New York / February 19 : Scientists suspect an outbreak of the Zika virus is behind a surge in a rare birth defect in Brazil. But how are they going to prove it? Authorities in the South American country were quick to make the link last fall. The health minister last week said he was […]
New Delhi / February 19: Indian phone maker Ringing Bells launched a $5 smartphone today, with huge customer demand promptly crashing the little-known company’s website hours after the phone went on sale. The Freedom 251 was unveiled a day ahead of the launch and is being sold for 251 rupees ($5) — a price that […]
February 19: It’s a dispute that pits two important principles against each other. It’s about the right of the U.S. government to investigate thoroughly the most deadly terrorist attack on American soil since 9/11 versus the right of the most valuable (and iconic) American company to go about its business without the same U.S. government […]
February 18: Humans, like all social animals, have a fundamental need for contact with others. This deeply ingrained instinct helps us to survive; it’s much easier to find food, shelter, and other necessities with a group than alone. Deprived of human contact, most people become lonely and emotionally distressed. In a study appearing in the […]
Washingtom / February 5: Twitter has shut down more than 125,000 terrorism-related accounts since the middle of 2015, most of them linked to the Islamic State group, the company said in a blog post on Friday. Twitter has said it only takes down accounts when they are reported by other users, but said that it […]
February 5: U.S. astronaut Edgar Mitchell, who flew on the Apollo 14 mission and became the sixth man on the moon, has died in Florida at age 85. Family members said Mitchell died Thursday night at a hospital in West Palm Beach after a short illness. Mitchell, one of only 12 people to set foot […]
February 5: The next few days present your best chance to catch a rare view of five planets lined up in a row across the sky. For the past two weeks, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Saturn and Jupiter — all five planets visible to the naked eye — have all been visible at the same time […]
February 3: A Massachusetts graduate student who pointed out a glitch that allowed him to briefly “own” the world’s most heavily trafficked website has been awarded more than $12,000 US from Google. The Boston Globe reports that Babson College MBA candidate Sanmay Ved believed he bought the internet domain Google.com for $12 when he was […]
January 30: Bad news for those of you who are still trying to work off those holiday pounds: No matter how much exercise you get, if that’s all you do, the needle on your scale is unlikely to move very much. A new study has found that while exercise is good for you, it may […]
January 29: A U.N. panel recommended that cargo shipments of rechargeable lithium batteries be banned from passenger airliners because the batteries can create fires capable of destroying planes, said aviation officials familiar with the decision. The International Civilian Aviation Organization’s air navigation commission, the agency’s highest technical body, also proposed Wednesday that the ban be […]
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