Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. At age 14, Swift became the youngest artist signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house and, at 15, she signed her first record deal.
Her 2006 eponymous debut album was the longest-charting album of the 2000s in the US. Its third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008.
Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", it became the US' best-selling album of 2009 and was certified diamond in the US. The album won four Grammy Awards, and Swift became the youngest Album of the Year winner.
Terrifying 'flesh-eating' bees that feed on dead bodies leave scientists baffled
dailystar.co.ukstudy has revealed the existence of ‘flesh-eating’ bees who feast on dead bodies rather than battle for nectar.The bees in question are classed as tropical and are believed to be the first of their species in the world to use a different food sauce other than plants.It is believed the meat-eating bee is from the Trigona family of stingless bees and can be found in Costa Rica.The research was carried out by staff from the University of California (UC) Riverside.“These are the only bees in the world that have evolved to use food sources not produced by plants, which is a pretty remarkable change in dietary habits,” said UC Riverside entomologist Doug Yanega.The bees have now been nicknamed the ‘vulture bees’ by scientists because they seem to.
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