Survival expert Jessica Biel
September 10th, 2012 - 4:40 am ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, Sep 10 (IANS) Actress Jessica Biel, who is engaged to Justin Timberlake, taught by her father how to deal with extreme conditions, and knows how to stop hypothermia ... Read more...
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Runner dies during Mexico City marathon
September 4th, 2012 - 12:30 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Sep 4 (IANS/EFE) A 33-year-old man has died from a heart attack while trying to complete the Mexico City marathon over the weekend.Juan Pablo de la Mora died ... Read more...
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Train in sauna to battle Sri Lanka heat, Gough tells England
March 26th, 2012 - 3:57 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 26 (IANS) Former England fast bowler Darren Gough has some advice for the English team that aims to conquer Sri Lanka in their own backyard -- train in ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
US serves notice on India on Iran oil sanctions
March 22nd, 2012 - 10:34 am ICT by IANS
Washington, March 22 (IANS) The United States has served notice on India and 11 other major importers of Iranian oil that a decision on imposing financial sanctions on ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Lizards being trained for space travel
March 16th, 2012 - 6:39 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 16 (IANS) Lizards are known for their adaptation to extreme conditions and a team is being trained in Russia to be sent to space.The geckos will become the ... Read more...
Posted in World |
‘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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Plant found with built-in drought alarm
January 13th, 2012 - 3:29 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Jan 13 (IANS) A signal found in plants could act as a drought alarm, allowing them to adapt to such extreme conditions.Scientists stumbled on the signal while trying to ... Read more...
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Woman gives birth on flight to Moscow
October 14th, 2011 - 11:22 pm ICT by IANS
Dushanbe, Oct 14 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A healthy baby boy was born on a Tajik Air flight from Dushanbe to Moscow, company spokeswoman Lola Kendzhaeva said Friday."Shabnam Rakhimova gave birth two ... Read more...
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Pitcher plant inspires liquid repelling coating
September 23rd, 2011 - 5:35 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 23 (IANS) After rainfall, the cupped leaf of the sweet smelling pitcher plant becomes a frictionless surface, enticing ants, spiders and even frogs to their doom. Now it ... Read more...
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Pilot training blamed for 2009 Air France crash
July 29th, 2011 - 10:21 pm ICT by IANS
Paris, July 29 (IANS) The training of the pilots on an Air France plane, which crashed in 2009 killing 228 people, was partially blamed Friday by a French investigation agency ... Read more...
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Earth becoming a windier place: Study
March 25th, 2011 - 3:09 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, March 25 (ANI): A new study has revealed that the world is getting breezier.Although global warming is a suspect, researchers can't say for sure whether climate change is behind the growing ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Scientists study isolated islands to test limits of human existence
February 21st, 2011 - 5:44 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 21 (ANI): Scientists are studying an isolated segment of islands in the Pacific Ring of Fire to test the limits upto which humans can survive in extreme conditions.The Kuril Islands ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Vijay Mallya ‘hand-carries century old bottles of whisky to Glasgow’
January 15th, 2011 - 3:21 pm ICT by ANI
Wellington, Jan 15 (ANI): Indian liquor baron Vijay Mallya jetted into Christchurch to hand-carry three bottles of whisky, left from British explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton's 1907 Antarctic expedition, to Glasgow.The bottles of ... Read more...
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The big freeze: New Yorkers continue to battle two feet of snow (Lead)
December 30th, 2010 - 8:16 pm ICT by IANS
New York, Dec 30 (IANS) Hundreds of people were trapped in freezing subway carriages for hours overnight after the snow took out power to their train, even as others in New York ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
‘On fire’ Lee dismisses Ashes comeback calls
December 5th, 2010 - 12:54 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Dec 5(ANI): Fast bowler Brett Lee has dismissed any chance of an emergency return to Test cricket to inject a lethal sting into Australia's maligned Ashes attack.Lee, who had retired from ... Read more...
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BMW recalls 21,771 cars in China; Jaguar 30
October 16th, 2010 - 6:13 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, Oct 16 (IANS) German auto giant BMW has recalled more than 21,000 luxury sedans from Chinese customers to fix the faulty brake system, while British carmaker Jaguar Land Rover has ... Read more...
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Scientists recreate extreme conditions 1800 miles below Earth’s crust
September 24th, 2010 - 2:05 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sept 24 (ANI): A new study by Yale University and the University of California, Berkeley, sheds light on why certain seismic waves travel more quickly through the core-mantle boundary, a thin ... Read more...
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Curfew continues in Srinagar after violence
August 1st, 2010 - 1:34 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Aug 1 (IANS) Curfew continued in summer capital Sunday after two days of violence in which six people were killed in firing by security forces. Separatists have called for a shutdown ... Read more...
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‘Neptune water’ soon in labs
July 22nd, 2010 - 5:37 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 22 (ANI): Scientists plan to simulate conditions in lab to show exactly how water behaves in the extreme conditions that Neptune presents.The new Facility for Antiprotons and Ion Research (FAIR) ... Read more...
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New wireless device transmits power through armoured doors
July 22nd, 2010 - 4:20 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 22 (ANI): A new wireless device developed by UK scientists is capable of sending power through armoured doors.The device can transmit power wirelessly through several inches of steel.The developers, ... Read more...
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60 Minutes Spreads Awareness About The Lost Children Of Haiti
July 12th, 2010 - 7:55 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
July 12, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): About half of the people who were victims of the tragic Haiti incident were children, as has been reported recently. 50% of them ... Read more...
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Beware frequent fliers: Aircraft cabin air can be toxic
June 25th, 2010 - 2:35 pm ICT by IANS
By K.S. Jayaraman
Bangalore, June 25 (IANS) Headache, breathing trouble and other unexplained illnesses in frequent fliers just might be the result of breathing toxic fumes circulating in commercial airline cabins, according to ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Kate Gosselin Waiting Eagerly To Be Garbage Collector!
June 3rd, 2010 - 8:25 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
June 3, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Kate Gosselin may have been leading a blissful life after the super success of her reality show but the mother of two has gone back to ... Read more...
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First images of electrons’ secret dance that causes them to change form
June 3rd, 2010 - 5:43 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 3 (ANI): Scientists from McMaster University, Cornell University, the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven and Los Alamos National Laboratories have captured the first images of electrons that appear to take ... Read more...
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Novel method to speed up output of aircraft engines
May 8th, 2010 - 4:30 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 8 (IANS) Complex-shaped components in aircraft engines can be produced quickly and at a reasonable price using selective laser melting, a new study says.
Aircraft engine components must perform under ... Read more...
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Faster smart sensors in the offing
April 21st, 2010 - 3:38 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, April 21 (IANS) An Indian researcher with the North Carolina State University (NCSU) has developed new "smart sensors" to allow for faster response times as in military and security situations a ... Read more...
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Apex court rap vindicates army officer who ‘lost all’ at 24
April 2nd, 2010 - 8:29 pm ICT by IANS
By Alkesh Sharma
Chandigarh, April 2 (IANS) The Indian Army is "the most neglected in the world", says retired army officer C.S. Sidhu, who won a legal battle with the government over his ... Read more...
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New evidence supports 19th century idea on formation of Earth’s oil and natural gas
November 5th, 2009 - 3:48 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, November 5 (ANI): Scientists are reporting laboratory evidence supporting the possibility that some of Earth's oil and natural gas may have formed in a way much different than the traditional process ... Read more...
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Astronomers find first rocky planet outside solar system
September 17th, 2009 - 7:21 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 17 (DPA) A group of European astronomers said Wednesday that they had found the first known rocky planet outside the solar system.
The find by European Southern Observatory scientists in Garching, ... Read more...
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“Surviving Disaster”: Spike TV’s New Series Promises Much
September 2nd, 2009 - 6:15 pm ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey
"Surviving Disaster", Spike TV's new original series premiered on Tuesday, September 1 and has already been tagged as a "hit" amongst the viewers, especially men.The show which is hosted ... Read more...
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Israeli missing in Himachal, father wants extensive search
August 31st, 2009 - 3:47 pm ICT by IANS
Kullu (Himachal Pradesh), Aug 31 (IANS) Holding on to the belief that his son is alive, an anxious father has hired a private rescue team but wants Indian authorities to extensively search ... Read more...
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Japan’s robotic arm used for first time on space station
July 24th, 2009 - 7:24 am ICT by IANS
Washington, July 24 (DPA) Astronauts on board the International Space Station (ISS) Thursday used a robotic arm to place Japanese experiments outside the station.
Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata and US astronaut Tim ... Read more...
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“Diamond dust” snow falls every night on Mars in winter
July 3rd, 2009 - 1:14 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 3 (ANI): New data from NASA's Mars Phoenix Lander has revealed that every night during the Martian winter, water-ice crystals fall from high, thin clouds over the north pole, ... Read more...
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Power cuts affecting municipal hospitals in Delhi: Mayor
June 29th, 2009 - 7:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) With power cuts becoming a routine feature in the national capital and residents reeling under the merciless heat - municipal hospitals are finding it tough to carry ... Read more...
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120,000 yr old frozen microbe in Greenland may hold clues to alien life
June 15th, 2009 - 12:19 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 15 (ANI): A team of scientists has found a tiny frozen microbe trapped more than three kilometres under glacial ice in Greenland for over 120,000 years, which may hold clues ... Read more...
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