Kate Middleton’s Cousin poses for Playboy
August 15th, 2012 - 7:14 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, August 15 (NEWS) Kate Middleton cousin is getting a nice sum of money through her stint with Playboy. She has now gained fame through her body figure and her talented ... Read more...
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Briton’s DNA links him to world’s first woman (Lead, correcting para two)
June 30th, 2012 - 8:32 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 30 (IANS) A British pensioner got the mother of all shocks when he discovered he was directly related to Eve, the world's first woman who lived 190,000 years ... Read more...
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Briton’s DNA links him to world’s first woman
June 30th, 2012 - 8:01 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 30 (IANS) A British pensioner got the mother of all shocks when he discovered he was directly related to Eve, the world's first woman who lived 190,000 years ... Read more...
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Houseflies have more than 152,000 cousins!
April 19th, 2011 - 7:01 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr 19 (ANI): Houseflies have more than 152,000 cousins that have been described and named, and least that many more that haven't yet been discovered and described, a new research has ... Read more...
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Oprah Winfrey’s Mother Vernita Lee Gave Away Patricia For Secret Adoption
January 25th, 2011 - 8:34 pm ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey
Jan 25, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Last night a new chapter of talk show queen Oprah Winfrey was unleashed on her popular show that went on to surprise viewers who never knew ... Read more...
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16-Year-Old Sabrina Parker Dies Of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
December 21st, 2010 - 8:34 pm ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey
Dec 21, (THAINDIAN NEWS) It must have been very hard for Sabrina Parker's family and friends to accept the death of the teenager who lost her life to the fatal ... Read more...
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Woman gets killer relative’s body after 189 years
November 11th, 2010 - 9:35 am ICT by IANS
London, Nov 11 (IANS) A woman in Britain has won the legal battle to bury her relative's body, which had been put on display at a university for 189 years after the ... Read more...
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African American William Holland Finds Himself To Be Of Royal Blood After DNA Test, Family Reunion In Cameroon
September 10th, 2010 - 8:50 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Sep 10, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Atlanta researcher William Holland has just seen a 'Princess Diaries' happening to him as the result of a genealogical research has revealed that he is actually ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Brit kids named after Hitler, Beatles members
July 18th, 2010 - 6:13 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 18 (ANI): At least 20 babies born in Britain since 1945 have been given the same first name as Nazi monster Adolf Hitler, it has been found.According to Findmypast.co.uk, the ... Read more...
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New undocumented primate defies classification
May 12th, 2010 - 9:40 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington DC, May 12 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Scientists say that a newly discovered primate that lived in Africa about 37 million years ago, is defying the norms of science and their classification techniques. ... Read more...
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How Ellen DeGeneres is related to Madonna
April 21st, 2010 - 4:45 pm ICT by ANI
London, April 21 (ANI): Ellen DeGeneres recently discovered that she and pop star Madonna are distant cousins but was too busy to delve into her ancestry. But now Lisa Kudrow has ... Read more...
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Communication in caterpillars evolved from walking
April 14th, 2010 - 12:11 pm ICT by ANI
London, April 14 (ANI): Scientists from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, have found that communication in caterpillars evolved from the simple act of walking.The researchers have found that hair-like structures that the ... Read more...
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King Tut had a clubfoot & he died from malaria had
February 17th, 2010 - 9:23 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Cairo, Feb 17 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Latest forensic research indicates that King Tut had a clubfoot and due to this shortcoming, he had lots of difficulty in walking, and had to take ... Read more...
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Man marries again for son, becomes father at 62
February 2nd, 2010 - 6:44 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Feb 2 (IANS) Worried about his lineage dying out as his son refused his pleas to produce another child, a man in Orissa married for the second time at 57 and ... Read more...
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Facebook reunites father, daughter after 48 years
January 26th, 2010 - 9:46 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 26 (IANS) A father and daughter, who have not seen each other for nearly 48 years, have finally been reunited and the credit goes to the social networking website ... Read more...
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Russell Crowe’s family tree traced to fruit, veggies wholesalers
December 31st, 2009 - 12:51 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, December 31 (ANI): Russell Crowe's family tree has apparently been traced to a line of fruit and vegetable wholesalers in a town in northeast Wales.The Aussie actor's great grandfather Bill ... Read more...
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UK’s former deputy PM John Prescott has incest in family
November 29th, 2009 - 12:52 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 29 (ANI): Former Deputy PM of UK John Prescott made a shocking discovery while tracing his family tree for a BBC documentary.He found that his great great grandmother had four ... Read more...
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Britain’s oldest known dinosaur to be unearthed
November 4th, 2009 - 1:31 pm ICT by ANI
Edinburgh, November 4 (ANI): A team of researchers have announced that the are all set to excavate the remains of Britain's oldest known dinosaur almost 40 years after they were first discovered.Bones ... Read more...
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Your DNA can spill your surname secrets
October 8th, 2008 - 4:48 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, October 8 (ANI): Researchers at the University of Leicester are trying to develop techniques that can one day enable police to work out criminals surnames just by analysing their DNA. ... Read more...
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Palin is Brit and Irish in origin
September 10th, 2008 - 3:06 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept.10 (ANI): Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin is of British origin.
According to The Sun, her family tree can be traced back to 18th century Norwich.
Historians revealed on Tuesday that Palins ... Read more...
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Now, zoom into your past with the magical ancestry tour
June 22nd, 2008 - 1:56 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 22 (ANI): Now, you can take a trip into your ancestry, thanks to a new genealogy firm in Britain, which guarantees to take people on a deluxe tour around ... Read more...
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Its an honour to be related to Madge, Jolie: Hillary Clinton
April 21st, 2008 - 3:36 pm ICT by admin
Washington, April 21 (ANI): U.S. presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton is more than pleased with reports that she's a distant cousin of both Madonna and Angelina Jolie.Clinton has admitted that she is ... Read more...
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Evolution of new species slows down as number of competitors increases
March 25th, 2008 - 2:17 pm ICT by admin
Washington, March 25 (ANI): A new study has suggested that the rate at which new species are formed in a group of closely related animals decreases as the total number of ... Read more...
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Evolutionary history of lemurs may shed light on our own
February 26th, 2008 - 1:44 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Feb 26 (ANI): DNA analysis of more than 200 lemurs by researchers has helped in getting a clearer picture of the evolutionary history of the species, which in turn might shed ... Read more...
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