Meet the man trying to change the way women give birth around the world - Telegraph Dr Michel Odent wants men out of delivery rooms, pregnant women off drugs no one fully understands and for doctors to stop scaring expecting women the world over. He's now written a book hoping to change global birthing practices. Beverley Turner meets hi
Bootstrappin’ - Pete heads west around the world! They don’t have the whole “electricity” thing figured out yet in Nepal. The power lines here are a tangled mess of coroded wires, hanging like cobwebs, loosely strung in every which way with no semblance of a plan. The guy in the photo above is working on
FormFiftyFive – Design inspiration from around the world In Pieces is a interactive exhibition of 30 of the world’s most unique but unfortunately endangered species. To communicate the fragmented survival of these species, designer Bryan James illustrated all 30 species from 30 morphing shards. Each animal is .
Unbelievable “nail houses” around the world In China, a "nail house" is a home whose resident refuses to leave in order to make way for new construction. Builders have to elaborately construct around it, often leaving behind an eyesore so awesome that it's almost a sculpture. Here are some of the m
Backpacking Worldwide — Around the World Backpacking Blog When it comes to packing a suitcase for a vacation, most of us have mastered the sitting-on-an-over-stuffed-suitcase-until-it-closes routine. If you pack that much stuff for a week, how do you pack for a six month backpacking trip?! Simply, packing a back
Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off — The Atlantic The author is ending her marriage. Isn’t it time you did the same? ... Image: Kim Rosen S adly, and to my horror, I am divorcing. This was a 20-year partnership. My husband is a good man, though he did travel 20 weeks a year for work.
Map of U.S. Military bases around the world | Hidden Harmonies China Blog (February 10, 2012: This is a re-write of the original as many readers on the Internet are finding their way to this article. The points are the same as before, ... If there is a sudden collapse of the US Military around the world, I think there will be a
Have American Parents Got It All Backwards? | Christine Gross-Loh Though parents around the world have the same goals, American parents like me (despite our very best intentions) have gotten it all backwards.... ... The eager new mom offering her insouciant toddler an array of carefully-arranged healthy snacks from an i
