LIVING & LIFESTYLE

Ageing study looks at fasting to live longer

February 20, 2012

Picture: Getty Images Scientists in the United States claim people who starve themselves on alternate days may live longer, boost brain power and lose weight. The National Institutes for Aging researchers based their evidence on studies involving animals and humans. Animals were given the bare minimum of calories needed to keep them alive. The...
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Acid attack victim, Katie Piper, can see again

February 6, 2012

Katie Piper arriving at The TV Choice Awards 2011 in the UK and right, with Lisa Faulkner at a London awards ceremony honouring inspirational women in 2012. Photo: AAP / Getty Images Surgeons in Britain have restored the sight of a woman blinded after having acid thrown in her face in an attack arranged...
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You’ve been warned: Time’s up on Facebook gaffes

January 28, 2012

The Facebook timeline feature will soon be mandatory for all users. Picture: Facebook FACEBOOK will soon expose users who post embarrassing photos and status updates, whether they like it or not. The social networking giant will force users on to its new timeline function, which displays their entire history on the site – from...
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Teen girl slowly dying of her McAddiction

January 28, 2012

A variety of McDonald’s burgers, wraps and the preferred nuggets. Picture: Nicholas Welsh A TEENAGE girl who has eaten almost nothing else except chicken nuggets for 15 years has been warned by doctors the junk food is killing her. Stacey Irvine, 17, has been hooked on the fast food since her mother bought her...
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Death of the point-and-shoot? Smartphone cameras now take 27 per cent of photos

December 26, 2011

Close up photo of a female tourist taking photos of a beautiful beach in The Bahamas with her iPhone 4 camera

By ROB WAUGH Pundits have been predicting the death of slim point-and-shoot cameras for years, as smartphones eat into their market, and camera makers increasingly move towards SLR and other larger-lensed models. But recent U.S. data from retail analysts NPD hints that the writing really is on the wall for slim cameras. The percentage of...
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‘World’s oldest’ yoga teacher a spritely 91-years-old

December 23, 2011

Bernice Bates, 91, is the world's oldest yoga teacher, according to the Guinness Book of World Records. Picture: AP

BERNICE Bates is 91 years old and more flexible than people a third of her age. Guinness World Records recently awarded her title of Oldest Yoga Teacher. While there might be other, older yogis, Ms Bates, completed the lengthy documentation process required by Guinness. Her daughter nominated her earlier this year. Ms...
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Spanish village of Juzcar votes to stay blue after being painted for The Smurfs in 3D film to stay tourist attraction

December 20, 2011

Decided to stay Smurf blue … The Spanish village of Juzcar has become the mecca for Smurf fans after the success of the animated movie.. (AP Photo/Sergio Torres) THE inhabitants of a Spanish village which was painted entirely blue for the filming of box-office smash hit The Smurfs movie voted to keep their houses...
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Woman Hasn’t Used Money in 15 Years

October 24, 2011

Heidemarie Schwermer, a 69-year-old woman from Germany, gave up using money 15 years ago and says she’s been much happier ever since. Heidemarie’s incredible story began 22 years ago, when she, a middle-aged secondary school teacher emerging from a difficult marriage, took her two children and moved to the city of Dortmund, in Germany’s...
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Men who use internet porn ‘likely to become hopeless in the bedroom’

October 22, 2011

Too much: Men who surf the net for porn are less likely to be stimulated by ordinary sexual encounters

Internet pornography is creating a generation of young men who are hopeless in the bedroom, according to research. Exposure to lurid images and films in the new media is de-sensitising so many young people that they are increasingly unable to become excited by ordinary sexual encounters, a report said. The result is that impotence...
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Art rules 101: Keep the bikini bottoms on until the sun goes down

October 15, 2011

Andy Golub’s nude body works have been leaving New York commuters gobsmacked. Picture: AP Source: AP AS MONET used to say, art is all about light. In New York, there’s a clear line between public indecency and performance art and it’s marked by the setting of the sun. City officials have told artist Andy Golub who...
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