Spider crab re-discovered after 99 years
August 25th, 2011 - 9:03 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, Aug 25 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Scientists have sighted a rare spider crab after they last did so in 1912. When the curious fishermen pulled the water creature out of their haul, ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Asses’ milk - latest in weight reduction armoury
May 27th, 2011 - 4:56 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 27 (IANS) Asses' milk happened to be the secret lotion in Cleopatra's beauty armoury, but now scientists say its consumption could help you lose weight effectively, while ... Read more...
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Jack the Ripper was a German sailor, ex-UK detective claims
April 17th, 2011 - 1:55 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr. 17 (ANI): Jack the Ripper was probably a German merchant seaman named Carl Feigenbaum. This is a theory proposed by former English murder squad detective Trevor Marriott.Speaking in an ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Victorian criminal records show female convicts got harsh punishments
February 25th, 2011 - 5:24 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 25 (ANI): The harsh punishments handed out to female convicts in Victorian times have been revealed through thousands of criminal records.Family history website, Ancestry.co.uk will for the first time publish ... Read more...
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Shark deaths pack oceans with small fish
February 20th, 2011 - 10:54 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 20 (IANS) The oceans are increasingly becoming over-crowded with sardines thanks to the huge decline of big predators like sharks, as also tuna and cod due to overfishing, scientists say.
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Posted in Environment |
Modern lifestyle bringing back rickets to Britain
November 14th, 2010 - 1:23 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 14 (IANS) Rickets, a '17th century diseases' caused by low levels of vitamin D, is rearing its ugly head in Britain after 80 years, and modern lifestyle is to blame. ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Campaign to construct Babbage Analytical Engine picks pace
October 17th, 2010 - 5:11 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 17 (ANI): More than 1,600 people have committed money and support to build Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine.Although elements of the engine have been built over the last 173 years, ... Read more...
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‘Women’s brain as powerful as men’s’
September 13th, 2010 - 8:50 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 13 (IANS) Don't underestimate women's brains, which are as capable as that of men, says a neuroscientist.
Prof Gina Rippon from Aston University in Birmingham dismisses the idea that our ... Read more...
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Inbreeding damaged Darwin’s family
May 2nd, 2010 - 1:34 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 2 (ANI): Charles Darwin's children may have blighted themselves genetically because of generations of inbreeding in his own family.The research, led by James Moore, professor of science history at the ... Read more...
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Cadbury makes special festive chocolate for Queen
December 23rd, 2009 - 4:55 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 23 (ANI): Cadbury bosses have revealed that they make a chocolate bar especially for The Queen at Christmas.While the chocolate makers have kept the recipe a secret, it is believed ... Read more...
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Posh and Gwen’s kids’ names are blasts from the Victorian past
June 9th, 2009 - 6:19 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 9 (ANI): Victoria Beckham and Gwyneth Paltrow may have been less original than usually thought while naming their kids Brooklyn and Apple, for the unusual monikers have been around ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
BBC to screen docu featuring corpses
May 3rd, 2009 - 12:54 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 3 (ANI): The BBC is planning to screen a documentary that will feature the corpses of viewers' relatives.The one of a kind programme will be presented by Richard Wilson, reports ... Read more...
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Scientists clear away “cosmic dust” to get better look at youngest supernova remnant
April 23rd, 2009 - 4:19 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 23 (ANI): Researchers at North Carolina (NC) State University have used a mathematical model that allows them to get a clearer picture of the galaxy's youngest supernova remnant by clearing ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Lack of space paves way for double-decker graves in UK
November 15th, 2008 - 1:54 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 15 (ANI): In a bid to tackle a shortage of space, human remains are to be exhumed and re-buried deeper in the ground in double-decker graves, it has been ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Custard Cream makes it to the Oxford English Dictionary
July 3rd, 2008 - 4:01 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 3 (ANI): After 100 years as one of Britains favourite teatime treats, the humble custard cream has finally been given the ultimate honor - an entry into the Oxford ... Read more...
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