Tara Wigley, who assists me in my recipe testing, emailed me about this one with “I could eat this by the bucket” in the subject field. And she’s right – once you start eating it, it is hard to put aside. Once made, and assuming you can keep your mitts off it that long, it will keep [...]
Lending her support to prevent cruelty to animals, Elisabetta Canalis is featured naked in the new PETA ad campaign. The Italian stunner poses in the buff to prove she’d “rather go naked than wear fur,” a decision she made after watching a documentary about the fur industry. Ms. Canalis explained, “I was [...]
World number one Novak Djokovic and five-time champion Roger Federer set up a US Open semifinal blockbuster on Thursday as the rain-ravaged event opted for a fourth successive Monday men’s final. Top seed Djokovic, the runner-up in 2007 and 2010, booked his place in a fifth successive semifinal when Serbian Davis Cup-winning teammate Janko [...]
A blind, cave-dwelling fish in Somalia knows what time it is, but its “day” is twice as long as ours. Most animals have an internal body clock, or circadian rhythm, that lasts around 24 hours and is modified by the light-dark cycle of a day. But an international team, whose research is published in [...]
A gene responsible for chronic pain has been identified, with scientists saying this could lead to drugs for treating long-lasting back pain. Writing in the journal Science, University of Cambridge researchers removed the HCN2 gene from pain-sensitive nerves in mice. Deleting the gene stopped any chronic pain but did not affect acute pain. About [...]
Israel flew its ambassador home on Saturday after protesters stormed the building housing its embassy in Cairo, plunging Egypt’s ruling army deeper into its worst diplomatic crisis since it took over from Hosni Mubarak. The United States, which has poured billions of dollars of military aid into Egypt since Cairo made peace with Israel [...]
Fighters were given the go ahead to attack one of Moammar Gadhafi’s last bastions of support after a deadline for the town to surrender passed without an apparent deal, a military commander told CNN Saturday. Gadhafi loyalists clashed with opposition forces overnight in Bani Walid, where fighters believe key members of the ousted Libyan [...]
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, became annoyed with two of her advisers — Mashiur Rahman and Gowher Rizvi — on Monday night for the mishandling of the signing of three agreements on Teesta and Feni water sharing and the land boundary with India, a cabinet minister told New Age. A senior official at the [...]