News - Powered by Yahoo NewsKyle Jarrard: Neanderthals Getting a Colorful Upgrad
At long last, these creatures who roamed the Continent for hundreds of thousands of years only to become extinct 30,000 years ago under the onslaught of modern humans from Africa are getting a major upgrade by the scientific community.
Mon, 21 May 2012 09:27:08 -0700 -
A whirl of Mediterranean and Turkish delights at Dervish in Avo
Red- and ochre-colored walls, hung with photographs of sun-drenched Turkey and hand-painted ceramic plates, envelop diners in a Mediterranean atmosphere, supplemented with haunting, almost mournful, folk music.
Fri, 11 May 2012 13:28:19 -0700 -
Is there a rural doctor drought
AFTER nine months without a full-time doctor Bulahdelah town has resorted to desperate measures to get one.
Tue, 22 May 2012 21:53:43 -0700 -
Oldest Known Wall Art Found in Franc
The earliest example of wall art has been identified on a massive block of engraved and ochre-stained limestone in southwestern France.
Mon, 14 May 2012 14:02:02 -0700 -
Mary Ellen Harte: Tracking an Ancient Treasur
Imagine a nearly man-sized form, flattened, with tiny, gray eyes; a broad, diamond head; and a wide maw. The noxious-smelling skin is wrinkled, creamy gray to mottled black and ochre. It is prehistoric and lurks only in certain streams in Japan. And we are stalking it.
Fri, 11 May 2012 11:26:16 -0700 -
Costa Concordia leaves tourism on the rock
GIGLIO, Italy: As the first tourists of the season cross the channel between the Tuscan mainland and the island of Giglio, the breathtaking view they are seeking is not crystal-clear water or ochre and pink granite rocks. The attraction - and eyesore - is the capsized Costa Concordia, all 180 metres of it lying just outside the entrance to the port, an ever-present reminder of the disaster that ...
Sat, 28 Apr 2012 16:22:19 -0700 -
Cezanne rare watercolor auctioned for over $19 mln in U.S
Rendered in hues of blue and ochre, it was previously known to scholars only from a black-and-white photograph.
Wed, 02 May 2012 00:17:09 -0700 -
Jackman leads Kimberley art prais
Hollywood star Hugh Jackman, fashion designer Donna Karan, pop star Fergie and supermodel Miranda Kerr have all paid glowing tributes to a remote Kimberley artist for his first solo show in Perth.
Sun, 29 Apr 2012 14:48:00 -0700 -
Aboriginal pictographs digitally enhanced back to lif
Aboriginal elders and Parks Canada archaeologists have just completed a two-year project to photograph and interpret several ancient pictograph sites along the foothills and mountains in Alberta and B.C.
Mon, 07 May 2012 05:25:36 -0700 -
Jamaican Style Jerk: Little short of perfec
Barbecue is the speciality at this hole in the wall off of Keystone, but you'll want to come back for the jerk chicken, patties, goat curry and roasted tilapia. by Neil Charles Before you order from this outstanding little literal hole in the wall, make sure you either have a good appetite or a few friends to help you out. Situated next to a liquor store on the east side of Keystone Avenue ...
Wed, 23 May 2012 11:05:57 -0700 -