Blame the DJ: a new French study has found that loud bar music makes people drink more and drink faster.""Previous research had shown that fast music can cause fast drinking, and that music versus no music can cause a person to spend more time in a bar," said Nicolas Gueguen,...
Stephen Hawking, the famous theoretical physicist whose work in quantum mechanics and black hole theory, amongst other things, is considering moving to Canada. The news comes after Hawking lashed out at the British government for $160 million worth of cuts in science funding...
Some more wildlife animals are on the brink of extinction because of global warming. "Polar bears may not be the only Arctic wildlife threatened by global warming. Scientists have discovered that Arctic foxes also struggle as the ice disappears because they rely on the...
" Shi, 44, is the chief executive of Suntech Power Holdings, one of the new breed of successful domestic China-based companies with global ambitions. After spending a year at Sydney-based University of New South...
This is a great interview with John Holdren, a professor of environmental policy at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and lawyer Stephen Susman who is representing Kivalina islanders, Native Alaskan people who have to be moved, because of global warming, to the...
Beaware, your passion for the Flat screen TV is having an impact on the global warming. This latest study shows that Gas used for making this product is very detrimental for the climate. " The rising demand...
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"Washington (ANTARA News) - After more than 17 years of studying the Sun, a joint effort by the US and European space agencies is set to end Tuesday. The Ulysses solar mission has far outlived its predicted life span, but declining power to propel the craft has prompted the...
No body is perfect nor the president... It's not easy to rule a country with economic problems and the only way to regain people trust is to implement good governance..ode/173517"]The latest survey showing a steep...
President Pervez Musharraf is working on the US agenda of dismembering Pakistan by 2015, a news agency quoted renowned Pakistani nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan. It quoted Dr Khan as having told an Urdu-language weekly published from New York in a telephonic interview...
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorWell this certainly explains why some are Selfish, while some are more giving. Women being the more "Catty" when together or scrambing at a Sales Bin, certainly...
"The Malaysian government says it has released an alleged middleman in the nuclear secrets ring run by disgraced Pakistani scientist AQ Khan. Buhary Syed Abu Tahir, a Sri Lankan businessman, was arrested in Kuala...
Thursday June 19 2008 A controversial South Korean scientist has claimed to have created 17 clones of an endangered dog breed. for original story click here
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorWow, if only Al Gore knew all about this, perhaps he would have modified his Chicken Little "The Sky is Falling on Climate Change" stance!Opps, He did, but selling...
With tomatoes overtaking our headlines this week- deaths, bans, and general mayhem - it is good to note that people are on it! Scientists are looking for a vaccine for this common tomato affliction. Hooray! " Keith...
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" A last-ditch attempt to shake a sample of Martian soil into an oven on NASA's Phoenix lander succeeded Wednesday, clearing the way for tests to determine whether the northern plains of Mars may once...