Archive for March, 2010

  • HUNT FOR OTHER EARTHS

    HUNT FOR OTHER EARTHS

    As said in the national geographic.. It’s past midnight in the dim telescope control room, but Dominique Naef’s day has suddenly brightened. He twitches his computer cursor over a wavy line. “I like it,” the Swiss astronomer says, beaming. “I like it a lot. Wow.”...

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  • World without nuclear weapons

    World without nuclear weapons

    It took the United States about five years to build two weapons. It might take India – now that it has already produced nuclear weapons – a few weeks, or less, depending on how ready it kept its personnel and supplies for mobilization. If a...

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  • VENOMOUS DINOSAURS?

    VENOMOUS DINOSAURS?

    Though the movie ‘Jurassic Park’ was packed with pseudo-science, one of its fictions may have accidentally anticipated a dinosaur discovery announced today—venomous raptors. Though its a far cry from the movie’s venom-spitting Dilophosaurus, the 125-million-year-old Sinornithosaurus might have attacked like today’s rear-fanged snakes, a new...

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  • Low cost for renewable energy

    Low cost for renewable energy

    Alcoa, the aluminum giant, is testing a new type of solar technology that the company said it believed will lower the cost of renewable energy. The company has replaced the glass in parabolic troughs with reflective aluminum and integrated the mirror into a single structure....

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  • Staying Healthy

    Staying Healthy

    Aiming to take ‘Surya-Namaskar’, the ancient Indian exercise cum ‘Sadhana’ in worship of the Sun god, to an international level attained by ‘Yoga’, the medical fraternity has undertaken a novel project . As many as 500 doctors in the city would do 12 ‘Namaskaras’ every...

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  • New lease for cancer

    New lease for cancer

    Researchers have launched a clinical study to test new treatments for aggressive breast cancer in a rare alliance between the US government and five major drug companies. The new drugs may help boost survival rates for women diagnosed with this type of breast cancer which...

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  • Wanna add some fat?

    Wanna add some fat?

    While realms of space has been dedicated solely to how you can knock off those unwanted pounds and lose those inches, there are also people that want to put on a little bit of weight, and have a tough time doing so. Here are some...

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  • No Help

    No Help

    The software giant Microsoft has told Windows XP users not to press the F1 key when prompted by a Web site, as part of a security advisory. The advisory has been issued regarding an unpatched vulnerability that hackers could exploit to hijack PCs running Internet...

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  • Cars Bonaza

    Cars Bonaza

    I’ve always likes cars for some reasons because I guess I know how to drive one. If I have money I would choose a European car like Italian one but unfortunately I can’t afford right now. Who knows in the future I will be able...

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  • Earth Hour

    Earth Hour

    A campaign based on hope not fear, and the idea that everyone can take personal responsibility for the future of the planet we live on, is envisioned by WWF. Earth Hour has done a lot to raise awareness of climate change issues. But there’s more...

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