Ukraine wants to ban cartoon for promoting homosexuality
August 18th, 2012 - 10:45 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 18 (IANS) The Ukraine government's morality agency has called cartoon "SpongeBob Squarepants" a "real threat to children" and wants to ban it as it "promotes homosexuality", the Daily ... Read more...
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Self-cloning marine animals may help shed light on ageing process
April 21st, 2011 - 11:22 am ICT by ANI
Washington, April 21 (ANI): Scientists at the University of Gothenburg believe that the key to delaying ageing in humans is held in marine animals that reproduce asexually by cloning.They have shown how ... Read more...
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525-mn-year-old fossil sheds new light on primitive sea creatures
March 25th, 2011 - 5:03 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, March 25 (ANI): A remarkable fossil, which sheds new light on an important group of primitive sea creatures, has been discovered by researchers from China, Leicester and Oxford.The 525-million-year-old fossil belongs ... Read more...
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Lowly marine worms distantly related to humans
February 10th, 2011 - 5:13 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 10 (ANI): A new research has found that two groups of lowly marine worms are related to complex species including vertebrates (such as humans) and starfish.Previously thought to be an ... Read more...
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Starfish’s ’slimy goo’ may cure inflammation
December 10th, 2010 - 12:57 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 10 (ANI): Starfish could hold the key to new treatment for inflammatory conditions such as asthma, hay fever and arthritis, believe scientists.The species they are interested in is the spiny ... Read more...
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Toxic Metals Poses Threat To Sperm Whales
June 25th, 2010 - 7:33 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Agadir, Morocco, June 25, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Researchers have found an alarming rate of toxic and heavy metals in the samples taken from an estimated 1,000 sperm whales. The research was ... Read more...
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Eyeless urchins can “see” with spines
February 7th, 2010 - 12:53 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 7 (ANI): A new study has confirmed that the spiky body of an eyeless sea urchin acts as one big, spine-covered eye.Sea urchins, like their close relatives the starfish, ... Read more...
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‘Sex-starved’ Jordan ‘fixing beau’s early Celebrity BB eviction’
January 25th, 2010 - 1:11 pm ICT by ANI
London, January 25 (ANI): British glamour girl Jordan was said to be trying to arrange beau Alex Reid's early eviction from the house of Celebrity Big Brother.The 31-year-old, a.k.a Katie Price, ... Read more...
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Marine metropolis discovered in underwater mountain range in New Zealand
May 19th, 2008 - 2:40 pm ICT by admin
Washington, May 19 (ANI): Scientists have captured the first images of Brittlestar City a marine metropolis, which has millions of starfish-like creatures, in a vast underwater mountain range south of New ... Read more...
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