Cordelia Tai : The Fashion Spot Technicolor tresses are all the rage, but as much as we value self-expression, so too do we value hair that complements our natural skin tone and doesn’t have the fine people of HR breathing down our necks. Full-on unicorn, watermelon, pastel and rose gold locks, while beautiful, just aren’t feasible […]
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By Sharon Feiereisen : The Fashion Spot Instead of cringing and staying mum when your significant other reaches for your $150 facial moisturizer, you might want to let him know that he’s doing himself a major disservice. Because men’s skin actually is very different from women’s. It’s true! “Men’s skin is much thicker, oilier and warmer
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BBC News : We all know that exercise is good for us, but often struggle to do the 150 minutes of moderate level activity a week that’s recommended. So what’s the alternative, asks Michael Mosley. A few years ago, while making a Horizon documentary called The Truth about Exercise I was introduced to something which
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BBC News : The UK government has announced plans to ban microbeads used in cosmetics and cleaning products by 2017. The small pieces of plastic commonly found in toothpaste, exfoliating body scrubs and other household products and are thought to damage the environment. Environmentalists fear they are building up in oceans and potentially entering the
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BBC News : A Greek photographer has won the Visa d’Or news photography prize for his coverage of the mass arrival of migrants on the island of Lesbos last year. Aris Messinis worked for the French news agency AFP and has won prizes before for images taken in war zones. He said he never thought
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By Nicholas Barber , BBC News The new film Jason Bourne reunites Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass after nearly a decade – but can they recreate the old magic? Nicholas Barber finds out. Break out the ‘Bourne again’ headlines: nearly a decade on from The Bourne Ultimatum, Matt Damon and writer-director Paul Greengrass have
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By Caryn James , BBC News DC Comics needs a hit after the critically reviled Batman v Superman. Unfortunately, this supervillain extravaganza isn’t it, writes critic Caryn James. “What happens if the next Superman is a terrorist?” That’s the rhetorical question intelligence agent Amanda Waller (Viola Davis) poses to persuade her bosses that she needs
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By Rebecca Laurence , BBC News BBC Culture picks 10 films being released next month, including a shocking animation, heroic biopics and a bizarre documentary. Sausage Party At first glance it may appear to be a kids’ film, but Sausage Party’s creators, who call it “the first R-rated CG movie” warn it’s strictly for adults
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BBC News : In December, officials from across the world will gather in Paris, France, to try to hammer out a deal to tackle global warming. Here’s what we know and don’t know about the Earth’s changing climate. What is climate change? The planet’s climate has constantly been changing over geological time. The global average
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By Jonathan Webb Science reporter, BBC News New evidence suggests that the famous fossilised human ancestor dubbed “Lucy” by scientists died falling from a great height – probably out of a tree. CT scans have shown injuries to her bones similar to those suffered by modern humans in similar falls. The 3.2 million-year-old hominin was
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