Source : NY Times. By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD Published: July 12, 2012 Stone spearheads and human DNA found in Oregon caves, anthropologists say, have produced firmer evidence that these are the oldest directly dated remains of people in North America. They also show that at least two cultures with distinct […]
Source: Siegel International The apparent discovery of the Higgs boson was hailed as a historic milestone, but for particle physicists it mainly marks the beginning of a new search. Rival […]
Source : NY Times. Some of the weather extremes bedeviling people around the world have become far more likely because of human-induced global warming, researchers reported on Tuesday. Yet they ruled it out as a cause of last year’s devastating floods in Thailand, one of the most striking weather events […]
Students create a tool that turns cigarette smoke into oxygen Ainur Rohmah, The Jakarta Post, Bright ideas might come anytime, anywhere. After taking a closer look at some smoking rooms provided in public areas in Central Java’s Semarang, Hermawan Maulana, 16, and Zihrama Afdi, 17, high school students of SMA […]
Credit: TOI WASHINGTON: Uncircumcised boys are at higher risk of urinary tract infection, regardless of whether the urethra is visible, a new study has revealed. Urinary tract infections are one of the most common serious bacterial infections in children and, if not treated, can cause an infection of the blood […]
WHY EVERYWHERE IN THE WORLD THE NAME OF DR. ABDUS SALAM IS GETTING ECHOED ??? The pioneering work of Abdus Salam, Pakistan’s only Nobel laureate, helped lead to the apparent discovery of the subatomic “God particle” last week. But the late physicist is no hero at home, where his name […]
SEBASTIAN ABBOT, Associated Press: ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s only Nobel laureate helped develop the theoretical framework that led to the apparent discovery of the subatomic “God particle” last week, yet […]
LANGKAWI (July 8, 2012): Muslim countries should not remain as consumers but should involve in real business such as production of goods and then sell the products to the world […]
Source: FNA TEHRAN (FNA)- Secretary-General of Iran Nanotechnology Initiative Council Dr. Saeed Sarkar expressed pleasure with the two-year activities of the Tech-to-Market Services Corridor (a subsidiary of the INIC), and announced the INIC’s preparedness to provide other technologies with promotion services. “We are prepared to offer such services to other […]
Cnbc.com: A United Nations agency charged with helping member nations secure their national infrastructures plans to issue a sharp warning about the risk of the Flame computer virus that was […]
Source: BBC The successful sequencing of the tomato genome will lead to tastier varieties within five years say scientists. They believe that the elusive flavour of home grown tomatoes will by then be widely available in supermarkets. Writing in the journal Nature, the researchers say the genetic information could reduce […]
Homesteading/survivalism.com Green roofs are excellent insulators. Studies have shown that a green roof can reduce your cooling costs by 50% and more during the summer months and in the winter your home will retain 15-30% more heat than if you had a conventional roof. On a sunny, 80-degree-F day, a […]
The Sudbury Star Do you want to be happier, healthier, and smarter? I have just the prescription for you: add a daily dose of nature to your routine. Over the past decade, researchers from fields as diverse as biology, psychiatry, engineering, horticulture, neuroscience, and medicine have realized what most of […]
Business Insider: Not getting enough sleep regularly has major implications for your health and ability to perform on the job. To learn more about how sleep affects us, we turned to Robert Oexman, director of the Sleep to Live Institute. He told us that “lack of sleep can manifest itself in erratic behavior, […]
Huff Post A new study suggests that the Biblical date of Jesus’ crucifixion is, in fact, possible to confirm. The International Geology Review investigated an earthquake that was said to have occurred the same date as Jesus’ crucifixion; which was most likely Friday April 3, 33 A.D. In Gospel of of […]
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Source: OnIslam.net An Egyptian physics student has successfully created a new propulsion device that could accelerate space probes and artificial satellites through quantum physics and chemical reactions instead of the current radioactive-based jets and ordinary rocket engines. Aisha Mustafa, who has entered the active research area of spacecraft propulsion by […]
The Daily Caller Two scientists have issued a challenge to their colleagues to focus more research on religion, according to ABC News. Religion plays such a large role in billions of people’s’ lives worldwide, so why not use science to help advance the understanding of religion? “Science can help us understand religion […]
PJ Media Medical journals, the Lancet among them, are not famed for their humor, but a letter in a recent edition of the latter raised a smile, at least in me. It referred to a previous paper in that august publication from Taiwan about the health benefits of exercise. It is a medical truth now universally […]
Wired.Com: CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida — The second time’s the charm for SpaceX. This morning at 3:44 a.m. EDT the company’s Falcon 9 rocket lifted off of Launch Complex 40 at […]