In the US the top 10 private colleges (top 10 in terms of cost) all charge over $55k per year. The most expensive of these is Sarah Lawrence College, which charges over $61,200. This means that if you take a typical four-year... (read more)

I can see you just put this question in for a joke, but in fact we're just beginning to understand that animals do communicate in much more sophisticated ways than we realised before. It's long been realised that some animals, such as chimps, use something... (read more)

5g, or 5th generation mobile networks, is not likely to be implemented until around 2020, so of course many things can change in that time. Previously new generations have offered a large increase in the peak bitrate, but this may not be the case with... (read more)

There are several possibilities. The Mango app has had some good feedback - it's free, used to carry rather a lot of advertising but for a small payment you could get rid of those. You can download whole series,... (read more)

It has been said that the worst thing you can drink with cheese fondue is a lot... (read more)

The best Christmas opportunities are in retail and hospitality. Many shops take on extra staff at this time, in fact if you look at your local newspaper or magazine (print or online) you will probably find several vacancies being advertised.The same is... (read more)

You can't directly delete them, but you can considerably reduce your searchability. The first thing is to find out what comes up when you google yourself - use speech marks to get the maximum relevant information. Then see how much of that content can... (read more)

He is in a long term relationship with fellow actor Penelope Cruz (they started dating in 2007), and the couple have a child (Leo, born on 22 January... (read more)

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce has a personal best of 10.7 seconds for the 100 metres, and is officially the fourth fastest woman sprinter of all time for this event. Born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1986 as Shelly-Ann Fraser, she won the Central American Carribbean... (read more)

You can see the first ever internet photo here - you will have to scroll down a little way. The photo is the one of 'Les Horribles Cernettes'.... (read more)

Google +1 is intended to allow users to share content and interests with groups of users easily - a bit similar to the 'like' button on Facebook. You can get an overview of it here.... (read more)

The James Bond novels, from which the films take their inspiration, were created by Ian Fleming from 1953 onwards. In the early novels (starting with Casino Royale) he doesn't give Bond much background, but by the end of the series he had given him a... (read more)

*minor spoiler alert* Skyfall is the name of a Scottish Lodge and the title of the 2012 James... (read more)

About 10% of the water supply is fluoridated, ie has specially added fluoride. A small number of areas also have naturally high levels of fluoride; these are mostly in the Midlands. Fluoridation schemes operate only in England; there are none in Wales,... (read more)

A similar question to this one was asked a few weeks ago, so you may get some ideas from the answer I wrote, which you can find here. The... (read more)

Despite the very recent devastation caused by Tropical Storm Sandy, New York isn't among the US cities most likely to be hit by hurricanes and storms in general. The three cities most... (read more)

The Ryder Cup rules are based on match play, ie between two teams or players (the Ryder Cup has both teams and single players) where you win a hole by having the lowest score (number of strokes) on that hole. The format has changed several times in the... (read more)

There are no exact figures for this, because a disaster can be hard to define, and how accurately records are kept varies from one country to another. Also, natural disasters usually occur over a wider area, so wouldn't always be categorised as occurring... (read more)

As you can see from this map, the areas most at risk from tsunami are in east and south Asia and the western United States and western areas of Latin America. Other... (read more)

One of the most popular pastimes in China is still the ancient game of mah-jong, which originated in China and is now played all over the world. The traditional game is now played more by older... (read more)