Passive smoking likely to cause depression

Passive smoking increases a person's risk of dementia and other forms of cognitive problems, British and US researchers have said. This is the first large-scale study to conclude that exposure to passive smoking...

Economics of climate change:Nature loss 'dwarfs bank crisis'

 The Global economy is lossing more money from deforestation than the current banking crisis.The study puts the annual cost of forest loss at between $2- $5 trillion, including the value of services such as...

Need a Job? $17,000 an Hour. No Success Required.

"By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF Published: September 17, 2008 Are you capable of taking a perfectly good 158-year-old company and turning it into dust? If so, then you may not be earning up to your full potential.You...

Nico Marquardt, "Apophis -- The Killer Asteroid" and NASA

And what if NASA is wrong...and the asteroid Apophis, named after the ancient Egyptian god of darkness and destruction, will not "agree" with the NASA calculations and collide with Earth? Look at the new...

"IT COULD DESTROY THE EARTH" Big Bang at the atomic lab after scientists get...

Lawsuit tries to stop the project fearing"IT COULD DESTROY THE EARTH"[q url="http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080405/black_hole_080405/20080405?hub=SciTech"]An American and a Spaniard have...

Freaky Sneaks for Geeks... and Everyone else

I somehow feel more whole now, with the ability reconcile a lust for design and sport. Previously I had to be content drooling over Cervelo's bikes (the new white R3 particularly) and various bits of sailing gear....

The great passport gouge

In a year when U.S. and Canadian citizens were more or less forced to acquire passports en masse, there was very little comfort to be offered for the time and money travelers spent papering up. Hours of lines,...

2000-Year-Old Meteors to Rain Down on August 31, 2007

The meteors that are about to rain down in the early morning of September 1 date from around 4 A.D., the latest calculations show. It is not often that we can tell when a shooting star was first released from a...

2000-Year-Old Meteors to Rain Down on Earth August 31

"The oldest such shower, but only one revolution old, is due in the early morning of September 1, 2007. Our calculations indicate Earth is about to cross the dust trail of comet Kiess, a comet that takes some 2000...

Rare Meteor Shower on August 31

If you happen to be up this Friday, August 31st at 4 am you could see a meteor that is 2,000 years-old.  The Aurigid meteor has a narrow tail and will approach the Earth from the direction of the Auriga...

Quota System: Who are the real beneficiaries? Compiled by Sai.R

"Quota System: Who are the real beneficiaries? Contents 1. Quota system: Beginning of the end for IITs and IIMs Bhamy V Shenoy, Gulf Times, May 26, 2006-------------------------------------- 2. Meeting the challenge of Mandal II, Satish Deshpande & Yogendra Yadav, Hindu...

Quota System: Who are the real beneficiaries? Compiled by Sai.R

"Quota System: Who are the real beneficiaries? Contents 1. Quota system: Beginning of the end for IITs and IIMs Bhamy V Shenoy, Gulf Times, May 26, 2006-------------------------------------- 2. Meeting the challenge of Mandal II, Satish Deshpande & Yogendra Yadav, Hindu...

End of the world 2012

"Yes! 2012... this shall be the year of reckoning. 2012 shall be remembered in the history of mankind for ever. Why? From the position of planetary movements and astrological calculations... the significance of number three for the present civilization is immense. The 12th...

Dark Galaxy

This is a galaxy with no stars. The presence of neutral Hydrogen betrays it's presence.

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