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UK's oldest postcard firm set to close

2017-09-25 12:27:43| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

The holiday ritual of sending a postcard home from a trip is dying, a closing UK publisher says.

The oldest 'bad boy' beetle in the world

2017-07-24 06:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld

[NEWS] IMAGE:Â This is a 3-D habitual and environmental reconstructions of Ponomarenkia belmonthensis restored after linedrawing of the holotype and 2-D reconstruction. The plant is Australian cycadophyt Lepidozamia hopei from the Botanical… <a href=”/multimedia/pub/1461…

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Scientists find world's oldest fossil mushroom

2017-06-07 06:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld

[NEWS] Roughly 115 million years ago, when the ancient supercontinent Gondwana was breaking apart, a mushroom fell into a river and began an improbable journey. Its ultimate fate as a mineralized fossil preserved in limestone in northeast Brazil makes it a scientific wonder, scientists report in the journal PLOS ONE. The mushroom somehow made its way into a highly saline lagoon, sank through the stratified layers of salty water and was covered in layer upon layer of fine sediments. In time - lots of i…

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The world's oldest barber shares his styling wisdom

2016-04-01 06:48:39| Telecom - Topix.net

Most of us still hope to have our full head of hair at 35, our full wits at 60 and our physical functionality at 85. At 105, Anthony Mancinelli has all three and more, as he's still living, working and thriving. Mancinelli is the world's oldest barber and he's styled men throughout two World Wars, 18 American presidencies and nearly a century of living.

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