Another giant leap for mankind: Water found on moon
There is enough water on the moon to support a human colony for a hundred years or perhaps hundreds of years, according to NASA scientists. Scientists claim that a neutron spectrometer aboard the lunar prospector robot probe, which went into orbit around the moon in January, had sent back data which indicated major deposits of ice.
"Handy" cell phones are a handicap for the Germans now
Mobile phones are on the verge of joining leopard-skin car seats, oversized red fingernails and gold-plated bath taps as a badge of vulgarity in Germany, according to society watchers. People who gabble into mobiles in wine bars, or stride through airports with cell phones clamped to their faces are as likely to invite derision as admiration these days.
The survival of the spiciest: A new recipe for evolution of the taste-buds
The fact that we do not simply eat the raw bark of trees or the odd mammal that we have been able to spear to death and then cook it over a spit is, according to two scientists, an unwritten chapter of Darwinian evolution. Scientists Paul Sharman and Jennifer Billing say that evolution of cooking is another tale of the survival of the fittest.
BMC trades lions, elephants with Japan zoo for Rs 55 lakh
The cash-strapped Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has found an unusual source of income: The Yokohama City Zoo. The BMC will trade three elephants and an equal number of lions with Yokohama city zoo in Japan for a hefty monetary grant. This money will reportedly be used to give a face-lift to the Jijamata Udyan at Byculla in Mumbai.
Salvation for stars
Hollywood -- often typecast as a spiritual black hole -- has become a religious white light for some of the world's most famous and seemingly unlikely candidates for conversion. Singer Madonna found spiritual guidance in the Kabbalah, a form of Jewish mysticism, as have Elizabeth Taylor and raunchy television hausfrau Roseanne Barr.
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Britain's most successful film ever, The Full Monty, continued its triumph scooping five London Film Critics' Awards. The film, about unemployed Yorkshire steelmen who turn to stripping, was named the year's best British film and its star Robert Carlyle was named best British actor at the ceremony in London.
