Pop star Whitney Houston dies at 48 (Second Lead)
February 12th, 2012 - 3:09 pm ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, Feb 12 (IANS) One of the world's best-selling and highly awarded music artists, Whitney Houston was found dead in a California hotel. She was 48.She was found ... Read more...
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Whale Orca’s ears inspire ultrasensitive mike
June 26th, 2011 - 10:35 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, June 26 (IANS) Orca whale's ears have inspired researchers to develop a microphone so sensitive that it can be used at any ocean depth, capable of recording anything from ... Read more...
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‘Double Dhamaal’, crude slapstick fare (IANS Hindi Film Review)
June 25th, 2011 - 1:38 am ICT by IANS
Film: "Double Dhamaal" ; Starring Sanjay Dutt, Arshad Warsi ,Riteish Deshmukh, Javed Jaffrey, Mallika Sherawat, Kangna Ranaut; Directed by Indra Kumar; Rating: **Some things never change. Like Indra Kumar's style ... Read more...
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Armless Chinese man wows audiences by playing piano with toes
August 13th, 2010 - 2:53 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, August 13 (ANI): An armless Chinese man left the audience on "China's Got Talent" amazed with a flawless performance on piano - using only his toes.Liu Wei lost both his ... Read more...
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Blue whales can accurately align the pitch of their songs
August 3rd, 2010 - 3:14 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 3 (ANI): Blue whales can synchronize the pitch of their calls with an extremely high level of accuracy, and a very slim margin of error from call to call, according ... Read more...
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Julie Andrews fears botched throat op has taken her voice
October 16th, 2009 - 2:42 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 16 (ANI): 'Sound of Music' star Julie Andrews has revealed that after a throat operation went wrong, she no longer has the ability to sing as she used to.Andrews, ... Read more...
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The record breaking musician who came back from the brink (Feature with images)
September 14th, 2009 - 11:26 am ICT by IANS
By Brij Khandelwal
Agra, Sep 14 (IANS) Following his brother's death in 1982, Dinesh Shandilya went through severe depression that led him to attempt suicide. And then, in his darkest hour, he discovered ... Read more...
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‘Singing brains’ offer hope for better epilepsy, schizophrenia treatments
May 20th, 2009 - 2:14 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 20 (ANI): A team of scientists at Cardiff University, led by an Indian origin boffin, has discovered that studying the way a person's brain 'sings' could shed light on conditions ... Read more...
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The key to perfect pitch lies in tonal languages
May 7th, 2009 - 1:18 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 7 (ANI): Do you want your child to have the perfect pitch? Well, then start him or her early on Mandarin or Vietnamese lessons, that's the suggestion of a new ... Read more...
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Why Stradivari violins sound better than modern ones
October 3rd, 2008 - 4:45 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, October 3 (ANI): Researchers at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina, have identified a measurable sound quality that distinguishes the superior quality violins made by eighteenth-century Italian instrument-makers Stradivari ... Read more...
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