift for that special someone? Now you can name a species and help fund the not-so-sexy science of taxonomy. Among the millions of marine animals housed in the collection at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, Calif., there is an orange, speckled deep […]
Continue ReadingSolitary expeditions to the ends of the earth – those glorified by Shackleton, Peary, and Sir Edmund Hillary – are being replaced by interactive trips built around streaming video, blog updates and Internet sites that document every trial, travail and observation of a new generation of explorers. The seasoned explorer Jon Bowermaster has kayaked on […]
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