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India in the 21st century????
Sometime late last night, when i checked my Reuters feed, I came across the following news item, written tersely. "PATNA, Nov 20: A teenage Indian boy was thrashed, paraded through the streets with...
kudos(3) | visits(6) | comments(1) | Nov 21, 08
World's Oldest Polar bear passes away....
The world’s oldest polar bear, orphaned as a cub in the cold Russian north and raised in captivity, has died aged 42 after thrilling millions of visitors to a Canadian zoo, officials said on Tuesday,...
kudos(5) | visits(11) | comments(2) | Nov 19, 08
Obama and Bush are cousins
In an article last September, the Chicago Sun-Times laid out Obama's ancestry – including the genealogical, if not spiritual, relationship between Obama and Cheney. According to the newspaper, they...
kudos(3) | visits(17) | comments(2) | Nov 16, 08
Urban Cowboys
Brajveer Singh does not own a wide-brimmed hat, leather boots or a pair of jeans. He has never ridden a mechanical bull.But he can lay claim to being a real-life urban cowboy. Mr. Singh is among the...
kudos(4) | visits(13) | comments(1) | Nov 16, 08
A new planet, distant
In what might amount to an early Christmas present to the universe, two groups of astronomers have taken the first pictures of what they say - and other astronomers agree - are probably planets going...
kudos(2) | visits(5) | Nov 14, 08
Lunar orbit for Chandrayaan-1...:-)
Chandrayaan-1, India’s first unmanned spacecraft mission to moon, entered lunar orbit yesterday (November 8, 2008).This is the first time that an Indian built spacecraft has broken away from the...
kudos(3) | visits(7) | comments(2) | Nov 09, 08
WHO IS JACK SCHITT??
The lineage is finally revealed. Many people are at a loss for a response when someone says "You don't know Jack Schitt!" Read on and you'll be able to handle the situation...
kudos(4) | visits(18) | comments(4) | Nov 08, 08
Neurologist
This is a REAL neurological test. Sit comfortably and be calm. 1- Find the C below. Do not use any cursor help. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...
kudos(4) | visits(41) | comments(6) | Nov 07, 08
Human genes sing different tunes in different tissues
Scientists have long known that it's possible for one gene to produce slightly different forms of the same protein by skipping or including certain sequences from the messenger RNA. Now, an MIT team...
kudos(7) | visits(26) | comments(3) | Nov 06, 08
Chandrayaan reaches the moon!!:-P
Earlier today at 4.56am IST, the fifth and final orbit raising manoeuvre of Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft was successfully carried out. During this manoeuvre, the spacecraft’s 440 Newton liquid engine was...