They don't actually fly - they don't have wings at any stage - but many types of spider, when they are hatched, spin a thread which acts as a kind of 'balloon' so that they float away, which makes it look as if they are flying. This is beautifully described... (read more)

This is such a big subject that it has its own field of study: gelatology, the study of laughter. Generally, laughter is a response to... (read more)

Pachinko is played on a machine. The first pachinko machines were built in the 1920s and were originally meant as a children's toy. The early versions were known as the Corinth Game, named after an... (read more)

One way could be to have a look at the JET Program - details here. This is an exchange program where participants are placed in a school or other organisation for a year, usually as a teaching... (read more)

The original list is very long, as each country that takes part in the awards chooses and nominates one film - and that's over 70... (read more)

As you can see from the comments on this forum people with young children do keep corn snakes, and they are generally agreed to be the best pet snake for children as they are... (read more)

Yes, if you type terms like 'fine art graphic design degree online' in a search engine you will get a page of results. If you want to be more specific, you could try putting just the words 'fine art online degree' and then 'graphic design online degree'... (read more)

In Estonia the government has announced plans to start teaching coding to children as young as six. This seems very early, but in fact more and more educators are saying that children should start learning the basics of coding at primary school. There... (read more)

The new superman film, Man of Steel, won't be released until 14 June 2013, so we can't really decide that until we've seen the film. However, the outlook is good. Henry Cavill has been a big hit with audiences ever since he appeared in The Count of Monte... (read more)

So far the planned total of closures stands at 103. It was announced early in February that 66 stores would be closing with a loss of almost 1000 jobs. Then later in the month it was said that the company would have to shut another 37 outlets, bringing... (read more)

According to at least one artist's impresson it will look very much like a digital watch, but with rather more going on on the display screen. Of course... (read more)

AC Milan has won 29 major trophies, as well as other minor ones. It has won more international trophies than any other football club in the world; it has won the FIFA World Cup once and the Intercontinental cup three times. It also has 14 European trophies... (read more)

Croatia has a continental climate with cold winters and hot summers, especially inland. Near the coast it is milder. So it rather depends on the kind of holiday you want. For example, there are ski resorts and there can be good skiing especially in January,... (read more)

The TED (technology, entertainment, and design) conferences were established in 1984 by Richard Saul Wurman, a graphic designer, and Harry Marks. The first ever talk was held in Monterey, California in February 1984 and included a viewing of an early... (read more)

They are both pronouns. 'What' refers to a thing or things in general; so you might ask 'What would you like to drink?', for example. This implies that the choice is unlimited. We often use 'what' to define something or give general information: What's... (read more)

Yes, there are quite a lot - if you type the words 'dating for creative' in a search engine you will get several pages of results. Some of these are more what call themselves 'creative sites' so you have to look carefully, but there is still a lot of... (read more)

Guinea pigs, rather surprisingly, are not related to pigs and they don't come from Guinea or even New Guinea. In fact they are a type of rodent and they originate in Latin America, in the Andes. There is a slightly different breed called the Brazilian... (read more)

Cristiano Ronaldo's girlfriend is called Irina Shayk. She is 27 years old and a model from Russia. She is particularly well... (read more)

Argo is taken largely from a book about the storming of the US Embassy in Iran in 1979, when a lot of American staff were taken hostage. This event certainly happened and was a very major incident at the time - it was probably one of the main reasons... (read more)

Yes, the film is quite closely based on the lives of a number of real life women in Ireland in the first half of the 20th century (though the effects continued well into the second half). The film is about just four women who are considered representative,... (read more)