Science & Technology
Anti-ageing secret could lie with roundworms. A Hillblom Center for the Biology of Aging research.
New research from Hillblom Center for the Biology of Aging, San Francisco, claims the secret to anti-ageing could lie with roundworms. Biochemist Cynthia Kenyon and...
Apple recalls 1st gen iPod nanos due to a battery defect and is offering a replacement
Apple has decided to recall the first generation of iPod Nano due to a defect of batteries. The company has warned that the batteries on...
Canadian study: increasing use of Pill linked to higher rates of prostate cancer in men
A Canadian study published in British Medical Journal Open says that increasing use of the contraceptive pill is being linked with the rise of...
“Beauty Pays” by Prof. Daniel S. Hamermesh: good looking people are paid more
Beauty Pays, a new book by economics professor Daniel S. Hamermesh at the University of Texas-Austin, reveals what the world of advertising has known...
Diaspora* founder Ilya Zhitomirskiy dies at 22 in San Francisco
Ilya Zhitomirskiy, the social networking pioneer and Internet privacy advocate who dared to challenge Facebook and Google, died on Saturday in San Francisco. Ilya Zhitomirskiy,...
The real cost of iPhone 4S is just $173
Sales of Apple’s iPhone 4S topped 4 million in just 3 days following last month’s launch, and it’s still the must-have smartphone this winter. Out...
Map of nukes and warheads on mainland America
5,113 atomic warheads currently scattered across America and on U.S. submarines around the world, according to Mother Jones magazine. In 2009, President Barack Obama spoke...
Chuck O’Rear, the photographer of Windows XP background
The former National Geographic magazine photographer, Chuck O’Rear, was driving to visit his girlfriend when he was struck by the beauty of the Californian...
800 Powelliphanta giant snails frozen to death by mistake in New Zealand
800 endangered Powelliphanta giant land snails, were accidentally frozen to death by conservationists in New Zealand. The giant land snails from a rare species, rescued...
BMJ: eating plenty of whole grains could reduce the risk of developing colorectal cancer
Eating plenty of cereals and whole grains could reduce the risk of developing colorectal cancer, a study published in British Medical Journal says. Scientists from...
Real Mighty Mouse, rodent with double the normal muscle strength, created by Swiss scientists
Researchers at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale in Lausanne have been created a real "mighty mouse" with double the normal muscle strength while looking for...
2005 YU55 asteroid whistled past Earth at 202,000 miles away
2005 YU55, an asteroid the size of an aircraft carrier whistled past Earth at a distance of 202,000 miles away, slightly nearer than the...
Abiliti gastric pacemaker tricks the brain into feeling full
Abiliti is a gastric pacemaker, the latest hi-tech device in the battle of obesity, which works as a stomach implant that tricks the brain...
N-acetyl cysteine, the future “forever young” drug. A Durham University study.
British researchers from Durham University have found a way of slowing down ageing in individual cells, which will be reflected in a future "forever...
Having Fun with the Top Free Android Applications
Call clarity and the number of minutes provided used to be the main criteria by which people chose their cellular phones. Today how "smart" a...
Which Are the Top Android Phones?
Almost everybody has a cell phone nowadays. Even the people who vowed they would never ever discover the usefulness of a cell phone have given...
Twitter Marketing Techniques that You Can Take to the Bank
Twitter Marketing Techniques That Will Get You Fast Traffic By starting your Twitter marketing campaign with the correct tactics you can maximize the time you...
16 feet long python having a whole adult deer in its stomach captured in Everglades, Florida.
Workers at Everglades National Park, Florida captured and killed a 16-foot-long Burmese python, who was found to have a whole adult deer in its...
Aspirin reduces cancer risk by 60%. A Newcastle University study.
A major British study found that taking aspirin regularly can reduce the long-term risk of cancer by 60%. Researchers found that aspirin can reduce the...
Facebook has a new server farm in Lulea, Sweden.
Facebook has a new server farm located in the northern Swedish city of Lulea. Facebook’s Lulea plant is the firm's first facility outside the U.S.,...
Lytro light field camera might change the world of imaging
World's first digital camera that allows multiple refocuses after the picture was taken, Lytro light field camera, becomes available to customers. The camera uses a...
Alan Billis, the first man mummified in the ancient Egyptians style.
Alan Billis, a terminally ill taxi driver from Torquay, UK, has become the first man to be mummified in the style of the ancient...
BlackBerry offers free apps worth $100 to users hit by last week blackout.
BlackBerry has officially announced today it is offering free apps worth $100 to its users hit by its three-day global blackout. The Canadian company behind BlackBerry,...
New stem cell technique for growing working liver cells could avoid liver transplant. A Sanger Institute research.
A new stem cell technique for growing working liver cells which could eventually avoid the need for liver transplant has been developed by British...
Steve Jobs would be alive today if he had used conventional medical treatment, Dr. Ramzi Amri claims.
Dr. Ramzi Amri, a researcher at Harvard Medical School, claims that Steve Jobs would probably be alive today if he had not put off...
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