May 26 2008
Think back to your earliest memory. Perhaps images of a birthday party or scenes from a family vacation come to mind. Now think about your age when that event occurred. Chances are that earliest recollection extends no further back than your third...
May 26 2008
The price of gold continues to hit record highs, with futures trading at $1,000 an ounce this morning. Gold crossed the $900 level in January. The recent rise comes against a backdrop of widespread concern over the U.S. economy, which according to the...
May 26 2008
Velma Thomas’s heart stopped beating three times and she was clinically brain dead for 17 hours. Her son had left the hospital to make funeral arrangements, having been told she would not survive.But ten minutes after her life support system was...
May 16 2008
A 9-year-old girl who went to hospital in central Greece suffering from stomach pains was found to be carrying her embryonic twin, doctors said Thursday.
May 15 2008
Believing that the universe may contain alien life does not contradict a faith in God, the Vatican’s chief astronomer said in an interview published Tuesday.
May 14 2008
Powerset’s search engine holds the promise of fundamentally changing people’s expectations for search engines by, in theory, offering a smarter, more efficient experience.
May 13 2008
When Kevin Rose founded Digg, the site caught on as a hub for quirky geek news, and it’s retained a reputation as being full of extremely opinionated tech enthusiasts. But with the 2008 presidential election on the way, Digg has caught on among...
May 10 2008
A newly developed saliva-based test could give physicians and emergency-care technicians a quicker and easier way to diagnose heart attacks. The nano-biochip test, developed at the University of Texas at Austin and supported by the National Institutes...
May 10 2008
Some animals – including migratory birds – must have molecules in their eyes or brains which respond to magnetism.
May 9 2008
Where is your cell phone at the moment? Stop; don’t trouble yourself searching for it, why search your phone when you need it? Perhaps that’s what you have been doing all the while. Numerous phones have hit the stands, with avant garde...