TUESDAY, January 24, 2012 — Certain vaccines may not work as well in children who have been exposed to high levels of perfluorinated compounds (PFCs), a family of chemicals used to make everything from microwave popcorn bags and pizza boxes to carpets and nonstick cookware, new research suggests. In a […]
WEDNESDAY, January 25, 2012 — Men in their 70s and 80s may be more likely than women of the same age to develop the memory loss and cognitive problems that often heraldAlzheimer’s disease, a new study has found. In the study, which appears in the journal Neurology, Mayo Clinic researchers examined […]
Finally, we’ve got some cold, hard stats on how badly banks are hurting from November’s Bank Transfer Day movement. A new report by Javelin Strategy & Research estimates a staggering 5.6 million big bank customers have switched banks in the last 90 days. Of those, the research firm says a cool 610,000 cited Bank […]
By M. ZUHDI JASSER The New York Post- January 30, 2012 Last week’s controversy over the NYPD’s showing of the documentary “The Third Jihad,” which I narrated, has brought horrendous distortion of the film and my body of work against radical Islam. It seems obvious that The New York Times, […]
Source: The Telegraph India has reported its first cases of “total drug-resistant tuberculosis,” a long-feared and virtually untreatable form the killer lung disease. Since 2003, highly resistant cases have been documented in Italy and Iran, mostly limited to impoverished areas and it has not spread widely. The airborne disease is […]
Article taken from Minaret Magazine (produced by Kerala Jamat), Jan.-Mar. 1992 Edition by Fuad A.J. The persons of Kerala recently had the opportunity to hear a first person account of […]
Two men were found guilty on Monday of involvement in an al-Qaeda plot to attack a Danish newspaper that caricatured the Prophet Muhammad, the first convictions under Norway’s anti-terror laws. A third defendant was acquitted of terror charges but convicted of helping the others acquire explosives. Investigators say the plot […]
Downing Street warned Russia on Monday not to block efforts at the United Nations to bring a peaceful resolution to unrest in Syria. Britain’s Foreign Secretary William Hague was on […]
Charles Moore reviews Religion for Atheists by Alain de Botton. ‘The most boring and unproductive question one can ask of a religion,” says Alain de Bottonin the first sentence of […]
Source: Huffington Post. Federal prosecutors say data from users of Megaupload could be deleted as soon as Thursday. U.S. prosecutors blocked access to Megaupload and charged seven men, saying the site facilitated millions of illegal downloads of movies, music and other content. The company says its millions of users stored […]
Lian Neeson recently announced that he is considering to become a Muslim. So, I thought he deserves a little thank you gesture from me, in cutting and pasting his information from Wikipedia to ensure its longevity. In the past my small efforts have yielded big dividends in the area of […]
Source: NY Times. It began with a puzzling and grisly discovery in 2009: a car submerged in a 19th-century canal lock with the bodies of three teenage girls and a middle-aged woman inside. On Sunday, the father, the mother and a brother of the girls were each convicted of […]
After a hurricane, homeowners check nervously to see if their insurance will cover all of the damage. With the European financial crisis still threatening a trail of defaults, United States banks are betting that their insurance is going to pay out. Five large American banks, including JPMorgan Chase and Goldman […]
(Reuters) – At a discreet farewell dinner in Davos for Swiss National Bank chief Philipp Hildebrand, a handful of guests including central bankers past and present were handed blank sheets of paper. […]
Businessinsider.com: The Massive Ordnance Penetrator bomb made news last week when its development team won rare accolades and news of a possible target were reported by The Telegraph. It was understood then that there were doubts whether the 30,000 pound bomb would penetrate deeply enough to hit Iran’s alleged nuclear facilities. Adam Entous and Julian […]
CAIRO — A professor from American University in Cairo says discovery of prostate cancer in a 2,200-year-old mummy indicates the disease was caused by genetics, not environment. The genetics-environment question […]
Genes can predict criminal tendencies: study Is that a gun in your genes or are you just opportunistic? A new U.S. study suggests the line between a life of crime and an honest existence could have more to do with your genetic makeup than your environment. Researchers from University of […]
Daily Dawn: Yesterday marked the 85th Birthday of Dr.Abdus Salam, theoretical physicist and the only Pakistani Nobel Laureate. He is not our national hero, his name is rarely ever mentioned, in […]
Even a few lines scribbled on a beach have a purpose and a writer, but, our complex universe, which we can barely explain with the help of complex mathematics and […]
ScienceDaily (Apr. 25, 2011) — Thinking happy thoughts, focusing on the good and downplaying the bad is believed to accelerate recovery from depression, bolster resilience during a crisis and improve overall mental health. But a new study by University of Washington psychologists reveals that pursuing happiness may not be beneficial across […]