Topic: British Broadcasting Corporation

U.K. sees spectacular spud

Investors Business Daily - 523 days ago
If confirmed by Guinness World Records, a Northampton, England, gardener will have grown a record-setting potato weighing more than 8 pounds. Peter Glazebrook entered his 8 pound 4 ounce spud into the giant vegetable competition Friday at the National Gardening Show in ...

Interior Decorating for the Security-Conscious

Freakonomics - 857 days ago
Researchers at the University of Tokyo say they've created a paint that blocks out wireless signals, reports the BBC. You can use it, for example, to make sure your neighbor doesn't steal your wi-fi, and movie theaters can use it to stop ...

Cyril Fletcher

The Encyclopedia Britannica - 917 days ago
Jan. 2, 2005, St. Peter Port, Guernsey), appeared regularly on BBC radio and television for more than six decades. Fletcher first introduced his witty "Odd Odes" on BBC TV's new service in 1937; he later revived his brand of comic rhymes-which he ...

Health Highlights: April 15, 2009

Drugs.com - 1031 days ago
For low-risk women, having a baby at home is as safe as giving birth at a hospital with a midwife, says a study that looked at 530,000 births in the Netherlands, which has a high rate of home births.. The safety of ...