Source: ET Shahbag Square — where’s that? Abdul Kader Mullah — who’s he? A bunch of university students in Islamabad, with whom I was informally conversing yesterday, hadn’t heard of either. Of course, they knew of Tahrir Square and Afzal Guru’s recent execution. But they showed little interest upon learning […]
ScienceDaily: Feb. 14, 2013 — Scientists at the Georgia Regents University Cancer Center have identified an Indian plant, used for centuries to treat inflammation, fever and malaria, that could help kill cancer cells. Cancer cells typically avoid death by hijacking molecular chaperones that guide and protect the proteins that ensure normal […]
US Secretary of State John Kerry has called on the European Union to devote “critical effort” to avoid confrontation over Iran’s nuclear energy program. At a news conference after a […]
THE PROMISED SON: (By Abid Khan) “Even if all the people leave you and I am left alone I would stand by you and would face all opposition and onslaughts […]
theguardian: Jonathan Freedland. As an ex-pope, Benedict will no longer enjoy the sovereign immunity available to heads of state. A prosecution is possible – but only in theory. Who would hand him over? Certainly not the Italian authorities. For all that, despite his age and the reverence of the office […]
Daily Telegraph: This year is Wallace Year, for it marks the centennial of the death of Alfred Russel Wallace. In 1857 he wrote to Charles Darwin, pre-empting his idea of natural selection, and Darwin, a true Victorian gent, suggested that they present a joint paper on the idea. Wallace, in […]
Russian TV: Friday’s meteorite which struck Chelyabinsk carried a mass of around 40 tonnes, possibly making it the largest recorded object to hit the Earth since Tunguska. It was around […]
As a result of tax loopholes and deductions, the social media giant Facebook paid no income taxes for the fiscal year 2012, despite reaping $1.1 billion in US corporate profits, […]
Source: Indian-Weekender: Mr. Prosser The community was shocked by comments from a New Zeland Member of Parliament which was clearly a calculated and thought through article written for the Investigate magazine. However, the community applauds the reactions of New Zealand public which shows maturity and commitment of our fellow countrymen who […]
Daily Telegraph: While the process of natural selection allowed humans to become much more advanced than other primates, it is also to blame for many of the maladies we suffer from today. For all our success as a species, the problems we still experience as a result of our evolution […]
ET: BOSTON: A closely tracked asteroid, about 150-feet (45-metres) wide, whizzed safely past Earth on Friday, the same day a much smaller, previously undetected meteor hit Russia, injuring nearly 1,000 people. […]
Source: Phily Trib Soon, officials from digital game creators EA Sports, Activision and many others may beat a path to the doors of the Harambee Institute of Science and Technology Charter School, especially if the school continues to turn our prodigies like first-grader Zora Ball. Ball has become the youngest […]
Dawn: by Shadaba Islam: YEARS ago when I still made regular visits to Pakistan, a young journalist came up to me in a shopping mall and asked for my thoughts on “St. Valentine’s Day”. I was flattered. Here I was walking around with my teenage son and daughter — and […]
Source: Engineering Source A new technology for the fabrication of nanotech antennas promises to lift the efficiency level of silicon solar cells from its current 10 per cent to a staggering and unprecedented 70 per cent. Scientists have long touted the theoretical promise of nano-sized antennas called “retennas”, thus named […]
allAfrica: Dr. Ahmad Murtala. Islam offers the agricultural sector a special consideration and impatiently enjoins Muslims to benefit as much as they can from the bounties of Almighty Allah, which He has widely bestowed on the earth. This has clearly appeared in numerous Qur’anic verses from which are the following: […]
Source: The Guardian, UK $2bn project, yet to get funding approval, would look for life on Europa, which has vast ice-covered oceans of water Alok Jha, science correspondent The Guardian, Friday 15 February 2013 14.09 EST Nasa scientists have drawn up plans for a mission that could look for life […]
Source: The Economist. “STAR TREK”, said one commentator. “They may as well wear a burqa,” huffed another. Supposedly chaste new uniforms for Turkish Airlines (THY) cabin attendants have triggered mirth and horror in the cyberworld. They have also sharpened debate about creeping conservatism under the mildly Islamist Justice and Development […]
Source: The Economist: WORRYING about the threats posed by space rocks has traditionally been the preserve of the paranoid. No one doubts that asteroids have hit Earth in the past, with nasty consequences, but because the chances of any such event happening in a given year are so low, most […]
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