Fashionable or absurd?

Horse in suit and pet boutiques

May 5, 2017
Fashionable or absurd?
While animal rights activists call to stop killing poor creatures to make fashionable dresses, some designers create clothes for favorite pets. Dressed dogs and cats are no longer a wonder, but in March 2016, the world saw a horse in a suit.

Armenian Genocide in photos

11 shots of awful tragedy

April 24, 2017
Armenian Genocide in photos
The history of the Armenian Genocide had been fixed in dozens of thousands of documents – diplomatic reports, evidences of the witnesses, memoirs and oral narratives. Besides, there are hundreds of photographs made by Armenians and foreigners during those years of horror.

From sundials to wristwatches

History of timekeeping

April 8, 2017
From sundials to wristwatches
People often complain about the lack of time. Indeed, for many of us having 24 hours in a day is not enough to sleep, eat, work and have a rest. To orient in time, humanity invented the clock, a unique device that went through a lot of transformations from huge stone discs to tiny watches.

General without army

Samvel Babayan’s post-war life

March 25, 2017
General without army
17 years after the assassination attempt on then-President of the Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh) Republic, Arkady Ghukassian, on March 22, 2000, the Armenian law enforcers announced on March 22, 2017, that the NKR Defense Army former commander Samvel Babayan was arrested during the investigation of an attempt to smuggle in IGLA surface-to-air missile system.

Deadly road of heroin addiction

“I’ll just try it once”

February 2, 2017
Deadly road of heroin addiction
Heroin, also known as diamorphine among other names, is an opiate typically used as a recreational drug for its euphoric effects. Medically it is occasionally used to relieve pain and as a form of opioid replacement therapy alongside counseling. Heroin is typically injected, usually into a vein, however, it can also be smoked, snorted or inhaled. Onset of effects is usually rapid and lasts for a few hours.

Myths and facts about left-handedness

From stress to schizophrenia

January 25, 2017
Myths and facts about left-handedness
There's an often-quoted opinion that right-handed people live on average nine years longer than left-handed people. The theory that was advanced by American psychologists Diane Halpern and Stanley Coren has both supporters and critics. Let’s look into the myths and facts about left-handedness.

When every second counts

Extraordinarily helpful but extremely destructive fire

January 23, 2017
When every second counts
Being extraordinarily helpful, fire gave humans the first form of portable light and heat. It also gave people the ability to cook food, forge metal tools, form pottery, harden bricks and drive power plants. However, here are few things that have done as much harm to humanity as fire, which can destroy a house with all possessions in less than an hour and can reduce an entire forest to a pile of ash and charred wood.

Intelligent pets

Understanding language and healing arthritis

January 17, 2017
Intelligent pets
A lot of pet owners by believe that their animals possess some kind of psychic ability. Actually, it’s quite natural to think that your pet is the most talented on the planet. However, the fact is that some breeds are just naturally a bit — or quite a lot — more gifted than their peers. No matter how hard you try with some breeds, they just won’t be able to perform certain tasks, experts say.

Big and kind Armenian giant

A man 2m 34cm tall

January 13, 2017
Big and kind Armenian giant
Arshavir Grigoryan is 2m 34cm tall. He used to live in Jrashen village of Ararat province with his parents and brother but moved to Paris, France, in 2015. He says not permanently.

People we lost in 2016

Celebrities who passed away last year

January 24, 2017
People we lost in 2016
Leap years are said to be unfortunate and 2016 was not an exception. From the very beginning, 2016 was named the ‘year of death’. An unbelievably great number of luminaries passed away…
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