About The Dolphin: Our Love Affair With Our Favourite Cetacean
A tremour ripples through the dark blue water. An onlooker fixes her gaze in wild wonderment as child-like emotions transfix her eyes to a tiny point on the water. A dorsal fin protrudes, breaching the blue skin. The onlooker’s feelings change from fascination to dread. These feelings once more morph becoming joyous upon the realisation [...]
About 1980s Toys: Revolutionising The Entertainment Industry
Toys define a generation. They are part and parcel of our youth. When we reminisce about our childhood we are remembering a time of innocence and fun when we played for hours with our favourite toy. Invariably, every child thinks his or her toy is better than toys of his parents’. However, when we look back [...]
Quotes On Knowledge
‘I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be.’ Thomas Jefferson
Bees: Collectors Of Honey And Providers Of And For Life
It is a beautiful warm sunny day and you are sitting on a park bench. The sky is blue, there are multi-coloured flowers gently swaying in the balmy breeze. The birds are singing sweetly in the trees, and all around, people are relaxing in the sun. Suddenly, you hear a scream, you look over where [...]
The Ant: Incredible Intelligence In Such A Tiny Creature
Unnoticed and unwatched, a small tiny creature slowly and steadily makes it way through an invisible road. However, it is not alone, it is joined by hundreds of similar creatures all busily making their way on some impenetrable and unknowable journey to an unimaginable world. The world of the ant.
Box Jellyfish: The All-Seeing Creature With 24 Eyes
“Box jellyfish (Cubozoans) are remarkable creatures. Growing to up to 3m (10 ft) in length and weighing up to 2kg (4lbs) they can live for up to one year. They are found in the warm waters of Northern Australia and the Indo-Pacific. However, what initially appears to be quite a simple animal, turns out to be a fascinating and highly complex organism.”
About Mercury: The Strange Planet That Supported Relativity
A strange planet in many ways. Eerily like our Moon in both appearance and scale, Mercury is a dull, grey planet that bares a remarkable past. Mercury is the smallest of all the inner terrestrial planets. Yet, despite its size, it has earned its place in Greek and Roman mythology. Deified as the Messenger God, Mercury, the [...]
Michael Jackson: Personae’s Of A Talented But Controversial Superstar
Slick, determined, and in search of perfection, Michael Jackson was the ultimate performer. Dogged and resolute on achieving his dreams, Jackson changed the face of music forever. Redefining and reinventing a new landscape, he managed to merge the best of television, dance and music into a sumptuous blend resulting in a brilliant art-form. He did so [...]
Quotes On The Power Of Belief
‘The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen.’ Frank Lloyd Wright
About 1970′s Toys: Still Popular To This Day
The 1970s was a revolutionary decade when it came to children’s toys. Much of the toys that were released during that period are still popular to this day. In fact, many of the originals are highly prized collectibles. The 70s saw the craze that was the Rubik’s Cube, when almost everyone played with a multi-coloured [...]
Quotes On Dreams
‘When we are dreaming alone it is only a dream. When we are dreaming with others, it is the beginning of reality.’ Dom Helder Camara
About 1960s Toys: Games Of Yesteryear
No matter how sophisticated the children of today are, they all have on thing in common, each one has his or her favourite toy. Nowadays, children have Playstations, Xboxes and Wiis. However, each generation is synonymous with different toys. The 60s was no different and some were quite sophisticated for their day.
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