CNN Site Map (Galleries) for December - 2014
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- 2014-12-31Click through to see people who died in 2014.
- 2014-12-31Actualmente hay más de 2,5 millones de aplicaciones disponibles en las dos plataformas principales: App Store de Apple y Google Play. Eso hace que sea difícil pensar en ideas originales.
- 2014-12-31Plaza Kim Il Sung Pyongyang, Corea del Norte.
- 2014-12-31Mike Rowe, host of CNN's "Somebody's Gotta Do It," gets rescued by Texas A&M paramedics during a training exercise. Click through the gallery for more images of folks who #GottaDoIt and watch CNN in 2015 for Season 2.
- 2014-12-31The five recipients of the 2014 Kennedy Center Honors: top row from left, actor and filmmaker Tom Hanks, singer-songwriter Sting and singer Al Green; bottom row, ballerina Patricia McBride and comedian Lily Tomlin.
- 2014-12-31Beijingers coined the wry phrase "APEC blue" after authorities resorted to extreme measures -- shutting factories and ordering mandatory holidays -- to turn the capital's skies blue during November's two-week APEC summit. The smog qui
- 2014-12-31Sword fighting style
- 2014-12-31Out of the Phone es la primera editorial en enfocarse exclusivamente en la fotografía móvil. Su último lanzamiento, Out of the Phone: The Mobile Photo Book 2014, destaca 100 imágenes impresionantes de Instagram tomadas por fotógrafos de 25 países. Estas s
- 2014-12-31Life is good for Sean "Diddy" Combs, as the rapper/producer took this selfie aboard a yacht on Friday, December 26. He posted it to Instagram with the message: "#GoodMorning MAY YOUR DAY BE FILLED WITH JOY AND HAPPINESS!!!!! #GodBless #Lets
- 2014-12-31A co-author of e-book "Fiesta, How to Survive the Bulls of Pamplona" was gored in the thigh while running with the bulls in Pamplona. (File photo)
- 2014-12-31Temperatures in the central Himalayas increased by about 0.6 degrees Celsius per decade between 1977 and 2000, according to one study. The impact of climate change at the top of the world could accelerate glacial melt and affect rainfall and monsoon seaso
- 2014-12-30El piloto Moaz al-Kassasbeh, en una foto con su uniforme antes de su captura.
- 2014-12-30Evan Schwantner in October 2006, during his senior year of high school. "This is the Evan I choose to remember ... the happy Evan, the Evan before mental illness took over his beautiful mind and carefree spirit," author Erin Schwantner says of h
- 2014-12-30Ashley Gardner, quien quedó embarazada tras fertilización in vitro, dio a luz a dos parejas de gemelas idénricas.
- 2014-12-30Ashley Gardner, who became pregnant through her first attempt at in-vitro fertilization, gave birth to two sets of identical twins Sunday.
- 2014-12-30Mini Power: Estas "píldoras de energía" le permitirán usar tu teléfono dos, cuatro o seis horas adicionales cuando más las necesites y las puedes comprar más baratas en tiendas de conveniencia o en las máquinas expendedoras.
- 2014-12-30MS Dhoni in a typically combative mood against England during the fifth Test match at The Oval in August 2014. Dhoni has announced he is retiring from Test cricket to concentrate on the shorter forms of the game.
- 2014-12-30There are now over 2.5 million apps available on the two leading platforms, the Apple App Store and Google Play. That makes it difficult to come up with original ideas. Are some developers trying to push the envelope a bit too far?
- 2014-12-30Tokyo-born architect Shigeru Ban won the prestigious Pritzker Prize in 2014. The 56-year-old is known for using his design talents in humanitarian efforts, such as creating habitats from recyclable paper cartons in disaster areas. Here we see the temporar
- 2014-12-30Out of the Phone is the first publisher to focus on mobile photography exclusively. Its latest release, Out of the Phone: The Mobile Photo Book 2014, highlights 100 stunning Instagram images taken by photographers in 25 countries. Here are some of the bes
- 2014-12-30Central Michigan tight end Deon Butler, left, laterals the ball while being tackled by two Western Kentucky players Wednesday, December 24, at the Bahamas Bowl in Nassau, Bahamas. Central Michigan tossed several laterals on the play, scoring an incredible
- 2014-12-30What better way to enjoy the new year than with a few "Friends?" The complete series of the popular NBC TV show is coming to Netflix and is just one of the many streaming offerings in January.
- 2014-12-30Borneo and the neighboring Indonesian island of Sumatra are the only places where orangutan can be seen in the wild.
- 2014-12-29Facebook's "Year in Review" scrapbook is intended to show off users' happy years, but for some it picked up on tragedy, including a man who lost his daughter. The company apologized to him.
- 2014-12-29El turismo de tiburones se ha convertido en una industria en auge, ya que muchos amantes de la adrenalina viajan desde el otro lado del mundo para practicar el buceo en jaulas con grandes tiburones blancos. Así que cuando Hartman buscaba una idea de negoc
- 2014-12-29Yusuke Kirimoto, pictured here with his daughter in 2010 and 2014, dropped 100 pounds by cutting his sugar and carbohydrate intake and gradually adding exercise. Last year, he overcame his fear of swimming to complete his first triathlon.
- 2014-12-29A mediados de diciembre 1944 iniciaron las seis semanas de la Batalla de las Ardenas en el frente occidental de Europa. El fotógrafo de guerra Robert Capa se incorporó a las tropas aliadas. Aquí, un soldado estadounidense apunta con un arma a un prisioner
- 2014-12-29Las máquinas se han superado los seres humanos en la fuerza física, velocidad y resistencia. Y en intelecto... Películas de ciencia ficción han explorado esta cuestión. En el clásico "2001: Una odisea en el espacio", el astronauta David Bowman,
- 2014-12-29Mid-December 1944 saw the beginning of the six-week Battle of the Bulge on Europe's Western Front. War photographer Robert Capa immersed himself with Allied troops. Here, an American soldier points a gun at a German prisoner of war.
- 2014-12-29A passenger of the Norman Atlantic is carried on a stretcher in Bari harbor in Italy on Monday, December 29. The ferry, carrying hundreds of passengers, caught fire early Sunday, trapping passengers on the top decks as gale-force winds and choppy seas ham
- 2014-12-29Running out of juice? How about a tiny, disposable cardboard battery for a couple of extra hours of instant charge?
The idea is from a design concept called Mini Power: these "power pills" would provide your phone with an additional two, four
- 2014-12-29Un pasajero del Norman Atlantic es llevado en una camilla en el puerto de Bari en Italia el lunes 29 de diciembre. El ferry, que llevaba a cientos de pasajeros, se incendió la madrugada del domingo, atrapando a los pasajeros en las cubiertas superiores mi
- 2014-12-29Locals in northwestern Greece's Eprirus region like to take guests to Vikos Canyon in the Aristi Mountains to show off the scenery.
- 2014-12-29Covered with more than 10,000 glass panels lit by LEDs at night, Sunrise Kempinski's architecture had the world buzzing when it opened mid-November.
- 2014-12-28Telesketch: Ya que te permite personalizar más tu experiencia y no puedes arruinarlo con una sacudida accidental, consideramos que esta aplicación es una mejora del Telesketch.
- 2014-12-28El paisaje de la depresión de Afar en el norte de Etiopía es uno de los más discordantes del mundo, con estratos páramos de sal y sofocantes temperaturas de más de 100 grados Fahrenheit (casi 38 grados centígrados).
- 2014-12-28Wild Oats XI won a record eighth line honor in the annual Sydney-Hobart race in Australia when it bettered the high-profile Comanche.
- 2014-12-28Un pescador lanza su red en las aguas tranquilas de la laguna. Hace más de un siglo, los pescadores que emigraron desde Benín y Togo, se instalaron inicialmente en Makoko. Pero a medida que la población de Lagos se disparó hasta su tamaño actual de por lo
- 2014-12-27Sony Pictures announce the controversial comedy "The Interview," a film depicting the assassination of North Korea's leader, will have a limited release on Christmas Day. The studio previously announced it would shelve plans to release the
- 2014-12-27Stuck inside this holiday with nothing in front of you but hours of "A Christmas Story" on a loop? (Not that that's a bad thing!) If you need a diversion from the seasonal programming -- or a diversion from seasonal guests -- we won't
- 2014-12-27Law enforcement helicopters fly over Christ Tabernacle in Queens, where the casket of New York City police officer Rafael Ramos is carried by pallbearers, on Saturday, December 27. Ramos and Officer Wenjian Liu were shot and killed while they sat in their
- 2014-12-26Cuban natives Estela and Arturo Bueno met and married after they were brought to the United States as teens by Operation Pedro Pan, a U.S.-sponsored move used by parents who feared what communism would do to their children. Here, the Buenos are shown in L
- 2014-12-26Hilary Duff hits the gym in West Hollywood, California on December 26.
- 2014-12-26The 10th anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, which killed almost 250,000 people, will be remembered on December 26. Here, people walk through the streets of Tsunami-damaged Phi Phi Village on January 25, 2005, almost one month aft
- 2014-12-26Tecnología 'vestible' para el 2015
- 2014-12-26Singers in the St. Paul's Cathedral choir in London rehearse ahead of Christmas services on Monday, December 22.
- 2014-12-26People walk among the rubble of the tsunami in Hambantota, Sri Lanka in January 2005. The Indian Ocean tsunami struck on 26 December 2004, causing massive destruction along coastal areas of 14 countries, including Thailand, India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia and
- 2014-12-26These images show how Aceh in Indonesia's northern Sumatra region has rebuilt itself 10 years after a devastating tsunami. This paddy field in Lhoknga sub-district was filled with rubbish and debris in the wake of the disaster.
- 2014-12-26Dallol, Etiopía
- 2014-12-26Los interiores de las villas en Lizard Island hacen referencia a la Gran Barrera de Coral de Australia, la cual se encuentra a corta distancia. La gama de tonos tierra es acentuada por toques de color coral, azul y dorado.
- 2014-12-25La foto de arresto del delincuente 'más sexy'
- 2014-12-25La foto de arresto del delincuente 'más sexy'
- 2014-12-25La foto de arresto del delincuente 'más sexy'
- 2014-12-25El cachorro panda Bao Bao juega en el Parque zoológico nacional Smithsoniano el 6 de enero de 2014, en Washington DC.
- 2014-12-25George H.W. Bush
- 2014-12-25Este increíble arte callejero en 3D fue creado por la compañía británica Street Advertising Services. Pero cuando se trataba de la ampliación de la empresa, los bancos locales no parecían comprender su plan de negocios...
- 2014-12-25Francia: Niños interpretan el nacimiento de Jesús en el pesebre en la iglesia de Saint-Liboire en Le Mans.
- 2014-12-24ISIS dice que secuestró al piloto del F-16 Moaz al-Kasasbeh, un miembro del ejército de Jordania.
- 2014-12-24"Downton Abbey" uses Highclere Castle for exterior shots of the fictional Crawley family estate. The TV series portrays an enchanting aristocratic lifestyle.
- 2014-12-24Viking Cruises, que ya es famoso por su flota de barcos para navegar ríos, inaugurará su primer crucero para el océano en 2015, el Viking Star.
- 2014-12-24Berners Lee con una computadora conectada a Internet, 1994.
- 2014-12-24Berners Lee con una computadora conectada a Internet, 1994.
- 2014-12-24Panda cub Bao Bao plays in the Smithsonian National Zoological Park on January 6, 2014 in Washington, DC.
- 2014-12-24The Polaroid Land Camera 1000 seen here, was produced in the late 1970's. Photographer Jürgen Novotny created a series of camera 'selfies' set against backdrops which he felt bring out their best qualities.
- 2014-12-24¿De qué otra manera puedes seguir jirafas y cebras a lo largo del Okavango? Al ser inaccesible para los vehículos, los safaris del premiado African Horseback Safaris zigzaguean a través del delta del Botsuana.
- 2014-12-24Snapscan is a mobile payments system that works using QR codes. The South Africa based startup won MTN App of the Year in 2013 and used the prize money to set up all of Cape Town's Big Issue magazine vendors with "snapcodes" so that they ca
- 2014-12-24Sharp shooter
- 2014-12-24Andre Hartman has survived numerous close encounters with great white sharks off the coast of South Africa to become one of the country's leading shark experts.
- 2014-12-24Martin Greenfield (far left) is one of America's most respected custom suit-makers, dressing everyone from movie stars to presidents -- including Barack Obama -- over the course of his illustrious career. He and his sons Tod and Jay (L-R) run Martin
- 2014-12-24U.S. contractor Alan Gross, who had been held by the Cuban government since 2009, takes a selfie with his wife, Judy, on a government plane headed back to the United States on Wednesday, December 17, after he was freed.
- 2014-12-24The ambitious Square Kilometer Array project aims to build a giant radio telescope that will help scientists paint a detailed picture of some of the deepest reaches of outer space.
- 2014-12-24Already famous for its fleet of river boats, Viking Cruises is inaugurating its first ocean-bound cruise in 2015, the Viking Star.
- 2014-12-24La impresión de este artista muestra los planes de HAVOC de la NASA respecto a cómo se vería una colonia humana en Venus sobre las nubes del planeta.
- 2014-12-23Santa y sus renos 'vuelan' sobre el lago Ginebra con ayuda de un cable como parte del Mercado navideño de Montreux, Suiza, el 23 de diciembre. Mira otras 'apariciones' de Santa alrededor del planeta:
- 2014-12-23New York Jets free safety Calvin Pryor tackles Danny Amendola of the New England Patriots on December 21 in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
- 2014-12-23El nuevo sistema, diseñado en la Universidad de Plymouth del Reino Unido, fusiona la tecnología con la música, lo cual permite que la gente componga melodías utilizando sus ojos. La interfaz musical cerebro-computadora (BCMI, por sus siglas en inglés) u
- 2014-12-23A wounded child walks at a makeshift hospital in the rebel-held town of Douma after being injured in a reported airstrike by government forces on Tuesday, December 23. Douma, located near Damascus, has been under government siege for more than a year, wit
- 2014-12-23Sugar has been one of Cuba's core exports, but new opportunities are emerging.
- 2014-12-23Berners-Lee with a web-connected computer, 1994.
- 2014-12-23Istanbul jumped 11 spots from last year to take this year's No. 1 spot on TripAdvisor's Travelers' Choice list of global destinations.
- 2014-12-23This artist's impression shows what NASA's HAVOC plan for a human colony on Venus would look like over the clouds of the planet.
- 2014-12-23The landscape of the Danakil Depression in Northern Ethiopia is one of harshest on Earth, with wastelands of salt and sweltering temperatures of more than 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
- 2014-12-23Acercamiento entre Estados Unidos y Cuba
- 2014-12-23El ambicioso proyecto Square Kilometer Array tiene como objetivo construir un radiotelescopio gigante que ayudará a los científicos a crear una imagen detallada de algunos de los confines más profundos del espacio exterior.
- 2014-12-23Los vuelos de prueba del Airbus A320neo (con nueva opción de motor nuevo) han sido impecables hasta el momento. El avión está programado para entrar en servicio en octubre de 2015.
- 2014-12-23En la subasta estaban a la venta armas de avancarga con mecanismo de chispa del Siglo XVIII, fusiles Winchester con acción de palanca de los días de los vaqueros y una selección de una miríada de revólveres Colt. En la foto, una Colt Walker de 1847.
- 2014-12-22Qatar Airways is the global launch customer of the Airbus A350 XWB, accepting delivery of the next-generation aircraft in a ceremony on December 22.
- 2014-12-22How else can you keep up with giraffes and zebras through the Okavango? Award-winning African Horseback Safaris zigzag across Botswana's delta, inaccessible to vehicles.
- 2014-12-22Llena dos licoreras con ginebra, una con vermut y tendrás un Martini portátil en la elegante caja de cuero del Hathaway Collection Triple Bar Set de Daines.
- 2014-12-22There's more to Nepal than mountains. Visiting Boudhanath stupa, Kathmandu's thriving Buddhist enclave, is a way to your inner Buddha. If you have one.
- 2014-12-22British blues-rock singer Joe Cocker, seen here in 1969, was a hugely popular entertainer in his late-'60s and early-'70s heyday. Cocker died Monday at age 70 after a battle with lung cancer.
- 2014-12-22The new system, designed at UK's Plymouth University fuses tech and music allowing people to compose melodies using their eyes. The brain computer music interface (BCMI) uses electrodes plugged into the back of the head.
- 2014-12-22Kepler detecta planetas y candidatos a planetas con un gran conjutno de tamaños y distancias orbitales.
- 2014-12-22Malala Yousafzai -- Joint recipient of this year's Nobel Peace Prize for her ongoing fight for a girl's right to education. She is a leading spokesperson for women's rights, and is setting an example for women and girls around the globe.
- 2014-12-22The Goodwood Festival is one of the most popular meets in the British horse racing calendar.
- 2014-12-22Slovenia's Mount Javornik, a popular skiing spot, was subjected to nine days of strong winds, snow and ice starting on December 1. After the storm passed, photographer Marko Korošec went to the summit to photograph the results. What he found was a wo
- 2014-12-22When you're starting a business, hiring a technology guru to make your mobile app isn't always an option. But thanks to BuildFire, anyone can be their own digital designer, and create an easy-to-use app in minutes.
- 2014-12-22Hari Ghotra, a chef specializing in Indian cuisine, marks some of the best technology available in home kitchens
- 2014-12-22The children of Mbuyoni primary school in Dar es Salaam dig and water the crops in their school garden. Since 2011, the school has grown and cultivated its own vegetables.
- 2014-12-22This spaghetti dish was created using the "Foodini" -- a 3D printer for food.
- 2014-12-22Father Christmas pays a visit to the Stamford Bridge home of English Premier League leaders Chelsea.
- 2014-12-22Flight testing for the Airbus A320neo (new engine option) has been flawless so far. The plane is scheduled to enter service in October 2015.
- 2014-12-22People light candles during a vigil on Sunday, December 21, for two NYPD officers who were ambushed and killed on Saturday. The two NYPD officers, Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos, were shot while sitting in their police car. Police have named Ismaaiyl Brinsl
- 2014-12-22Happy 100th, Tokyo Station! Benefiting from a $625 million renovation in 2012, the capital's landmark has never looked better.
- 2014-12-21Sir Elton John y David Furnish se casaron el 21 de diciembre en Reino Unido, en donde el matrimonio de parejas del mismo sexo es legal desde este año. Habían realizado antes una ceremonia civil en 2005, tras 12 años juntos.
- 2014-12-21Sir Elton John y David Furnish se casaron el 21 de diciembre en Reino Unido, en donde el matrimonio de parejas del mismo sexo es legal desde este año. Habían realizado antes una ceremonia civil en 2005, tras 12 años juntos.
- 2014-12-21El 15 de diciembre de 2013, Janna Zachary decidió empezar a tomarse selfies cada 40 días para "documentar el proceso del crecimiento de mi cabello".
- 2014-12-21El biólogo Jamie Urquhart encontró los extraños panqueques de hielo cerca del río Dee en Escocia.
- 2014-12-19"Blue Bottle" by Hans Hofmann, 1947, signed and dated lower right corner, 49 3/4" x 62 1/8" unframed.
- 2014-12-19The winners of the National Geographic Photographer Contest 2014 have been released.
The magazine says more than 9,200 entries were submitted from more than 150 countries in three categories: people, places and nature.
The Grand Prize Winner (above) s
- 2014-12-19The Church of Santo Volto, designed by architect Mario Botta, opened several years ago in Turin, Italy. Italian photographer Andrea Di Martino recently visited Santo Volto and other churches of the new millennium, and he found that despite their expensive
- 2014-12-19Charli XCX gets into her performance at the 2014 Jingle Ball in Chicago on December 18.
- 2014-12-19Recreating "Timoclea uccide il capitano di Alessandro Magno" by Elisabetta Sirani, 1659, required some athletic contortions. Click through the gallery for more examples of classic art reimagined by Chris Limbrick and Franscesco Fragomeni for the
- 2014-12-19A police officer works at the scene where eight children were found dead in a suburban home in Cairns, Australia, on Friday, December 19.
- 2014-12-19Kevin Lynch tells people the best part of his Christmas display is them. He encourages visitors to walk on the lawn, come up on the porch and peer in the windows to get the full experience.
- 2014-12-19In September, it was a giant squid found in the Antarctic that some believed would reveal the secrets of the deep and the legendary kraken.
Come October, a new infrared image of the Loch Ness Monster had cryptozoologists -- those who specialize in search
- 2014-12-19The Library of Congress has added 25 movies to the National Film Registry. Among them: The Big Lebowski (1998), starring Jeff Bridges, John Goodman and Steve Buscemi. Bridges will always be "The Dude" to many of us, thanks to this cult-favorite
- 2014-12-19Parents leave with their children after a school in Peshawar, Pakistan, was attacked on Tuesday, December 16. Several members of the Pakistani Taliban stormed the school, killing more than 140 people, mostly children. More than 100 people were injured.
- 2014-12-19Los Angeles architecture firm Johnston Marklee is making a name for itself with thoughtful, minimal designs that seem miles away from the starchitecture that has come to define the city. Walden-Wilson Studio in Culver City, California.
- 2014-12-19Channing Tatum (left) plays wrestler Mark Schultz and Steve Carell plays his unhinged benefactor, multimillionaire John E. du Pont, in the film "Foxcatcher."
- 2014-12-19CNN's Beijing bureau chief Jaime FlorCruz has been living and working in China for four decades. Here he is on a visit to the Great Wall, front left with white jeans, in 1971 when he first arrived in China as a student leader on a study tour.
- 2014-12-19Lizard Island's villa interiors are a nod to Australia's Great Barrier Reef just outside. The earthy palette is accented by pops of coral, blue and gold.
- 2014-12-19A soldier walks outside the Pakistani school that was attacked by members of the Pakistani Taliban on Tuesday, December 16. CNN cameraman Javed Iqbal took these photos in the aftermath of the attack, which killed more than 140 people.
- 2014-12-19Fill two of the flasks with gin, one with vermouth and you've got a to-go martini tucked in the Daines and Hathaway Collection Triple Bar Set's neat leather case.
- 2014-12-19"The Interview"
- 2014-12-19Loser: The Thanksgiving holiday was a downer for fans of Fox's "Red Band Society." The new fall dramedy about a pediatric hospital ward has tried to survive its unimpressive ratings, but Fox has halted production on future episodes beyond i
- 2014-12-19Amenhotep III fue presentado el domingo en Luxor, Egipto. La estatua es la segunda estatua de pie del faraón en ser restaurada y dada a conocer este año.
- 2014-12-18La temporada festiva rara vez llena de alegría la frontera fuertemente armada entre Corea del Norte y del Sur, conocida como la zona de distensión. Las decoraciones de Navidad en el lado surcoreano se han convertido en un punto de dolor recurrente. Pyongy
- 2014-12-18El Gran Premio y el ganador de la categoría "gente": "A Node Glows in the Dark" (Un nodo brilla en la oscuridad)
Ubicación: Hong Kong
Fotografía y leyenda por Brian Yen/Concurso de fotografía National Geographic 2014
- 2014-12-18The discovery of parts of a .22-caliber semi-automatic handgun packed in a PlayStation 2 is one of the Transportation Security Administration's latest checkpoint finds. The man who had the gun packed in his carry-on luggage was arrested December 17 o
- 2014-12-18El artista James Doran-Webb le da un giro completamente nuevo al Año del Caballo según el calendario chino.
- 2014-12-18Biologist Jamie Urquhart found the strange ice pancakes near the River Dee in Scotland.
- 2014-12-18For their project "Processed Views," Barbara Ciurej and Lindsay Lochman used processed food to re-create famous landscape photographs that Carleton Watkins took of the American West. This "Fruit Loops Landscape" is based on Watkins&apo
- 2014-12-18CNN's Patrick Oppmann loves to capture "Cuba moments" with his camera, including this Instagram post of "a row of classic cars rented for a wedding lined up on the malecon (Havana's famous highway and seawall)." Oppmann, the
- 2014-12-18Los presidentes de Estados Unidos, Barack Obama, y de Cuba, Raúl Castro, anunciaron este miércoles el restablecimiento de las relaciones entre ambos países con la apertura de embajadas, en el mismo día en que La Habana dejó en libertad al contratista est
- 2014-12-18Brian Stonehouse in his military uniform (left), and in disguise as Michel Chapuis, a French art student, in occupied France in 1942 (right). He survived German concentration camps to become a leading fashion illustrator after the War.
- 2014-12-18South Korean soldiers stand guard as Christians stage a lighting ceremony in front of a Christmas tree atop a military-controlled hill near the tense land border in Gimpo, west of Seoul, on December 21, 2010. North Korea has objected to Christmas trees at
- 2014-12-18Epic project in the desert outside Abu Dhabi aiming for "zero carbon, zero waste".
- 2014-12-18NASA has developed several concepts for a space-based solar power station. This one is called the Sun Tower and would involve an array of inflatable circular solar concentrators. Even before any energy is produced, it is estimated to cost at least $12 bil
- 2014-12-18Senegal ranks as the continent's 10th most prosperous nation, according to Legatum Institute's 2014 Africa Prosperity Report, up nine places since 2012.
- 2014-12-18Nuestra tarea en iReport sobre los "autos antiguos de Cuba" dio como resultado una gran cantidad de imagenes que fueron enviadas de todas parte del mundo. Un usuario de iReport, Wolfgang Theofel, visitó Cuba en febrero de 2013 y fotografió mucho
- 2014-12-181 de enero: las parejas se besan en el Times Square de Nueva York para recibir el año nuevo.
- 2014-12-18For Finns, Rovaniemi's location just north of the Arctic Circle is Christmas headquarters. Children make gingerbread cookies with Mrs. Claus, enroll in Elf School and write wish lists with a traditional quill.
- 2014-12-18Barack Obama y Raú Castro anunciaron mayor apertura en viajes y comercio, así como cooperación en temas como el ébola y migración.
- 2014-12-18Equipo para espiar a Santa
- 2014-12-17Ridership aboard U.S. public transportation in 2014 is expected to top last year's figures. 2013 saw more riders on public transportation than any year since 1956, according to the American Public Transportation Association. Denver's revamped Un
- 2014-12-17St. Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556) was a Spanish knight, priest and founder of the Society of Jesus, also known as the Jesuits.
- 2014-12-17La Navidad es un evento de todo el año en este pueblo del Medio Oeste de menos de 3.000 habitantes. Santa Claus, Indiana, recibe miles de cartas al año de niños que quieren contactar al mismo Papá Noel.
- 2014-12-17Alcatraz operated as a U.S. penitentiary for nearly 30 years before closing in 1963. Alcatraz Island is in San Francisco Bay.
- 2014-12-17Fauja Singh es reconocido como la primera persona de 100 años de edad que alguna vez haya corrido una maratón. Este bisabuelo, quien ahora tiene 103 años, continúa corriendo o caminando todos los días. Apodado como el "Tornado con turbante", él
- 2014-12-17These apartment buildings in Hoyerswerda, Germany, were built to keep up with a fast-growing population when the city was part of the former East Germany. But as photographer Demetrius Freeman discovered, the city is struggling economically and has lost t
- 2014-12-17The Isla de los Alcatraces (Isle of the Pelicans), as Juan Manuel de Ayala, the Spanish explorer, named it in 1775, or Alcatraz Island as we know it today.
- 2014-12-17Our iReport assignment on "Cuba's vintage cars" resulted in dozens of submissions from around the world. One iReporter, Wolfgang Theofel, visited Cuba in February 2013 and photographed many classic cars.
- 2014-12-17Model Amber Rose takes a selfie with Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler as they attend the opening of a Rolling Stones photo exhibit Saturday, December 13, in Los Angeles. "It's Just A Shot Away: The Rolling Stones In Photographs" will be on d
- 2014-12-17Japanese band KAO=S are taking the art of live performance to a new level with their energetic approach to music.
- 2014-12-17A new software tool called Kinematics makes it easy to turn plastic into posh duds.
- 2014-12-17Soldiers patrol the streets in Peshawar, Pakistan, near a school that was attacked by the Pakistani Taliban on Tuesday, December 16. Militants stormed the military-run school in northwest Pakistan, killing more than 140 people, most of them children. More
- 2014-12-17Roombas with a personality
The robotic revolution has already started, but the ultimate dream of robot makers worldwide is to fill the planet with anthropomorphic robots -- the stuff of science fiction movies.
They will take on the role of personal assi
- 2014-12-17The energy needs of the world could all, in principle, be fulfilled by one single source -- the sun. There are challenges in making this a reality, however: affordability first, and finding a way to capture this energy efficiently to turn it into electric
- 2014-12-17Magic Leap are releasing few details, but the fledgling firm's virtual experiences are highly anticipated.
- 2014-12-17Mud and guts
- 2014-12-17A message of condolence is written on the pavement at Martin Place, Sydney on Wednesday, December 17. #illridewithyou became a trending hashtag on Twitter during the siege, expressing solidarity with Australian Muslims in the wake of deadly siege at the L
- 2014-12-17If carving out a fresh ski trail isn't enough for you, the Pantheon Heli Ranch will get you coveted first descents on new runs and then let you name them.
- 2014-12-17Singapore will celebrate its 50th anniversary of independence in 2015. Attractions like the Gardens by the Bay will be a big draw for visitors.
- 2014-12-17The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has announced its new class of inductees for 2015. Here's a refresher on the music acts who were nominated for the honor, starting with Green Day. The band, which started out as some East Bay punks, mocked the world on
- 2014-12-17Una foto de Stern a Marilyn Monroe en 1953. Mira en esta galería algunas de sus icónicoas imágenes de Hollywood.
- 2014-12-17La capital de la moda de Italia se enfocará en el futuro de la gastronomía en la Expo 2015, cuando un aproximado de 20 millones de visitantes viajen a Milán.
- 2014-12-17El actor Robin Williams fue lo más buscado en Google en 2014 tras su muerte en agosto.
- 2014-12-17"Orangutan in The Rain" (Orangután en la lluvia), por Andrew Suryono
- 2014-12-16If you're not sure what to get loved ones this holiday season, consider a gift that gives back. See our guide to gifts that complete your shopping list while helping others:
- 2014-12-16El actor Robin Williams fue lo más buscado en Google en 2014 tras su muerte en agosto.
- 2014-12-16Three sites key to the Manhattan Project, the secret development of the atomic bomb during World War II, might soon become a national park open to all. Plutonium for the atom bomb that was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan, during World War II was produced at th
- 2014-12-16Actor Robin Williams became the top trending Google search for 2014 following his death in August.
- 2014-12-16A woman shops at Hyperstar, an international-style supermarket in Shiraz, Iran. Photographer Thomas Cristofoletti visited the country earlier this year and noticed an increasing presence of Western-style consumerism.
- 2014-12-16On Friday, NBC announced its midseason schedule, which will be entirely devoid of sitcoms on Thursday nights. This will be the first time that has happened since the early 1980s. "Cheers," which premiered on Thursday nights in 1982, is still con
- 2014-12-16Según informes, George Clooney está comprometido con Amal Alamuddin, un abogado educado en Oxford de Inglaterra. Aquí se ve a la pareja saliendo de Berners Tavern en Londres, el 24 de octubre de 2013.
- 2014-12-16New York Giants tight end Larry Donnell, left, is upended by Washington safety E.J. Biggers during an NFL game played Sunday, December 14, in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
- 2014-12-16Timeless values and practices can help ensure your company stays on top in a global operation.
- 2014-12-16It's a disease with an exotic name, painful symptoms and no treatment or vaccine. It's endemic in Asia and Africa, and it recently spread to the Americas -- where nearly 1 million people have been infected and 150 have died. Here, a doctor exami
- 2014-12-16The Sunflower Solar Harvester, being developed by the Swiss company Airlight Energy, tracks the sun like a sunflower and cools itself by pumping water through its veins like a plant. In the process, it produces heat, desalinated water, and refrigeration f
- 2014-12-16LA is ground zero for stealing glances at the tips left by celebs like Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green (here at a Ferrari-sponsored gala). Fox and other stars are often spotted at RockSugar.
- 2014-12-16AfrikaBurn, held every April in the arid Karoo semi-desert four hours' drive north of Capetown, is Africa's answer to the U.S. Burning Man festival.
- 2014-12-16Italy's fashion capital will focus on the future of food for Expo 2015, when an estimated 20 million visitors will hit Milan.
- 2014-12-16Fans and critics hailed the February release of political thriller "House of Cards" on video site Sohu as a sign of change in China's strictly controlled media market. Many binge-watched all 13 episodes of the second season, which appeared
- 2014-12-16There's nothing like a set of beautiful images from around the world to inspire travel plans, which is why the 2015 Sony World Photography Awards is already getting our attention.
The results of the competition -- pitting professionals against amat
- 2014-12-16A new CNN special report, "Extraordinary People," showcases five noteworthy people who did something remarkable in 2014. One, helicopter pilot Gary Dahlen, braved smoke and flames in September to rescue 12 firefighters who were trapped by a Cali
- 2014-12-15El presidente Nicolás Maduro rechazó las recientes sanciones de Estados Unidos contra personas vinculadas al régimen por supuestas violaciones a los derechos humanos.
- 2014-12-15El joven mexicano Adán Cortés fue expulsado de Noruega y se dirige a México. El estudiante escribió una carta a los medios y a las autoridades noruegas que compartió con CNN en Español.
- 2014-12-15Magnificent Hong Kong often leaves business travelers begging for a flight cancellation. Until that happens, here's how to squeeze in all the fun.
- 2014-12-15"Nuestras plegarias están con las niñas nigerianas desaparecidas y con sus familias. Ya es hora de que #liberen a nuestras niñas. -mo", publicó la primera dama Michelle Obama en su cuenta de Instagram. La etiqueta denunciaba el secuestro de más
- 2014-12-15A newly restored statue of Pharaoh Amenhotep III was unveiled on Sunday in Luxor, Egypt. The statue is the second standing statue of the pharaoh to be restored and unveiled this year.
- 2014-12-15Una mujer rehén es llevada por la policía tras irrumpir en un café para poner fin a un secuestro colectivo de más de 16 horas en Australia.
- 2014-12-15Amal Alamuddin, an Oxford-educated lawyer from England, married George Clooney in September 2014. Here the couple are seen leaving Berners Tavern in London on October 24, 2013.
- 2014-12-15The Race Of Champions is a one-off in that it pits some of the world's best drivers from different formula against each other in an end-of-season motorsport finale. The event has traveled the globe and this year had its first trip to the Caribbean wi
- 2014-12-14The plaza in Santa Fe, New Mexico, is blanketed with snow on Sunday, December 14, following snow showers from a storm system that slammed California and moved into the area. A powerful storm that has been lashing Northern California has moved southward a
- 2014-12-14La realeza británica divulgó las fotografías oficiales de Navidad de este año del príncipe Jorge.
- 2014-12-14Miss South Africa Rolene Strauss waves to the audience after being crowned Miss World 2014. She's flanked by the first runner-up, Miss Hungary Edina Kulcsar, left, and second runner-up, Miss United States Elizabeth Safrit, during the grand finale of
- 2014-12-14Fortalece las sinapsis cerebrales: suplementos como el DHA y la citicolina ayudan a las conexiones cerebrales, según el estudio del doctor Bredesen.
- 2014-12-14El auge de las redes sociales y los dispositivos móviles significa que los negocios son más vulnerables ante los hackers. En un intento por mantener la información asegurada, una nueva ola de dispositivos centrada en el cuerpo está reemplazando a las cont
- 2014-12-13Anja Paerson poses with the three gold medals she won at the 2007 World Championships in Are, Sweden.
- 2014-12-12Tule Springs outside of Las Vegas will become a national monument under new legislation passed by Congress. The desert area is home to fossil beds that contain traces of Ice Age mammoths, bison, and American lions
- 2014-12-12Revelers dressed as Santa Claus pose for a picture at Tompkins Square Park during the annual NYC SantaCon on Saturday, December 14, 2013.
- 2014-12-12Nuevo en la lista anual de los destinos más éticos de Ethical Traveler con sede en California, Samoa recientemente co-firmó un proyecto de 1 millón de dólares para la mejora de la biodiversidad y la gestión de las amenazas del cambio climático.
- 2014-12-12Rihanna and Salma Hayek shine bright at Rihanna's First Diamond Ball on December 11.
- 2014-12-12Scarlett O'Hara's green curtain dress -- perhaps the most famous costume in Hollywood history -- is among three original outfits appearing in an exhibition marking the 75th anniversary of the 1939 movie classic "Gone With the Wind." Th
- 2014-12-12Greenpeace targeted the ancient Peruvian Nazca Lines site to unveil its "Time for Change: The Future is Renewable" message.
- 2014-12-12Jason Hullinger went to Joshua Tree National Park last December to catch the Geminid meteor shower. He set up his tripod to take 20-second exposures from about 11 p.m. Thursday to 3 a.m. Friday. He took about 500 photos and combined them with StarStaX, an
- 2014-12-12U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, speaks to reporters in Washington on Tuesday, December 9, after the committee issued a report on the CIA's harsh interrogation of terrorist detainees. The report is reigniti
- 2014-12-12A January 2013 battery fire prompted the worldwide grounding of all Boeing 787 Dreamliners -- one of the most advanced, sophisticated airliners in the sky. Members of Boeing's Aircraft On Ground (AOG) team display components of the new Dreamliner bat
- 2014-12-12Make sure Santa's toys are up to par, savor some gooey cookies and catch a glimpse of the big man's sleigh at the North Pole Experience in Arizona.
- 2014-12-12New to California-based Ethical Traveler's annual list of most ethical destinations, Samoa recently co-signed a $1 million project for improving biodiversity and managing threats of climate change.
- 2014-12-12Decades ago, this wall used to separate different areas of Batang City Jail. Now inmates are free to walk between the areas, however gangs make some areas off limits. The wall is covered with paintings painted by inmates as part of their rehabilitation an
- 2014-12-12New Bilibid Prison (NBP), on the outskirts of Manila, was built decades ago for a maximum 5,500 inmates. Now more than 14,200 prisoners live there, crammed together in cells and outnumbering prison guards by a staggering 80:1.
- 2014-12-12Pen Farthing, a former sergeant in the Royal Marines, is reuniting soldiers with the stray dogs they befriended while serving in Afghanistan. Farthing's nonprofit, Nowzad Dogs, has helped more than 700 soldiers from eight countries. For his work, Far
- 2014-12-12Mira en esta galería las obras de varios artistas callejeros alrededor del mundo y descubre sus trucos para confundir al ojo y hacer que lo imposible parezca real.
- 2014-12-12En Ciudad de México, cientos de miles de personas empezaron a llegar este jueves a la Basílica de Guadalupe para cantarle las mañanitas a la virgen.
- 2014-12-11The SS City of Rio de Janeiro, which transported passengers and cargo between Asia and San Francisco, has been found in 287 feet of water in the San Francisco Bay. The ship sank in 1901 after running into jagged rocks near where the Golden Gate Bridge now
- 2014-12-11The Statue of Liberty looms over visitors below on Liberty Island in New York Harbor on Sunday, October 13, 2013. The statue was closed to the public by the federal government's partial shutdown that began October 1, 2013, but reopened Sunday after t
- 2014-12-11La policía retira las barricadas y carpas de los manifestantes frente a las oficinas del gobierno en Hong Kong el 11 de diciembre.
- 2014-12-11Anoush and Ruzanna, two sisters-in-law, prepare bread in the Armenian village of Lichk. Their husbands and brothers, like almost all of the village's working-age men, work in Russia for most of the year.
- 2014-12-11Los pasajeros que utilizan sus pies como armas encabezaron la lista de los infractores de la etiqueta a bordo de Expedia en su estudio Airplane Etiquette Study de 2014. Alrededor del 67% de los encuestados opina que las personas que patean los asientos de
- 2014-12-11Inspired by classical paintings, Rebecca Ruetten photographed a distinctly modern phenomenon -- fast food -- in Renaissance-era style.
- 2014-12-11A man lies on a hospital bed Thursday, December 11, after a suicide attack at Istiqlal High School, a French-funded school in Kabul, Afghanistan. The attack occurred during a play that condemns suicide attacks, the French foreign minister said.
- 2014-12-11Host Ellen DeGeneres takes a moment to orchestrate a selfie with a group of movie stars at the Academy Awards ceremony on Sunday, March 2. Actor Bradley Cooper, seen in the foreground, was holding the phone at the time. "If only Bradley's arm wa
- 2014-12-11No longer grounded for safety concerns, United Flight 1 flew from Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Chicago's O'Hare International Airport on May 20, 2013.
- 2014-12-11A fire aboard an empty Japan Airlines 787 Dreamliner prompted a response by firefighters at Boston Logan International Airport on January 7, 2013.
- 2014-12-11Members of the Georgetown basketball team wear "I can't breathe" shirts as they stand for the national anthem before a home game Wednesday, December 10, in Washington. The shirt references the words spoken by Eric Garner, a 43-year-old man
- 2014-12-11As many as 120 photographers entered the Mirabaud Yacht Racing image award for 2014, hoping to win a prestigious competition open to professional photographers from all over the world. Entries such as this one, which captures competitors at the World Cup
- 2014-12-11La luna 'Mimas'.
- 2014-12-11Children in Newtown, Connecticut, return to school on December 18, 2012, four days after the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
- 2014-12-11Los crueles interrogatorios de la CIA a los detenidos terroristas durante la era del presidente George W. Bush no funcionaron, eran más brutales que lo previamente revelado y no emitieron ninguna información o "bomba de tiempo" que impidiera un
- 2014-12-11The three co-founders of Zendesk (from left): Alexander Aghassipour, Morten Primdahl, Mikkel Svane
- 2014-12-11El piloto de Fórmula 1, Esteban Gutiérrez, sale volando luego de chocar contra Pastor Maldonado durante el Gran Premio de Baréin el domingo 6 de abril. No resultó herido.
- 2014-12-11The nominees for the 72nd Golden Globe Awards were announced on December 11, and Ava DuVernay's Martin Luther King biopic "Selma" (pictured) is up for best dramatic motion picture. It's competing against "Boyhood," "Foxc
- 2014-12-11A turbine is lowered into place in water in the north of Scotland. The waters around the region of John O'Groats, at the nothernmost tip of the United Kingdom, produce powerful tidal surges twice a day.
- 2014-12-11A suicide bomber targeted a vehicle carrying Afghan National Army soldiers in Kabul on Thursday morning, December 11. The blast killed five and wounded 12, Afghanistan's Ministry of Defense said. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
- 2014-12-11Workers haul part of a fiber optic cable bringing internet connectivity to East Africa onto the shore in Mombasa, Kenya in 2009. Today, 4.4 billion people -- more than half of the population of the Earth -- remain without internet access. It's a prob
- 2014-12-11'Smart drugs' have been shown to improve memory and cognitive function
- 2014-12-11Nomadic Maasai tribes move from region to region in search of land for their cattle to graze on.
- 2014-12-11Can your favorite bar do this? With unobstructed views of Diamond Head and Waikiki Beach, Sheraton's Edge of Waikiki bar sits on the edge of an infinity pool.
- 2014-12-11The colonial British viewed the railway as a good way to open up the interior of Kenya and countering the ambitions of Germany in the region.
- 2014-12-1113-year-old Mo, pictured centre, has taken the neckwear world by storm with his collection of bow ties
- 2014-12-11Kim Chun Son, 48, is overcome with emotion when Nepalese doctor Sanduk Ruit takes off her eye patch during a post operative examination in North Korea in 2005.
- 2014-12-11In recent years, Aussies abroad have hit up their government's local overseas reps for some bizarre needs. Among the list released by the foreign affairs department: "Why won't the Australian Embassy come and pack my bags for me? I'm a
- 2014-12-11El Cristo Redentor de Río de Janeiro tiene 30 metros de altura y pesa 635 toneladas. Cuenta con pararrayos en los brazos, la cabeza y las manos y, en promedio, la estatua es golpeada por un rayo, 12 veces cada verano.
- 2014-12-11Este drone biodegradable podría parecer un cartón de huevos propulsado por una hélice, pero ya los diseñadores dicen que tiene la capacidad de volar en áreas ambientalmente sensibles sin dejar mayor rastro.
- 2014-12-11El 26 de septiembre, estudiantes de Ayotzinapa, México, fueron atacados en Iguala por policías aliados con un grupo delictivo, resultando en la muerte de seis personas y el secuestro de 43 normalistas, como se les conoce en ese país a quienes estudian par
- 2014-12-112001: Adiós a los reproductores portátiles de CD... El milenio trajo el software iTunes de Apple y el iPod, un doble triunfo tecnológico que revolucionó la forma en la que consumimos música. Aunque no lo creas, tan solo almacenaba 1.000 canciones y ningun
- 2014-12-11Homeland's CIA operative Carrie Mathison is an agent with psychiatric problems and a tendency to go rogue.
- 2014-12-10Ocean Spiral, una metrópolis subterránea que genera su propia energía del fondo del mar, produce alimentos de la acuacultura de aguas profundas y puede dar alojamiento a 5.000 personas.
- 2014-12-10Roma and Manchester City met at the Stadio Olimpico in the final game of the Group Stage of the Champions League.
- 2014-12-10Lumo Lift, $99
- 2014-12-10Celebridades muertas en 2014
- 2014-12-10This bio-drone might resemble a propeller-powered egg carton, but already the designers say it has the ability to fly into environmentally sensitive areas and leave almost no trace.
- 2014-12-10South Sudan split from Sudan in 2011 as part of a peace deal that ended decades of war. But ethnic violence has plagued the new country. Livestock, seen here, can be counted among the casualties.
- 2014-12-10Actress Angelina Jolie cheers up a crying fan with a selfie after appearing on "The Daily Show" in New York on Thursday, December 4. The fan said on Instagram that she was having a panic attack when Jolie came to her aid.
- 2014-12-10Try this standing side stretch to open yourself up and induce feelings of calm. A 2010 Harvard study found holding an open posture for two minutes lowers your stress hormones and increases testosterone which induces confidence.
- 2014-12-10The Screen Actors Guild Awards nominates actors and acting ensembles in 13 categories across film and TV. Here's a look at the 2015 nominees, starting with the casts nominated for outstanding performance by a cast in a motion picture: "Birdman&q
- 2014-12-10Este joven mexicano interrumpió la ceremonia del Nobel de la Paz con la bandera mexicana.
- 2014-12-10Breaking decades of tradition, the Royal Ballet has been running Alice's Adventures in Wonderland instead of the Nutcracker this holiday season. American principal Sarah Lamb took on the titular role.
- 2014-12-10Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, arrive at the Metropolitan Museum of Art to attend the St. Andrews University 600th anniversary dinner on Tuesday, December 9. The royal couple visited the United States for three day
- 2014-12-10Queens tops the list of Lonely Planet's best U.S. spots to visit in 2015. Travel the world simply by visiting this New York City borough, where nearly half of the population is foreign-born and more than 100 languages are spoken and delicious food is
- 2014-12-10What would happen if the legend of the lost City of Atlantis was crossed with the screenplay for Kevin Costner's 1995 hit movie "Waterworld?"
Maybe something like The Ocean Spiral -- an underwater metropolis which generates its own energy
- 2014-12-10South Africans are exporting their steak culture to the United Arab Emirates and seeing signs of success in the Gulf country which has a growing population of young customers.
- 2014-12-10Izzy's busy career
- 2014-12-10Among the contenders for this year's Time person of the year are the Ferguson protesters who took to the streets in Missouri after an unarmed black teenager was shot dead by a white police officer in August.
- 2014-12-10Ellen DeGeneres tomó esta selfie que le dio la vuelta al mundo mientras conducía los Premios Óscar. Es la foto más retuiteada de la historia.
- 2014-12-10Iceland Safari organizes driving adventures up several of the country's many volcanoes.
- 2014-12-10Here are 16 gift suggestions for the foodie or travel fiend in your life. This Zoku mini ice cream maker ($26) is a good choice for anyone who enjoys creating their own kitchen concoctions. You put it in the freezer overnight, then add cream, sugar and wh
- 2014-12-10A sense of humor helps. Beijingers coined the wry phrase '#APEC blue' after authorities used extreme measures to control pollution during November's APEC summit. The smog quickly returned after the summit finished and world leaders had depa
- 2014-12-09Liverpool's Kop stand, one of the most famous in the game, held its collective breath as its side attempted to qualify for the last 16 of the Champions League.
- 2014-12-09Passengers who use their feet as weapons topped Expedia's list of onboard etiquette violators in its 2014 Airplane Etiquette Study. Some 67% of those surveyed find rear seat kickers very annoying.
- 2014-12-09Indianapolis Colts wide receiver T.Y. Hilton, right, can't make a catch as he's defended by Cleveland's Buster Skrine, left, during the Colts' 25-24 victory on Sunday, December 7.
- 2014-12-09People seek refuge inside a temporary evacuation center in Quezon City, Philippines, on Tuesday, December 9. Typhoon Hagupit tore apart homes and sent waves crashing through coastal communities across the eastern Philippines.
- 2014-12-09Fitbark is among the "quantified self" trackers for pets that offer insights into their behavior, health and lifestyle.
- 2014-12-09He was a cab driver for 19 years. But as his kids grew up, Alhaji Mustapha Oti Boateng wanted more financial stability, so his entrepeneurial quest began. It would see him work as a delivery man, grocer, printer and various other odd jobs before stumbling
- 2014-12-09To encourage your children's imaginations, give them Christmas and Hanukkah presents that don't determined what they can create. Lots of different colors of crayons, markers and paint can inspire rainbows, fairy castles, pirates' treasure h
- 2014-12-09She loves skiing with all her heart, but Switzerland's Dominique Gisin's career might have taken a very different trajectory.
- 2014-12-09Protege a los pasajeros de los horrores del contacto humano: se trata del divisor de apoyabrazos Soarigami.
- 2014-12-08Firefighters stand outside a house where a small plane crashed in Gaithersburg, Maryland, on Monday, December 8. Three people in the plane and three people in the house were killed, authorities said.
- 2014-12-08Rio de Janeiro's Christ the Redeemer is 30-meters high and weighs 635 tons. With rods on its arms, head and hands, the statue is hit by lightning on average 12 times per summer.
- 2014-12-08Este ataúd con forma de gallina fue creado por el diseñador Kudjoe Affutu, quien reside en Ghana y ha estado en el negocio desde 2007.
- 2014-12-08A massive fire engulfs an apartment building that was under construction Monday, December 8, in Los Angeles.
- 2014-12-08La Duquesa de Cambridge Catalina, que presume de varios meses de embarazo, recorrió un centro de desarrollo infantil en Harlem junto a la primera dama de la ciudad de Hueva York, Chirlane McCray
- 2014-12-08Protecting passengers from the horrors of human contact: the Soarigami armrest divider.
- 2014-12-08Virtual reality is coming to the mainstream in the form of Google Cardboard and Samsung's Gear VR
- 2014-12-08This unassuming package contains a random item bought from the dark net by a computer program. It is part of an art exhibition entitled "Random Darknet Shopper" currently ongoing in St. Gallen, Switzerland.
- 2014-12-08Whether you think stuffed animals are cool, beautiful, or downright disturbing, this is taxidermy like you've never seen it before.
- 2014-12-08A transatlantic single-handed yacht race, the Route du Rhum takes places every four years. The course runs between Saint Malo, Brittany, France and Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe.
- 2014-12-08This hen coffin was created by Ghana-based designer Kudjoe Affutu who has been in the business since 2007.
- 2014-12-08Gastrointestinal health has been linked with brain health. Incorporating fermented foods, probiotics and prebiotics into your diet could reduce your risk of dementia. Dr. Dale Bredesen of UCLA recommends having your doctor test for a "leaky" GI
- 2014-12-08For centuries, the Maasai tribes of southern Kenya have hunted lions.
This age-old tradition has a powerful and historic significance, representing the rite of passage from adolescence into manhood for young men within the tribes.
Lion hunting is also c
- 2014-12-08Don't know what to get parents who are always on the move or kids who seem to have everything? Click through for some unique gifts that will delight and impress, such as #Cube, a digital frame that cycles through your Instagram feed. Amanda Rodriguez
- 2014-12-08Majestic volcanoes, hills cloaked in cypress trees and bamboo forests, shimmering green rice fields, and a shoreline of bays filled with boats and seaweed farms unravel as part of the landscape.
- 2014-12-07El nuevo aeropuerto de la ciudad de México tiene programado abrir en 2020, y su objetivo es hacer de los viajes algo mejor tanto para los pasajeros como para el medio ambiente.
- 2014-12-07A look of disbelief is etched on the face of Alia Atkinson after she claims gold in the women's 100m breaststroke at the world short course swimming championships in Qatar. The win made her the first black woman swimmer to claim the world title. Cl
- 2014-12-07Andy Green, el líder del equipo, sostiene un modelo del Bloodhound SSC. Si todo va bien, en 2016, el auto supersónico intentará llegar a los 1.609 km/h en Sudáfrica.
- 2014-12-07CNN's Andrew Stevens manages a smile despite having to board a helicopter after several hours of commercial flight delays -- as a huge typhoon made its way toward the Philippines.
- 2014-12-05The South is known for taking a lot of things seriously, like Chick-fil-A, sweet tea and church on Sundays. But let's not forget the most important thing of all: College football. At the University of Georgia, Lauren Stapleton, second from right, and
- 2014-12-05Caleb Patterson, 4, rests beneath a flatbed trailer during a church picnic held near Plato, Missouri, in 2012. Plato is the "mean center of population" for the United States. That means, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, it's the place &
- 2014-12-05Situado en el hermoso estado de Steenberg famoso por sus vinos, a solo 20 minutos del centro de la ciudad, este campo de 18 hoyos tiene varias características únicas, incluyendo el green más grande de África.
- 2014-12-05Charizard de Pokémon.
- 2014-12-05Chris Pratt plays the goof at the 2014 GQ Men Of The Year party on December 4 in Los Angeles, California.
- 2014-12-05The U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change identified Kiribati as one of the six Pacific island nations that "face a serious threat of permanent inundation from sea-level rise." In a never-ending fight against the rising tides, bo
- 2014-12-05La NASA lanzó este viernes con éxito la nave Orion desde el Complejo de Lanzamiento Espacial en Cabo Cañaveral, Florida.
- 2014-12-05Formula One driver Esteban Gutierrez goes airborne after crashing with Pastor Maldonado during the Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday, April 6. He was not injured.
- 2014-12-05Many in Tacloban have sought shelter in more solid buildings, such as school halls, as a major typhoon threatens the town -- tragically familiar with devastating weather.
- 2014-12-05Cliff Central is a new online venture by popular South African radio shock jock Gareth Cliff.
- 2014-12-05Los lugares más populares en Instagram en 2014
- 2014-12-05NASA's Orion spacecraft, atop a Delta 4-Heavy rocket, lifts off on its first unmanned orbital test flight from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Friday, December 5. NASA hopes Orion will usher in a new era: eventual human exploration of deep space.
- 2014-12-05Trust us, it looks better through an X Pro II or Mayfair filter. With the Dubai fountains and Burj Khalifa next door, Dubai Mall -- the world's largest mall by total area -- ranked 10th on Instagram's most geo-tagged locations list.
- 2014-12-05Demonstrators march past New York's Radio City Music Hall on Wednesday, December 3, to protest a grand jury's decision not to bring criminal charges against New York City police officer Daniel Pantaleo. Pantaleo was the officer who put Eric Garn
- 2014-12-05Tony Elumelu, chairman of Heirs Holdings, has launched a $100million pan-African entrepreneurship initiative to help grow startup endeavors across the continent.
- 2014-12-05Nelson Mandela, the prisoner-turned-president who reconciled South Africa after the end of apartheid, died on December 5, 2013. He was 95.
- 2014-12-05Bucharest's Parliamentary Palace, commissioned by former Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, is said to be the world's third biggest building by volume.
- 2014-12-05Football is "like a second religion in Sierra Leone." That was before the Ebola outbreak put a stop to organized games, casual kick-abouts, and people gathering to watch the national sport. Here, a fan shows his colors.
- 2014-12-05This image captured by NASA's Aqua satellite shows Typhoon Hagupit on Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014 at 04:30 UTC in the western Pacific Ocean. The Philippines weather bureau is advising the public to brace for Typhoon Hagupit which continues to head toward
- 2014-12-05There has widespread debate on whether Xi's remarks calling for an end to "weird buildings" spell the end of an era of ambitious architectural design in China. Rem Koolhaas' CCTV building in Beijing is one of the city's most recog
- 2014-12-05Japan's Moomin Cafe has opened a branch in Hong Kong. Solo diners can share the table with the characters at Moomin Cafe.
- 2014-12-05For his "Urban Millenium" project, Dutch photographer Bas Losekoot brought cinematic lighting techniques to major cities such as Sao Paulo, Brazil, pictured here. "The street became a studio, and the people became the actors," he said.
- 2014-12-04Walt Disney Studios anunció que su corto inspirado en 'Frozen', 'Frozen Fever'. Estas son las asombrosas cifras de la exitosa película:
- 2014-12-04Miles de personas despidieron a Roberto Gómez Bolaños en el estadio Azteca de la Ciudad de México tras su fallecimiento el viernes a la edad de 85 años.
- 2014-12-04Steenberg Golf Club in Cape Town has the largest green in Africa -- a 76-meter beast on the 14th hole with a hazard designed to resemble the mountains in the background.
- 2014-12-04Si una bañera llena de botellas de cerveza y objetos relacionados con Elvis Presley y Dolly Parton no te hacen sentir como en un parque de caravanas en el Trailer Park Lounge, seguro que la caravana que tienen literalmente montada sobre una pared lo hará
- 2014-12-04'Modern Family': Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Eric Stonestreet as co-dads Mitchell Pritchett and Cameron Tucker, with their niece Haley, played by Sarah Hyland.
- 2014-12-04Photographer Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou took portraits of west African bodybuilders.
- 2014-12-04 Las autoridades municipales han aprobado la construcción del Garden Bridge, un puente de 275 millones de dólares cubierto de plantas que atravesará el río Támesis
- 2014-12-04 Repurpose Schoolbags (darle un nuevo propósito a las mochilas), la primera iniciativa ecológica de Rethaka, un emprendimiento social del que Thato Kgatlhanye es cofundadora junto a su amiga de la infancia, Rea Ngwane
- 2014-12-04Surgeons are to become the latest models for advanced monitoring tags that track movement and time management.
- 2014-12-04Team leader Andy Green holds a model of the Bloodhound SSC. All going well, the supersonic car will attempt to reach 1000mph in South Africa in 2016.
- 2014-12-04U.S. PIRG Education Fund recently released its annual survey of toy safety. It found among the toys it surveyed this year numerous choking hazards and five toys with concentrations of toxics exceeding federal standards.The study found that the fin on this
- 2014-12-04Studio 54 was probably the coolest nightclub in the world between 1977 and 1981.
- 2014-12-04Luca Moneta is nicknamed "The Carrot Man" because of his tendency to feed his horse with the vegetable as a reward.
- 2014-12-04Repurpose Schoolbags is the first green initiative from Rethaka, a South Africa-based social startup founded by childhood friends-turned-business partners Thato Kgatlhanye and Rea Ngwane.
- 2014-12-04Los 'ángeles' de Victoria's Secret desfilaron en Londres para presentar la nueva colección de la reconocida marca de lencería.
- 2014-12-04Un Lamborghini 350 GT de 1964 en el Museo del fabricante de automóviles en Sant'Agata Bolognese en el corazón del "Valle de los motores" en Italia.
- 2014-12-03Extreme hiking may be grueling, but it can allow one to see some of the most beautiful views in the world. Jeremy Aerts called this hike through Nepal the most challenging he has done.
- 2014-12-03In an e-mail obtained by CNN, State Department officials notify that the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi is under attack.
- 2014-12-03People participate in a demonstration against the death of Eric Garner after he was taken into police custody in Staten Island. Joel Graham photographed the July 2014 demonstration, and captured this image of Garner's friends and family rallying alon
- 2014-12-03The 20th Anniversary PlayStation 4 comes in the gray color of the original PlayStation and bears other imagery harking back to the history of the console. Only 12,300 will be released globally, a nod to 12/3, or December 3, the date the console was releas
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- 2014-12-03La dieta mediterránea es fácil de encontrar en las tiendas de abarrotes, contiene nutrientes que se sabe, aumentan la longevidad y tiene otros beneficios para la salud que son respaldados por estudios científicos contrastados. El brócoli forma parte de la
- 2014-12-03The northern lights are brightest on the Álftanes Peninsula, just outside Reykjavík, during the winter solstice. Marvel at the celestial display, then head back to town for local lamb at Dill restaurant ($$$).
- 2014-12-03"Every time you open your eyes in Kobani, you see the damage," writes CNN's Nick Paton Walsh. "There are people still there, but it is hard to gauge how many."
- 2014-12-03Da Nang, Vietnam: Da Nang se llevó el primer lugar en los premios a los "Destinos emergentes" del sitio de viajes TripAdvisor. Los viajeros de TripAdvisor recomiendan visitar las Montañas de Mármol por el asombroso paisaje y el restaurante Lam V
- 2014-12-03Embrace your inner redneck in front of a wall of Elvis memorabilia by chowing down on some tater tot chili and a giant margarita at Trailer Park Lounge in New York.
- 2014-12-03London is one step closer to one of its most ambitious landmarks yet. City authorities have approved the construction of a $275-million plant-covered Garden Bridge across the Thames River (From South Bank to Temple stations), complete with '"Tit
- 2014-12-03A woman in Berlin snaps a selfie in front of an illuminated Christmas tree on Tuesday, November 25.
- 2014-12-03Para-athlete Helgi Sveinsson
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- 2014-12-03Better known for its wines, the business of spirit making is taking off in South Africa.
- 2014-12-03Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania is home to the most famous chimpanzees in the world.
- 2014-12-03Last night, fashion's most influential players congregated at the historic London Coliseum to honor the year's greatest designers and taste-makers at the British Fashion Awards.
Winners are selected based on the votes of 400 fashion professiona
- 2014-12-03Rafael and Reina Soler-Bermudez have been making stuffed Salvadoran corn tortillas in Solber Pupusas, their mobile pupuseria, for more than 15 years.
- 2014-12-03A 1964 Lamborghini 350 GT at the automaker's Museum in Sant'Agata Bolognese in the heart of Italy's "Motor Valley."
- 2014-12-03Men sit around a rehabilitation center in Myitkyina. At least a half dozen faith-based rehabilitation centers have sprung up around the town in the last two years. At these facilities, addicts aren't treated with methadone, instead they receive "
- 2014-12-03Australian Test cricket captain Michael Clarke reacts as he arrives for the funeral of Australian batsman Phil Hughes in his hometown of Macksville in northern New South Wales on December 3, 2014. Hughes died November 27, two days after being hit by a cri
- 2014-12-03The small island of Naoshima is a startling art and architecture destination, with architect Tadao Ando serving as the creative director. Among many unusual museums and hotel buildings on the island is the Benesse House Oval (pictured), a six-room hotel a
- 2014-12-03Around half a million people were exposed to toxic fumes in the central Indian city of Bhopal on the night of December 2 to 3, 1984. Nearly 4,000 people died in the immediate aftermath, and around 10,000 subsequent deaths have been blamed on the disaster.
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- 2014-12-02Elaborate and inspirational murals have emerged on the streets of Ferguson, Missouri. You can find these artistic murals if you walk along the two main avenues in the town where rioters and looters ravaged many businesses and storefronts in the hours afte
- 2014-12-02The 2.5-kilometer Bulabog Beach welcomes a blustery monsoonal wind from November to April and is an ideal place for kite boarding and windsurfing.
- 2014-12-02Francesco Schettino estaría 23 años en la cárcel si es declarado culpable por la evacuación fallida del crucero donde murieron 32 personas
- 2014-12-02Yes, Netflix has announced that season 3 of "House of Cards" is coming in February 2015. But until then you have to watch something right? Here's some of what's streaming for the month of December including "The Wolf of Wall Stree
- 2014-12-02A tiger skin is among the illegal items that have been confiscated over the years at Warsaw Chopin Airport in Warsaw, Poland. Photographer Adam Lach recently documented some of the items as part of his project "Human Tsunami."
- 2014-12-02Goodreads users have selected the best books of the year, and their top fiction pick comes from "Fangirl" and "Eleanor & Park" author Rainbow Rowell. In "Landline," Rowell tells the story of a TV writer in a crumbling mar
- 2014-12-02Simon Beck crea diseños geométricos masivos en los Alpes franceses caminando con dificultad a través de la nieve. Su nuevo libro, Snow Art, muestra más de 200 imágenes de sus dibujos.
- 2014-12-02British Airways ocupa el puesto número 10 de la lista de mejores aerolíneas de AirlineRatings.com para el 2015. Anteriormente este año, la aerolínea con la bandera del Reino Unido fue noticia por poner a prueba una "frazada de la felicidad".
- 2014-12-02Nathan, a bloodhound, won best in show at the National Dog Show on November 16 in Philadelphia. The show aired on NBC on Thursday, November 27.
- 2014-12-02Irish artist Duncan Campbell has won the Turner Prize, one of the world's most prestigious art awards, for his film It For Others, pictured. Previous winners of the £25,000 prize include Tracey Emin, Damien Hirst and Chris Ofili. The Prize celebrates
- 2014-12-021. Da Nang, Vietnam: Da Nang took the top spot in travel site TripAdvisor's "Destinations on the Rise" awards. TripAdvisor reviewers recommend visiting the Marble Mountains for the stunning scenery and Lam Vien Restaurant for an authentic V
- 2014-12-02Peek Retina allows healthcare professionals to conduct eye examinations using a smartphone.
- 2014-12-02Kittila ski resort sits in the northern region of Norway, an area of Lapland known for reindeers, skiing and freezing cold temperatures much of the year.
- 2014-12-02Alex Thomson is one of the world's best sailors and remains unfazed by the dangers of the sea despite some close scrapes.
- 2014-12-02Baltimore Ravens safety Matt Elam catches a cleat in the face while playing the San Diego Chargers on Sunday, November 30.
- 2014-12-02Heading into Chobe National Park at sunrise, a smooth and silent ride on the electric Land Rover.
- 2014-12-02La manifestación había sido en su gran mayoría pacífica, hasta que un grupo de personas comenzó a romper vidrios en diversos negocios del DF
- 2014-12-01Los restos de Roberto Gómez Bolaños fueron sepultados en el Panteón Francés en Ciudad de México.
- 2014-12-01En 2013 , 'Gustu' fue elegido como mejor restaurante nuevo de Susamérica y mejor restaurante del Cono Sur por la revista digital especializada Como Sur.
- 2014-12-01British Airways makes number 10 on AirlineRatings.com's 2015 best airline list. Earlier this year, UK flag carrier made headlines for trialing a "happiness blanket."
- 2014-12-01An Amsterdam family's collection of medicine and anatomy includes so-called mermaid fetuses and preserved conjoined twins among 10,000 or so items.
- 2014-12-01The World Health Organization says progress is being made in tackling the deadly Ebola outbreak -- but targets in two countries are not being met. See the latest assessment and find out where Ebola has hit hardest. (Source: WHO)
- 2014-12-01Syrian refugees board a boat bound for Turkey at a port in Kyrenia, Cyprus, on Sunday, November 23. Some 220 Syrian migrants crammed onto a fishing boat were rescued by a cruise ship off Cyprus' northern coast after their vessel hit rough seas in the
- 2014-12-01Lives lost to synthetic drugs
- 2014-12-01Simon Beck creates massive geometric designs in the French Alps by trudging through the snow. His new book, Snow Art, features over 200 images of his drawings.
- 2014-12-01Elson Kambalu is one of Malawi's leading artists. Passionate about creativity, he spends much of his time outside of painting to help manage other artists and inspiring the youth of his homeland to think creatively.
- 2014-12-01After decades of double-digit growth, China slumped back into single digits in 2012 -- with the latest GDP figures showing growth of 7.3% the September quarter of 2014 was one of the slowest since the financial crisis.
- 2014-12-01NOVEMBER 28 - MACKSVILLE, AUSTRALIA: Cricket bats are placed at Donnelly Welsh Playing Fields in Macksville, New South Wales, in memory of Australian cricketer Phillip Hughes, who died this week after he was hit in the head by a ball during a match. Fans
- 2014-12-01Deadly train derailment: At least 38 people were killed and 37 are still missing in the small town of Lac Megantic, Quebec, where a runaway train exploded in the downtown district on Saturday, July 6, 2013. Police suspect that some of the victims were vap
- 2014-12-01A devotee slaughters a water buffalo during the celebration of the Gadhimai festival on November 28 in Bariyarpur, Nepal. Held every five years at the Gadhimai temple of Bariyarpur, the festival is the world's largest slaughter of animals, during whi
- 2014-12-01The Indian village of Asola-Fatehpur Beri is filled with men who are bodybuilders.
- 2014-12-01El ataúd de Roberto Gómez Bolaños seguid de niños disfrazados de sus personajes 'El Chapulin Colorado' y 'El Chavo del Ocho' durante el homenaje en el Estadio Azteca.
- 2014-12-01A forensics team searches the area around the body of a poached rhino looking for clues. The rhino was shot along Kruger National Park's border with Mozambique. The investigators have had such a backlog of rhino poaching cases that it has taken them