This newborn giant Panda, Yuan Zai was reunited with its mother, Yuan Yuan after being separated for 12 months. The newborn is Taiwan’s first baby giant Panda. Baby Yuan Zai was born on 6 July 2013, but was injured only a few days later, resulting in the newborn being incubated.

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Coca-Cola has launched a new print advertising campaign which some have called a “propaganda campaign” in an attempt to reverse declining sales. The ads show the company defending the use of its sweetener, aspartame. The ad reads, “time and again, these low and no calorie sweeteners have shown to be safe, high-quality alternatives to sugar”.

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Ever wondered what those hooded Americans known as the Ku Klux Klan get up to in their spare time? Photographer Anthony Karen did. That’s how he got this incredible gallery of photos showing one of the most feared, secretive, and marginalised pocket of society in the world, the KKK. To gain access to this secret society […]

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CNN has just announced that they will be revamping their website, to the tune of $15 million (around R140 million). Sound familiar? In March, the Free State government announced they would be spending the same amount of money on their website. Weird that a provincial website would cost the same as a global news network’s […]

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The man responsible for Facebook chat, News Feeds and the layout of Facebook as you know it is taking his creative “genius” to Instagram. Star product manager, Peter Deng, has joined Instagram as its first director of product, and sees a lot of the same issues with Instagram that Facebook experienced in 2007.

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Twitter is used for many things these days, but it is also key to remember who may be following you. This Canadian mechanic used Twitter to request marijuana from local drug dealers. He also asked them to deliver the stash to his work. And that’s when the York Regional Police retweeted him, asking if they can come along, too.

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Capetonian filmaker, Dan Mace made this short film that is a celebration of life for all of us living in Cape Town. Mace said: Being a young filmmaker from one of the most beautiful cities in the world, Cape Town — South Africa, it is hard to not be inspired by the world around me.

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This terrific pair is named Biggy and Mouse. Biggy is the big guy, Mouse is the guy with the mullet. Biggy & Mouse reign with an iron fist from Port Elizabeth. Because Port Elizabeth. Look, they’re no Jack Parow, but you have to give them points for enthusiasm.

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The trailer for the ‘Call of Duty: Ghosts’ was unveiled on Wednesday in Los Angeles, and rapper Eminem debuted his latest song, entitled ‘Survival’ with the new gameplay footage.

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Everyone is on the edge of their seats waiting for the new iPhone 5S to be released. But what will be new? What will be changed? Will it be better than what you have now? These are all good and fair questions. Here’s a list of features rumoured to be included in the latest edition […]

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An audit conducted before January 2010 had found that an alarming number of police officers have a criminal record. The results were read out by SAPS acting deputy national commissioner for human resource development Nkrumah Mazibuko and to MP’s disbelief.

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Missing an ear? Not a problem. Not in China, anyway. Researchers in China are using 3D-printers to print ear cartilage samples made from real tissue. And they’re not stopping at the ears – why would they?

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It’s that time of the year again. The Earth has passed through the orbital path of the Swift-Tuttle comet, and we are still alive! Big sigh of relief. This has been happening for almost 2,000 years, and we still haven’t come in contact with the comet. In fact, it’s estimated that we won’t come into contact until 3044. Shame, future descendants.

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Social media giant, Facebook announced their plans earlier this year to move their offices to the Big Apple. Their headquarters relocation will be refreshing change for staff from their current location in Bank Of America Tower, especially as Frank Gehry will be designing the space.

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Is Vine restricting your creative expression? Do you often find yourself thinking, if I could only use my own editing suite, and recording device, and create to the ability that only I know I’m capable of, my Vine video could blow the minds of many? If you want to move beyond shooting and editing your 6 second masterpieces within the app, maybe you should try hacking your Vine app.

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For the last two years Captain Kai’s World has been a highlight for listeners on 2oceansvibe Radio. Broadcast every Wednesday evening from 18h00 to 20h00, the show features interviews with some of the best action sport athletes, photographers and brand managers, always mixed with some fresh and different music selections. Tonight Kai is chatting to big wave surfers, Twig Baker and Frank Solomon.

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Neil Hilborn is a poet who suffers from obsessive -compulsive disorder (OCD), and his love poem entitled “OCD” amazed those fortunate enough to be in the audience to hear it at the 2013 Rustbelt Regional Poetry Slam. ‘OCD’ is a two-minute poem where Hilborn describes what the disorder did to his relationship, and conversely what his relationship did to his disorder.

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Feeling like a good time? Feeling charitable? Kill two birds with one stone at the fourth annual Ard Matthews and Friends Charity Concert this month. On August 29th, Ard Matthews – the lead singer of Just Jinjer – will hit the stage with Albert Frost, James Stewart and many others for a good cause, and […]

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The rooftop of a 26-story apartment building in Beijing, China has been a construction site for six years while a respected doctor built a mountain side villa. Complete with real grass and trees and fake rocks.

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Quotas are back. The new quota system introduced by the South African Rugby Union (SARU) will result in more black talent on the fields. The system will be introduced in domestic rugby as of next year. A 22 man squad will need seven players of colour, five in the starting team and at least two as part of the forwards.

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LG decided to release 100 helium balloons in an outdoor park in Seoul, each containing a voucher for a free LG G2 smartphone, which sells at full retail for about R8,500. What they didn’t plan for though, was a surge of people (think World War Z) with BB guns and knives on sticks trying to pop the balloons to get their hands on a voucher.

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Remember when you used to drive to photo shops with a flash drive to have your shots developed, so you could frame them on the feature wall in the lounge? I do too. That was before we hosted the World Cup. It’s time to grow up, because technology definitely has.

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Jetpack received a flying permit which means test flights can begin and the flying machine could be in stores soon. And yes it has been designed for the general public, but with a hefty price tag

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That’s right, my little sweethearts. We have eight, that’s EIGHT double tickets to the Springbok Test at Soccer City in Johannesburg on 17 August to give away as part of the Nelson Mandela Sports and Culture Day celebrations.

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As part of her ‘Let’s Move!’ initiative to tackle childhood obesity, the first lady of the United States, Michelle Obama, is making a hip-hop album. That’s right, the FLOTUS is going to make an album featuring the likes of Doug E. Fresh, Jordin Sparks, Matisyahu, Travis Barker, Ariana Grande, Ashanti and DMC.

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Last week, Marc and Lauren Gilbert began hearing adult voices coming from their child’s bedroom. As the couple moved closer to the room, they could hear explicit language and a foreign accent speaking to their daughter, Allyson while she was sleeping. The voice called their daughter a “fucking moron” and said, “wake up you little slut”.

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This Nairobi lawyer, Dola Indidis is taking a case to the International Court of Justice. Indidis wants to sue Italy and Israel for killing Jesus Christ.

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Ever since his break-up with Selena Gomez, the pop singer has been spotted out and about with plenty of brunette beauties. Reports claim that Justin and Ashley were introduced by mutual friend, Lil Twist who has also been romantically linked to the model. Keeping it in the family.

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Billionaire and chairman of Icahn Enterprises, Carl Icahn was the man behind Apple’s share price increase. Icahn didn’t make a huge announcement, neither did Apple. All it took was a message that contained 140 or less characters of positive news.

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This guy isn’t selling a bed, only his side of a bed. The other side still belongs to his “brand new ex-wife”. The ad states that the owner of the other side (the ex-wife) doesn’t mind sharing the bed with complete strangers, but there are other people out there who may be able to claim squatter’s rights on his side, as they spent more time there than he did.

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