Brits can't flirt or tell if woman is interested

LONDON: British men are particularly bad at flirting and most are unable to tell when a woman is being flirtatious, a new study has found. According to statistics gathered by social anthropologist Jean Smith, flirting is all too rare in Britain and...

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'Star Trek' laser weapons to help shoot down drones

LONDON: US navy experts claimed to have come closer to developing 'Star Trek' inspired laser weapons capable of downing missiles, drones and aerial vehicles. They believe that within two years warships will be armed with weapons capable of firing deadly...

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Smoking will 'kill a billion people worldwide this century'

PTI Oct 29, 2012, 02.17PM IST LONDON: The half-trillion-dollar tobacco industry, likened to a terrorist movement, will kill up to a billion people worldwide this century due to smoking, unless the governments clamp down on the perpetrators,...

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Brits can't flirt or tell if woman is interested

LONDON: British men are particularly bad at flirting and most are unable to tell when a woman is being flirtatious, a new study has found. According to statistics gathered by social anthropologist Jean Smith, flirting is all too rare in Britain and...

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'Star Trek' laser weapons to help shoot down drones

LONDON: US navy experts claimed to have come closer to developing 'Star Trek' inspired laser weapons capable of downing missiles, drones and aerial vehicles. They believe that within two years warships will be armed with weapons capable of firing deadly...

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Smoking will 'kill a billion people worldwide this century'

PTI Oct 29, 2012, 02.17PM IST LONDON: The half-trillion-dollar tobacco industry, likened to a terrorist movement, will kill up to a billion people worldwide this century due to smoking, unless the governments clamp down on the perpetrators,...

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Brits can't flirt or tell if woman is interested

LONDON: British men are particularly bad at flirting and most are unable to tell when a woman is being flirtatious, a new study has found. According to statistics gathered by social anthropologist Jean Smith, flirting is all too rare in Britain...

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'Star Trek' laser weapons to help shoot down drones

LONDON: US navy experts claimed to have come closer to developing 'Star Trek' inspired laser weapons capable of downing missiles, drones and aerial vehicles. They believe that within two years warships will be armed with weapons capable of firing...

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Smoking will 'kill a billion people worldwide this century'

LONDON: The half-trillion-dollar tobacco industry, likened to a terrorist movement, will kill up to a billion people worldwide this century due to smoking, unless the governments clamp down on the perpetrators, experts warn.Smoking is described...

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Why women can’t do pull-ups

While the pull-up has been used by everyone from middle-school gym teachers to Marine drill sergeants to measure fitness, the fact is that many fit people, particularly women, can't do even one. To perform a pull-up , you place your hands on a...

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Chinese man ends exam early, jailed

BEIJING: A man in central China has been sentenced to a year in jail for ringing a bell to end a national college entrance exam early, forcing students to hand in their papers nearly five minutes before the exam should have ended.Xiao Yulong, 54,...

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Scientists nail protein behind bad cholesterol

TORONTO: Canadian scientists have nailed a protein behind high levels of bad cholesterol (low-density lipoprotein or LDL), elevating the risk of heart disease. The research proves that the protein in question, resistin, secreted by fat tissue,...

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First Pakistani to go into space will be a woman

Sky's not the limit: Namira Salim has been to both poles, skydived over Mount Everest. ISLAMABAD: Once you've been to both poles, skydived over Mount Everest and set up your country's first consulate in Monaco,...

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Chile's ALMA, Earth's largest radio telescope, probes for origins of universe

LLANO DE CHAJNANTOR, Chile: Earth's largest radio telescope is growing more powerful by the day on this remote plateau high above Chile's Atacama desert, where visitors often feel like they're planting the first human footprints on the red crust of Mars....

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Arctic thaw will release 850 billion tonnes carbon, says latest study

This is the first time an estimate of the nitrogen trapped in the Arctic permafrost has been released. Scientists had till now been using computer model based climate predictions. NEW DELHI: Global warming just...

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Milky Way black hole wakes up, eats dust cloud

Subodh Varma, TNN Oct 24, 2012, 01.17PM IST (A black hole, three-to devour…) NEW DELHI: The "gentle giant" black hole at the center of our galaxy, the Milky Way, has woken up and is munching on a dust cloud, scientists reported yesterday....

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Next-generation vaccines may eliminate pain of injection

ANI Oct 24, 2012, 05.49PM IST (New vaccines being developed…) WASHINGTON: New vaccines being developed by scientists from the School of Biological Sciences at Royal Holloway may eliminate the need for needles as they can be delivered...

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Men who eat cheese may risk chance of becoming dad

PTI Oct 25, 2012, 05.30AM IST (Young men who eat more than…) LONDON: Young men who eat more than three slices of cheese a day may be risking their chances of becoming fathers, a new Harvard study has claimed. Researchers discovered that...

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Milky Way black hole wakes up, eats dust cloud

Subodh Varma, TNN Oct 24, 2012, 01.17PM IST (A black hole, three-to devour…) NEW DELHI: The "gentle giant" black hole at the center of our galaxy, the Milky Way, has woken up and is munching on a dust cloud, scientists reported yesterday....

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Next-generation vaccines may eliminate pain of injection

ANI Oct 24, 2012, 05.49PM IST (New vaccines being developed…) WASHINGTON: New vaccines being developed by scientists from the School of Biological Sciences at Royal Holloway may eliminate the need for needles as they can be delivered...

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Men who eat cheese may risk chance of becoming dad

Young men who eat more than three slices of cheese a day may be risking their chances of becoming fathers, a new Harvard study has claimed. LONDON: Young men who eat more than three slices of cheese a day may...

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Kissing dogs can cause gum disease

Man's best friend can also give him gum disease! Researchers have found that dogs have a lot of bacteria in their mouths and these can be transmitted to humans and cause periodontal problems. NEW YORK: Man's best...

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Milky Way black hole wakes up, eats dust cloud

A black hole, three-to devour an approaching cloud of dust and gas known as G2. NEW DELHI: The "gentle giant" black hole at the center of our galaxy, the Milky Way, has woken up and is munching on a dust cloud,...

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Next-generation vaccines may eliminate pain of injection

New vaccines being developed by scientists can be delivered via a nasal spray, or as on oral liquid or capsule. WASHINGTON: New vaccines being developed by scientists from the School of Biological Sciences at...

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IVF raises hopes of having a baby even at 40

LONDON: Scientists have developed an IVF process which they claim could give a woman in her early forties the same chance of becoming pregnant as a 32-year-old. Researchers from Colorado claim the screening treatment could boost a 42-year-old's...

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Milky Way came into present state as Earth and Sun formed

WASHINGTON: NASA scientists have discovered that Milky Way settled gradually into its present state only around the time the Sun and Earth were forming.Disc galaxies like our own Milky Way were believed to have been formed billions of years ago,...

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Blocking sunlight at specific areas can stop Arctic melting

WASHINGTON: Solar geo-engineering can be applied to save the Arctic ice cap if targeted at specific regions of the planet, rather than cooling everywhere equally, a new study has found.Researchers found that by tailoring geo-engineering efforts...

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Silvery fish break law of physics to hide from predators

The Bristol researchers found that the skin of sardines and herring contain not one but two types of guanine crystal - each with different optical properties. WASHINGTON: The skin of silvery fish maintains high...

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MRI scans can help spot paedophiles

A differently-wired brain. WASHINGTON: Paedophiles have a differently-wired brain as it could be a biological problem some are born with, new research has claimed adding that a potential offender can be identified...

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Deadly 2011 earthquake linked to groundwater extraction

WASHINGTON: An earthquake that killed nine people in Spain last year may have been triggered by decades of pumping water from a nearby natural underground reservoir, suggesting human activities played a role in moving Earth's crust, scientists...

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Now, a device to help stutterers speak fluently

While the device does not cure stuttering, it helps the user reduce his or her stuttering frequency and can improve the user's quality of life. WASHINGTON: Researchers have developed a cellphone-sized, portable...

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3D printed airplane successfully takes test flight

WASHINGTON: Researchers have successfully built and flown an unmanned aerial vehicle, using 3D printing technology.Engineering students from the University of Virginia posted a YouTube video of a plastic turbofan engine they had designed and built...

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Menopause does not cause weight gain, but increases belly fat: Study

MUMBAI: A comprehensive review by the International Menopause Society has found that going through the menopause does not cause a woman to gain weight. However, the hormonal changes at the menopause are associated with a change in the the way...

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Breastfeeding cuts breast cancer risk?

Breastfeeding can reduce a woman's risk of developing certain types of breast cancers, a new study has claimed. Researchers from the Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health found that breastfeeding reduces the risk for estrogen...

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No joke: New tech turns air into petrol

LONDON: A small British firm claimed to have developed a revolutionary new technology that can produce petrol using just air and electricity. A company in the north of England has developed the 'air capture' technology to create synthetic petrol...

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Study reveals childhood poverty and stress shape up genes and immunity

The research team discovered that childhood poverty, but not socioeconomic status as an adult, was correlated with the marks or methylation patterns left on genes. TORONTO: Childhood poverty, stress in adulthood...

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Prehistoric fish holds the secret to your smile

LONDON: Humans owe their pretty grins to a prehistoric fish which roamed the oceans over 400-million-years ago, a new study has found. The gruesome gnashers of the primitive fish called Compagopiscis suggests humans may have developed working...

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Stunning meteor showers light up California sky

Jonathan Braidman, an astronomer at Oakland's Chabot Space and Science Center, told the station what Pierce and others saw were small, car-sized pieces of rock and metal from the asteroid belt. OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA:...

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New technology can produce 'petrol from air'

LONDON: A small British firm claimed to have developed a revolutionary new technology that can produce petrol using just air and electricity.A company in the north of England has developed the "air capture" technology to create synthetic petrol...

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Harvard scientists suggest moon made from earth

The earth was spinning much faster at the time the Moon was formed, and a day lasted only two to three hours, they said. A new theory put forward by Harvard scientists suggests the moon was once part of the earth...

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Why we can see even in dim light

WASHINGTON: A new research by UC Davis researchers has discovered that the key chemical process that corrects for potential visual errors in low-light conditions. Understanding this fundamental step could lead to new treatments for visual deficits,...

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