The Travelodge hotel chain said today that its Travelpod would soon be available at events such as music festivals and sporting competitions. Designed to be set up anywhere you might put up a tent, it's cheering news for anyone who books into B&Bs at music festivals or panics about camping holidays. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

Greenpeace says the human body is as fragile as glaciers like the Aletsch in southern Switzerland and the world's environment. The glacier itself is now shrinking by about 100 metres (110 yards) a year. picked by deepchill 11 months ago

The first inhabitants of North and South America could have been fishermen from Japan who traveled there in small boats. The new work casts doubt on the traditional theory that the "first Americans" were hunters from Asia who traveled to the continent on foot via the Bering ice bridge in Alaska some 13,500 years ago. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago