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Tuesday, February 21, 2012
London: Text messaging could be stunting children’s reading skills, a Canadian study has revealed....
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Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Washington: To save the more than 7,000 languages spoken on our planet today from going into oblivion by the end of this century, linguists from the National ...
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Tuesday, February 21, 2012
An artiste performs a dance on the eve of Mela Dosmoche in Leh....
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Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Kochi: For those who party often and find it difficult to send out invitations, Leap Software Solutions Private Limited. has begun providing a free online invitation tool called Yoovite.com....
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Tuesday, February 21, 2012
New Delhi: Restaurant weeks are getting increasingly common around the world. New York, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Sydney and Hong Kong are ...
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Tuesday, February 07, 2012
An Afghan walks during a snow storm in Kabul. Officials hope that the country's largest airport will reopen after being closed due to heavy snowfall; a Siberian tiger licks its paw at the zoo in Bucharest....
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Tuesday, February 07, 2012
Mohammed Wasim is a young helpline operator at India’s National Association for the Blind (NAB) who could only perceive brightness and lights, but the lack of ability to discern shapes meant living in a shapeless world where every small obstacle could prove a barrier....
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Tuesday, February 07, 2012
A smartphone made out of bamboo has been designed by a British student. Kieron-Scott Woodhouse, from Shepherds Bush in London, plans to release his product in the UK and throughout Europe later this year....
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Tuesday, January 31, 2012
The Internet is becoming our main source of memory instead of our own brains, a study has concluded....
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Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Male house mice produce melodious songs to attract mates, but being in the ultra-sonic range our ears cannot detect them....
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Tuesday, January 31, 2012
American 3D street and chalk artist, Tracy Lee Stun, gives finshing touches to her creation of a 3D image of Mahatma Gandhi in front of the venue of the Kolkata Book Fair ...
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Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Manali, Himachal Pradesh: Visitors to Goshal village and nine tiny hamlets located in its vicinity in Kullu district have been warned not to make a noise as the ‘gods’ are in deep meditation. ...
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012
An artist giving final touches to Assam tableaux, prior to the Republic Day celebrations, during a press preview in New Delhi on Saturday....
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Coming soon: A Star Trek-style medical scanner, say scientists. And, as a major step towards achieving its goal, an international team has already developed a new way of creating a type of radiation known as Terahertz (THz) or T-rays, the ‘Nature Photonics’ journal reported. ...
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Poland has put up for rent Hitler’s Wolf’s Lair, the massive fortified base where the Nazi leader spent much of the war time and the scene of a famous assassination attempt, the ‘Telegraph’ reported las week....
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Scientists in Zurich have created the world’s smallest 3D map – of the world....
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Tiny portions of ethanol, the type of alcohol found in alcoholic beverages, can more than double the lifespan of a tiny worm known as C elegans....
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Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Hundreds of Bangladeshi Muslims struggle to return home after attending the three-day Islamic Congregation in Tongi, on the outskirts of Dhaka, on Sunday. The congregation held each year since 1966, is among the world's largest religious gatherings....
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Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Iron plays a vital role in the development of the brain – too little can result in cognitive problems, too much promotes degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s....
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Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Drinking alcohol releases endorphins in areas of the brain that produce feelings of euphoria....
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