30
Mar
London Zoo lets you put your cat on the map
The zoo hopes the interactive, searchable map will get people thinking about the plight of endangered big cats.
30
Mar
London Zoo lets you put your cat on the map
The zoo hopes the interactive, searchable map will get people thinking about the plight of endangered big cats.
31
Jan
22
Jan
Photo of the day: Pigeons puff their feathers up while perching on a street sign on Jan. 21 following a heavy weekend snowfall in London’s St. James Park.
16
Aug
Remains of the Games: A website for all of your used Olympic furniture needs
Ease the anguish and pain brought on by of the end of the Summer Games by outfitting your home with briefly used furniture installed at London’s Olympic Village. Usain Bolt-sized bed, anyone?
31
Jul
Photo of the day: Book labyrinth is a bibliophile’s dream
Ebooks continue to rise in popularity, but sometimes there is nothing better than getting lost in the touch and smell of a good paperback book. In London, bibliophiles can take their obsession a step further by physically immersing themselves in thousands of books at one time. Brazilian artists Marcos Saboya and Gualter Pupo used 250,000 books to create this literary maze for the London Festival, a 3-month-long cultural event held concurrently with the 2012 Olympics.
17
Jul
The greenest Olympics ever, but is it good enough?
Environmental campaigners say London 2012 will surpass all others in the modern era, with Sydney in 2000 the only serious runner-up.
16
Mar
Dogs sniff out terrorists at London Olympics
Dozens of highly trained bomb-sniffing dogs are preparing to protect the city of London when the summer Olympics kick off in July.
09
Mar
Photo of the day: Stacey Tadd from the University of Bath swims the Womens 200-meter Breastroke final on March 8 during day six of the British Gas Swimming Championships in London. In addition to being the country’s top swimming event of the season, the championships creates added pressure this year because it is the qualifying event that will determine who will earn a coveted spot on Great Britain’s Olympic and Paralympic swim teams.
05
Mar
Organizers hope a reusable arena, lots of greener cars, and a large-scale waste management plan will help these big games have small impact.
08
Jan
A waxy tree frog rests on a zookeeper’s hand during London Zoo’s annual stock take of animals on Jan. 4 in London. The zoo’s annual animal count takes place at the beginning of the year, giving keepers a chance to check on all of the animals — from stick insects and frogs to tigers and camels.
MNN’s photos of the week
