Coffee's popular image as the classic stand by of sleep-deprived students studying hard for exams, may have a basis in fact, for its memory-enhancement powers, as well as the caffeine induced alertness has now been...
Bamboo, that is used so extensively in northeast India for various purposes like building houses, bridges, in medicines, and more, spells doom in the form of famine the moment it starts flowering. But is it true,...
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"WATERFALLS", a new art project begins today on New York's East River which is scheduled to run till November 2008. Remember "The Gates" art show Central Park 2005, a colossal saffron-colored artwork created by the...
ITN - 1 hour 41 minutes ago Pregnant or breastfeeding mothers who live on a diet of junk food could be condemning their children to lifelong obesity and ill-health. A study suggests that a mother's poor diet can do...
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Study shows that spinach may prevent heart attacks in diabetics. With all of the benefits spinach has to give, we can add prevent heart attacks in diabetics to the list as well. " Diabetics may soon be encouraged...
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Can the radiation emerging from mobile phones cause impotency, this subject has been debated on many occasions. There have been reports coming time to time which claims that excessive mobile usage slows down sperm...
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Paris has a lot of rats. Having been there numerous times, I know this for a fact. So every year they have to do something about the pesky rodents. They have now launched their annual effort to reduce the number of...
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What I don't understand is why the 4 snakes were malnourished when there were 100's of rats around and also if the rats are her friends why did she buy them to feed to the snakes."ROCHESTER, Wash. - Authorities say a...
Have you heard about 12 animals in Eastern Lunar Calendar? They are Rat, Buffalo (Ox), Tiger...please read on "It’s a year full of surprises. It’s also a year of recuperation and rest. As the Chinese saying goes, ‘Sow the seeds of good deeds for the fruits of good...
"A man who found a dead fly in his bottled water is claiming before Canada's high court that the incident ruined his sex life, hair salon business and even made it hard for him to shower.
Waddah Mustapha of Windsor, Ontario said that he and his wife saw a dead...
The bad news is the kids lose their pets. The good news is there’s hamster stew for dinner.Vietnam, a nation with a history of mixed policies on rodents and pets is at it again.
Vietnam agriculture ministry...
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Some rat facts include:
* Their lifespan is between 1-3 years;* They have no gallbladder;* Rats have a bellybutton;* Rats can't vomit;* They are prolific breeders: A pair of rats can produce 15,000 descendants...
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A rodent is likely to ruin 10 times as much food as it eats, by contaminating it with their urine, droppings, and fur. If you're wondering how big the problem is, the US Department of Agriculture estimates more than $US2 billion in feed is destroyed by rodents each year. "
"You'd be hard-pressed to find a chair big enough on which to jump to escape this fellow.
Standing five-foot high at the shoulders and weighing almost a ton, it was the largest rodent ever to scuttle across the Earth...
:By Lalmalsawm Sungte: Nov 21 ::::UPDATES::::
Nov 15: Bamboo flowering season may be happy times for swamping rats but hapless farmers in southwest Manipur (a state in northeast India) are...
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