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Snowden became one of the world’s most wanted men when he leaked information about the extent of the surveillance power of the NSA.
Anyone who owns a cat will know that felines, despite their placidity, come with their share of problems.
That soul-destroying sensation of patting your phone-pocket and finding nothing can only be matched in awfulness by the sight of your phone plummeting towards a concrete floor at high speed.
Now more than ever, the still image is one of the most dominant forms of media in the world. More importantly, more people in the world have access to some sort of camera than ever before in history.
When it sank to the bottom of the ocean, the Titanic took many secrets along with it. But one secret, now labelled as ‘the Titanic’s last mystery’ has just been cracked.
With every new year come new possibilities. And with the rafts of societal, economic and social changes that happened in 2013, this year absolutely reeks with possibility.
Nobody in Mandla Maseko’s family had ever stepped foot outside of South Africa. But now the young township DJ is going into space.
Did you know that fabulously wealthy people enjoy reading, maintain a to-do list and wake up at least three hours before work? They also set goals, watch less television and maintain a healthy diet by eating less junk food and exercising four times a week. To find out what else they do, check out the infographic below.
Ex-heavyweight boxing champion turned opposition politics leader in the Ukraine, Vitali Klitschko was caught in a ruckus during Kiev’s violent political protest this weekend. The ruckus resulted in Klitschko copping a fire extinguisher blast to the cake-hole. He was not a happy chappy. Вот такой был Кличко после огнетушителя pic.twitter.com/RNf3nR5IUa — Рустем Адагамов (@adagamov) January […]
In the past, the Dutch were always credited for being the first Europeans to land on Australian shores, when they arrived at the land down under in 1606.
There’s delivering packages on time and there’s just ridiculous. Amazon just got ridiculous.
Bill Murray fans collectively wet themselves this weekend when the man himself appeared on an Ask Me Anything session on Reddit.
Humankind’s long-held obsession with merging a car and a plane may well have come to fruition – but not as many have envisaged it.
The Royal Cape Yacht Club has been accommodating Yacht owners in Cape Town since 1905, and is one of the Mother Cities’ oldest institutions.
As the full moon drifted across the night sky in Cape Town this weekend, it drew amateur hikers from all over the city to take on Lion’s Head – the tamest of all the City Bowl hikes.
Last weekend a herd of beautiful people swept upon Kenilworth to indulge in the 153rd annual running of the L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate, and Bailey Schneider of 2oceansvibe Radio was there to chat to them! Click through for a selection of interviews from the race, after the jump.
‘Free Inside’ is a documentary filmed from within the confines of Pollsmoor prison.
A new world record has been set for the longest echo in a man-made structure. The sound in question was recorded in an underground fuel depot constructed in Scotland before World War Two.
Getting a parking space in central London has become such an impossible task that the Westminster council has decided to begin rolling out smart parking sensors.
We all know the drill when it comes to Axe adverts. One geeky guy, one can of Axe deodorant, and about a hundred scantily clad women with a hunger for geeky men.
We don’t care much for the winter olympics here in South Africa. But in the Northern Hemisphere, people tend to get pretty excited about it. Especially Norwegians.
While this might be a beautiful day in Cape Town for a lot of people, it is certainly not for one person, who is sadly in the midst of taking his life.
The Beatles’ two remaining members, Paul and Ringo, are due to perform at the Grammy awards next week. The scouse pair will also be accepting a lifetime achievement award on behalf of the band during the ceremony, while McCartney has also been nominated for best rock song and best music film.
Originally created as an analogy for the threat of global nuclear war, the Doomsday Clock still hangs on a board in the University of Chicago – and still ticks over with doomsday predictions.
The game of Monopoly has been around for longer than most of us have lived (apologies if your are, in fact, 80).
Tired of cycling that same old route? Check this out. The Carretera Austral is known as one of the most spectacular and challenging cycle tours in the world.
The “Pipeline” on Hawaii’s north shore is one of the most storied surfing spots in the world. Known for its (perilously dangerous) waves, this little spot attracts surfers the world over to test their mettle. A new video from aerial photographer Eric Sterman shows the area in all its glory. He did it by attaching a GoPro camera to a DJI quadcopter – and this is what he caught on tape.
Shampooing seems as much a part of our daily routine as brushing your teeth or drying yourself after a shower – but some people have eschewed the practice altogether.
Shakespeare, whoever he really was, can be given credit for inventing thousands of words that we use almost everyday. He was a particularly prolific wordsmith because, when he was writing his works, the English language was in a state of flux.