Scientists challenge Big Bang theory
August 21st, 2012 - 1:01 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Aug 21 (IANS) The beginning of the universe should not be ascribed to the Big Bang. It was more like water freezing into ice, say theoretical physicists from the ... Read more...
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‘Rework climate change models to save snails’
February 8th, 2012 - 2:32 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Feb 8 (IANS) Some of the world's smallest creatures like snails are in danger of becoming extinct unless climate change models are reworked to save them.Snails usually play a ... Read more...
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Camper loses his pet boa constrictor at County Park
June 21st, 2011 - 8:23 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Addison Oaks County, Mich., June 21 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Park officials at the Addison Oaks County Park are on the lookout for a 5-foot boa constrictor. The animal escaped from its owner last ... Read more...
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Witwatersrand basin in South Africa has ‘world’s oldest water’
February 21st, 2011 - 5:22 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 21 (ANI): A new study has suggested that deep saline groundwaters in South Africa's Witwatersrand Basin may have remained isolated for millions of years and could be the world's oldest ... Read more...
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I fear, masses may not like ‘Dhobi Ghat’: Aamir
November 5th, 2010 - 3:25 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 5 (IANS) Superstar Aamir Khan says his forthcoming film "Dhobi Ghat", which is his wife Kiran Rao's directorial debut, may not be liked by the masses.
"I fear that ... Read more...
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Salman Rushdie’s heritage house in Himachal crumbling (With Image)
September 20th, 2010 - 10:56 am ICT by IANS
By Vishal Gulati
Solan (Himachal Pradesh), Sep 20 (IANS) Salman Rushdie's ancestral home, where the acclaimed India-born British novelist spent many summer vacations as a child, is succumbing to the ravages of time ... Read more...
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Fat lipped fish evolving at record speed
May 15th, 2010 - 2:02 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 15 (ANI): In what could be called one of the fastest evolutionary change in an organism, fish in a remote crater lake in Nicaragua are developing a new physical feature- ... Read more...
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Melting of Greenland’s glaciers much more complex than previously imagined
December 17th, 2009 - 5:38 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, December 17 (ANI): Scientists studying the melting of Greenland's glaciers are discovering that water flowing beneath the ice plays a much more complex role than they previously imagined.Researchers previously thought that ... Read more...
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Oozy new military robo can squeeze through tiny spaces
October 17th, 2009 - 12:31 pm ICT by ANI
London, October 17 (ANI): A technology company has developed a new military robot that resembles an oozy blob, which has the ability to squeeze through all manner of cracks and crevices.According ... Read more...
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Cave paintings more than 20,000 years old found in Spain
October 9th, 2009 - 5:12 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, October 9 (ANI): A group of archaeologists has found paintings more than 20,000 years old in a cave in Deba, a town located in the province of Gipuzkoa, in the autonomous ... Read more...
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Playing ‘heads or tails’ helps sea snakes deceive their predators
August 6th, 2009 - 12:42 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, August 6 (ANI): A new research has claimed that in a deadly game of heads or tails, venomous sea snakes in the Pacific and Indian Oceans deceive their predators into believing ... Read more...
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Mysterious explosion scares people in Himachal
August 2nd, 2009 - 4:25 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Aug 2 (IANS) Residents of a few villages in Himachal Pradesh's tribal Lahaul and Spiti district are panicked over a mysterious explosion on top of a mountain. District administration authorities, however, ... Read more...
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Jews can now ‘tweet’ their prayers to ‘Twitter’s Western Wall’
July 24th, 2009 - 2:44 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 24 (ANI): Many who are unable to make it to the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City can now have their prayers placed on the walls through an address on ... Read more...
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Type 2 diabetes start showing symptoms about 10yrs before diagnosis
May 14th, 2009 - 1:36 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 14 (ANI): Type 2 diabetes start showing its symptoms as long as 10 years before it gets diagnosed in patients, who often have no idea about their condition before the ... Read more...
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Barren ocean area may be teeming with marine life
September 23rd, 2008 - 3:05 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, September 23 (ANI): An international team of earth scientists has reported movement of warmed sea water through the flat, Pacific Ocean floor off Costa Rica, which is greater than that ... Read more...
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Grazing sea urchins create ambient underwater noise on rocky reefs
July 23rd, 2008 - 1:53 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 23 (ANI): A new study has found out that chewing sounds from ravenous sea urchins cause ambient underwater noise on rocky reefs, which becomes a hundred times louder just ... Read more...
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Sea cucumber-inspired fibre switches from rigid to flexible
June 21st, 2008 - 3:31 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 21 (ANI): Case Western University researchers say that they have invented a biopolymer that can be transformed from rigid to flexible, and vice versa.The researchers say that their ... Read more...
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Moderate aftershocks jolt China’s quake zone
May 18th, 2008 - 7:48 pm ICT by admin
Xinhua
Beijing, May 18 (Xinhua) A moderate aftershock measuring 6 on the Richter scale jolted Jiangyou city in China's quake-hit Sichuan province early Sunday, officials said. No casualties were reported. The temblor jolted ... Read more...
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Found: New fish that crawls
April 3rd, 2008 - 4:26 pm ICT by admin
Washington, April 3 (IANS) A fish that crawls into crevices rather than swim may be able to see like humans, perhaps representing an entirely unknown family of fishes, according to a new ... Read more...
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New fish can see in the same way that humans do
April 3rd, 2008 - 1:47 pm ICT by admin
Washington, April 3 (ANI): A new fish discovered in Indonesian waters off Ambon Island, is said to have human like features, with the ability to see in the same way that ... Read more...
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Elephants eating habits strongly influence lizards habitat choices
January 29th, 2008 - 1:36 pm ICT by admin
Washington, January 29 (ANI): The eating habits of elephants have a strong influence on the habitat choices of lizards, says a researcher.Robert M. Pringle of Stanford University says that his findings are ... Read more...
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