Scientists say paper battery could be in the works

Electrifying news, you may be able to buy your batteries by the ream, of course I am joking. But this new technology has great potential. Just imagine a newspaper like seen in the Harry Potter films. be come a...

NASA Successfully Tests ‘Interplanetary Internet’

" Although the crew of the spacecraft Endeavour experienced a glitch in the first space walk when an astronaut accidentally let her tool bag float away, NASA had a lot to celebrate as it announced success with a high-tech space program. NASA, along with Vinton Cerf, a...

UK troops deliver turbine in huge Afganistan mission

A small sign of progress and hope for Afghanistan"Almost three thousand British troops in southern Afghanistan have successfully transported a huge hydroelectric power turbine through Taleban territory. In one of...

Zimbabwe's Coventry defends title in backstroke

Coventry successfuly defended her title at the 2008 Olympics. I managed to catch this on CBC's olympic coverage last night on the only channel i have.  this woman's face was so composed the entire time i was completely impressed. "With the wider world waiting for Michael...

Snow capped Everest turning into rocky mountain

The glacier cover in mountain regions worldwide has decreased significantly in recent years as a result of warming trends, according to a latest report   conducted by  the International Center...

Activists win right to promote condoms to Catholics at World Youth Day

Activitists in Australia have won the right to distribute condoms at the world youth day in Sydney marking the pope's visit, blocking an order that had attempted to stop them from doing so by barring people from "annoying" the pilgrims."Young Catholics attending World Youth...

Bringing Up Baby: First "Modern Computer" Turns 60

It seems so quaint now, but it wasn't that long ago when we were workign with punch-cards and mag-tapes. Even in 1998, a 10GB hard drive was considered massive to the point where tech support didn't believe a...

Taleban 'cleared from Kandahar'

After staging a coup of Jail raid more than 350 Taleban fighters had escaped with other intimates from a prison in Kandhar. Now Afghan forces have claimed to capture or clear the area form Taleban. Taleban which draws its power from south of country is still very active. "A...

Posing nude teacher says she's unqualified for new school job

" A WOMAN who won back the right to teach after being suspended for posing nude for a magazine says she cannot take the position she has been offered because she is not qualified to do the job.Lynne Tziolas, 24,...

NASA Launches new GLAST Gamma-Ray Telescope

UPDATE: The solar arrays deployed successfully. Engineers are now running a series of tests to check out the telescope's systems.Original story follows.And we have--another successful liftoff! This time, an...

China declares quake lake crisis over

The potential for the 'quake lake' - a lake in China whose dam was threatened by the earthquake there - to flood has been removed, according to the Chinese government."Evacuees headed down from temporary camps Wednesday after Chinese authorities declared the flood threat over...

Pakistan Testes Shaheen-2 Missile Successfully

"Islamabad (ABC live): Pakistan on Saturday morning tested Shaheen-2, Nuclear war head capable ballistic missile successfully."

Hydrogen-powered plane takes off

This is something new and amazing effort on gas, where gas has played a major role as fuel according to BBC article."The first manned, hydrogen-powered plane has been successfully tested in the skies above Spain,...

TWO MONTHS AT EUROCENTER DDC, COLOMBO

"After I sat for my Advanced Level examination I was selected to participate in a two-month course on web designing at a software company called EuroCenter in Kollupitiya. The knowledge I obtained during these...

Space shuttle launches successfully

"US Space Shuttle Atlantis lifted off at 7.45pm this evening after two months of delays. It is on on a mission to deliver the European Columbus space lab to the International Space Station. It is carrying a crew of seven, including a Frenchman, a German and five...

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