Tuesday, October 6, 1998
Singaporean couples marry on the Net
Fourteen Singaporean couples had their marriages broadcast live on the internet global computer network in what is said to be the world's first. Friends and relatives of the couple could view the ceremonies by logging on to the web site, sign electronic guest books, and send congratulatory digital cards to the couples.
From East to West, seeing India through Ian Hislop's eyes
As if you weren't already a quivering mass of nerves, an Englishwoman named Judith who's just back from a trek in the Himalayas comes up to ask for Ian Hislop's autograph. This is after she has kindly filled you in on how his is the best comedy show on television: Have I Got News For You
She isolated radioactive radium and polonium
Becquerel discovered radioactivity. But the part of the atom emitting these mysterious rays was still unknown. It was difficult to isolate the radioactive part using chemical methods available nearly one hundred years ago. The task was complicated further by the fact that isotopes were yet to be discovered.
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