Theo Jansen's "Strandbeest" sculptures are more like a species of artificial animals than a work of art. Their movements are incredibly life-like. Meaning "beach animals" in Dutch, Jansen's creations move with the wind and are made with plastic tubes and lemonade bottles. In the future, he wants to equip them with artificial intelligence, so they know to avoid the water and not drown.
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Messaging service WhatsApp has activated end-to-end encryption for one billion users: the technology will make it impossible for any party (including WhatsApp itself) to access a user's messages.
Lucknow, Apr 6 () Some "personal matter" may have been the reason behind the killing of National Investigation Agency (NIA) officer Tanzil Ahmed, according to Uttar Pradesh police which today claimed to have zeroed in on certain links and hoped to crack the case at the earliest.
The Islamic State group launched a series of attacks in Assad regime-held areas near Damascus, targeting a power station and military positions, Reuters reported Wednesday. The offensive was seen as retaliation for recent losses by the extremist group, also known as ISIS, elsewhere in Syria.
If Franklin Delano Roosevelt were alive today, he might say, “I think this would be a good time for beer.” That’s because April 6 marks the anniversary of the end of Prohibition in the United States, which Roosevelt approved when he signed the Cullen-Harrison Act on March 23, 1933.
Obama was a guest as senator, but never as president
China's huge debt levels will weigh on growth over the next five years and could threaten the country's financial stability unless policymakers rein in credit, Fitch has warned.
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As City prepare to pass from one chapter in their remarkable recent history to another, the next week should go some way to determining how the squad will be judged.
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GROVER BEACH, Calif., April 6 (UPI) -- A California police department said "a slow chase" ended in the detention of an unusual jaywalking suspect -- a tortoise.
Hennes & Mauritz AB Chief Executive Officer Karl-Johan Persson forecast the clothier will more than double its number of stores to close the gap with larger rival Inditex SA and as Amazon.com Inc. increases ...
Rhythm City star Ntando Duma and DJ Junior de Rocka have again sent the rumour mill into a frenzy.
Deputy Foreign Minister: Greek-Russian relations have a lot of potential
Donald Trump's ego drives him to regurgitate vile garbage because he knows it will, against all logic, earn him votes. Ted Cruz, on the other hand, isn't play-acting. He's actually drinking the Kool-Aid
CEO of Western Union tells CNBC the company's digital business is growing fast with expansion planned.
Schools funding from 2018 onwards has been kicked down the road until early next year – after the election. Voters deserve to know what the Turnbull government is planning.
Borussia Dortmund coach Thomas Tuchel warns his players that Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp will show no mercy on Thursday.
Austrian President said that downing of a Russian Su-24 jet by Ankara in November was “unexpected and totally incomprehensible”.
Wisconsin produced the results Ted Cruz and Bernie Sanders have been dreaming of. Now what do they do?
30-year-old Italian Mara Bonapersona appealed to social networks for help in getting back her precious wedding dress which was stolen upon her arrival in Buenos Aires; her mother wore the same dress when she got married 30 years ago, pregnant with Mara.
The fine print on the investors’ agreement for The Public Theater’s spring 2015 musical warned that backers likely wouldn't see a...
British business secretary Sajid Javid met the chief of Tata Group in Mumbai on Wednesday, seeking to secure an agreement on the future of the Indian firm's UK steel assets. Tata Steel wants to sell off its British assets due to a global oversupply of steel triggered by cheap imports into Europe.