A Japanese Zoo Is Trying To Get You To Like Cockroaches
July 22, 2015 4:35 AM EDT
They’re extremely fast, famed (and reviled) for their ability to survive a nuclear holocaust and have been around since the dinosaurs. There’s also something about them that makes most people on the planet squirm with disgust.
But cockroaches, one Japanese zoo believes, have been given lot of unjustified bad press. And so staff at Shunanshi Tokuyama Zoo in western Japan have launched an exhibition to try to persuade people that cockroaches really aren’t all that bad.
Alternative Bioplastics Are Still Mostly Garbage
This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center’s Ocean Reporting Network.
In the three decades since it was first introduced, the plastic, coin-sized sticker you see on fruit and vegetables has become a staple of modern agriculture, imparting essential information about the grower, brand, country of origin, and even price of fresh produce as it crisscrosses the globe. The Product Look Up (PLU) label is designed to be briefly scanned then discarded, destined for landfill.
Ariel Winter Breast Reduction Surgery
My life changed over the course of a summer. I came back to film season 3 of Modern Family, and I knew that I looked totally different than when we’d wrapped season 2. Suddenly, I was just over 5 feet tall and was an F-cup.
Women are already over-sexualized, and I grew into my body so young. I was 13, 14 years old, and I looked 19. Suddenly, people didn’t want to talk about my job—they just wanted to talk about my cleavage.
Best BBQ in Texas | TIME
Plenty of states are ripe for a barbecue road trip, but in Texas you could fill an entire summer vacation with them. From Beaumont to El Paso, from Mercedes in the south to the Panhandle in the north, the challenge isn’t building an itinerary but limiting it. A good place to start is Austin—no other U.S. city has as many truly great joints. These eight stops offer some of the best brisket and hot links in Texas.
Business: Bellwether Industry? | TIME
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“Homebuilding may be the industry which will lead us out of the recession,” said Nels Severin, president of the National Association of Home Builders, last week. Severin announced at the association’s annual meeting in Washington that.a survey of U.S. home builders showed that they expect housing starts in 1958 to rise 10% above last year to some 1,100,000 new units. The majority of home builders at the meeting thought business is better now than last year; they look for further improvement over the next six months, particularly in the market for lower-priced houses.
Carly Rae Jepsen on Gay Rights, Call Me Maybe and Singing with Dreamy John Mayer
Jonathan Short / APCanadian singer Carly Rae Jepsen poses for photographs following an APTN interview at the Landmark Hotel in London on Thursday, April 19, 2012
Three months ago, Canadian pop star Carly Rae Jepsen was virtually unknown in the U.S. Then Justin Bieber signed her to his label, hyped her on Twitter and lip-synched her single on YouTube. Now “Call Me Maybe” is the No. 4 track in the U.
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It’s an iconic scene when dashing anti-hero Ser Jaime Lannister charges his white steed up the grand Baroque steps leading to the Sept of Baelor in Episode 6, Season 6 of HBO’s wildly popular “Game of Thrones.
Chase just launched its first-ever rewards transfer bonus here's why you might want to take adva
Chase is offering the first-ever transfer bonus for its credit cards Ultimate Rewards program: Get a 30% bonus when transferring points to British Airways' frequent flyer program, Executive Club. While AmEx and Capital One have offered transfer bonuses before, this is a first for Chase. British Airways Avios are particularly useful for short-haul flights with partners, or even business class on partner airlines. You can also transfer them to Iberia's Avios program, which includes lower taxes and fees.
DJ Dimplenipple accuses D'Prince of blocking her on Instagram for refusing to meet in a hotel
In a series of posts shared via her Instagram Stories on Sunday, March 27, 2022, the disc jockey recounted how the music star asked her to meet him at a hotel in the Ikoyi axis of Lagos. "So that's how one celeb blocked me on Instagram because he asked me to come meet him at the George Ikoyi for a meeting and I said I can't come to meet him there for a meeting and a three-way call would be better and oga blocked me on IG,"
Does Mexico City Need a Red-Light District?
As twilight falls over Mexico City’s Buenavista neighborhood, the traditional night shift begins. A woman in suspenders and a pink dress takes up right outside the doors of an American-owned bank. Across the street, two girls in miniskirts entice clients at the entrance of a subway station. A block down, a group of transvestites and transsexuals bare their wares outside a convenience store. Quickly, the streets fill with hundreds of sex workers, while their clients lurk discreetly in dark corners, vigilant under the threat of a sudden police raid.