Nowadays Ubuntu is probably best known worldwide as the name of an operating system for PCs and laptops, developed in South Africa but used internationally. However, the name takes its origin from the word ubuntu, which comes from one of the Bantu languages... (read more)

NASA images which appear on the internet are mostly not copyrighted, which means that you can usually use them for non-commercial purposes without permission. You can link NASA material to your own website, use it for educational purposes etc, and this... (read more)

The Google Doodles are created and drawn by a team of illustrators and engineers that work for Google. The illustrators are known as Doodlers. Their names aren't usually made public, but in fact the original idea for Doodles goes back to the company founders,... (read more)

The term futurist architecture is usually applied to a form of architecture that first appeared in Italy in the early 20th century. The manifesto of Futurism, in which its main principles were explained, was written in 1909. This style is mainly notable... (read more)

Air Shodou is an art form related to calligraphy (the name comes from a Japanese word meaning calligraphy). You use a program called Microsoft Kinect, which has a sensor that can feel a person's movements in the area in which it is installed. You then... (read more)

Singapore has a hot tropical climate and has little variation in temperature throughout the year. From that point of view you could visit at any time, but it is worth remembering that the rainy season begins in November and lasts till January. At this... (read more)

You can view and hear it here. (I have to warn you that it is very explicit and contains adult content). You have to sit through an ad first but it isn't a long one.... (read more)

Teething takes a long time overall - the first teeth start to come through at around 5 or 7 months, but the whole process is likely to take well over... (read more)

Yes - you probably watch too much TV! It's a funny thing but in the last few years it seems we can't get enough about drama based on undead beings, people coming back from the dead to prey on the living or even just to be with them. There was the Twilight... (read more)

Lionel Messi has this month been summoned to a court in Gava, near Barcelona, along with his father Jorge, to answer charges that between them they have defrauded the Spanish state of around 4 million euros. The prosecutor made an official complaint against... (read more)

Yes, they are expected to have some major appearances this year. At the moment, what's mainly in the news is their upcoming performance at Glastonbury - not a concert, but the Stones are among the main attractions this year. It's also in the news because... (read more)

Yes, it does. It rotates on its axis in what is called synchronous rotation. This means that it takes the Moon as long to rotate fully on its own axis as it takes it to orbit fully around the Earth (which is about 27-28 days, or what is sometimes called... (read more)

Kim Kardashian has one child so far. She gave birth to her first child, a daughter, very early in the morning on 15 June 2013. This is the first child in her relationship with the rapper Kanye West. It was a bit of a surprise as the baby wasn't due for... (read more)

Troika is a Russian work which orignally referred to a special way of driving three horses in a carriage or, more usually, a sleigh. In a troika the horses are three abreast (ie, they all pull together in the same line, rather than having a lead horse... (read more)

The main thing is to have a balanced diet and not have too much of any one food, since your baby needs to get a mix of nutrients. There are a number of theories about which foods should be avoided, but as far as normally healthy foods are concerned... (read more)

It depends on whether you are looking for the best selling, the most highly regarded or the most expensive chocolatier. It was always thought that the best chocolate came from Belgium, and many of the world's most loved chocolates are still made there.... (read more)

If you don't run at all at present you need to start now, but should stay with short distances to begin with and don't try to go too fast. If you can manage 15 to 20 minutes for your first run that is a good start. If you have to stop for a moment, just... (read more)

Nigella Lawson has two children, both from her first marriage to journalist John Diamond. They are Cosima, born 1994, and Bruno, born 1996, so now they are about 18 and 16. John Diamond died in 2001 of throat cancer when they had been married for 9 years.... (read more)

Richard Branson's full name is Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson. His very first business venture was in his schooldays; at the age of 16 he started a magazine called Student. (He had tried some other... (read more)

Crowdfunding is often known by other names as well, such as crowd-sourced funding and crowd financing. It refers to a group of people, previously not connected, getting together to fund a cause or project, typically through the internet and often through... (read more)