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Video: World

US: Russia to face consequences

The U.S. said the Russia will face consequences for its actions in Georgia but said military...
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Sacred Bells Return To Moscow

After hanging in a tower at Harvard University for over 70 years, a series of Russian church bells...
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The future of Mehdi Army

With an election law passed in Iraq, it is unclear if Mehdi Army will take up politics. The...
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Rice in Pakistan to reduce tensions

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice headed to Pakistan as part of the second leg of a South...
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Iranian overtures

Both the US and Iran have adopted a more conciliatory tone, but future relations are still a work...
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Lessons from Japan's "lost decade"

Secretary of State Clinton made her first stop on her Asia tour in Japan, a country that spent...
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Selling a recovery

President Barack Obama, faced with an economy on the brink heads to California to reassure...
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Video: Business

Wall St. 2008 vs 1929

Analysts say fears that 2008 could mark the second coming of the Great Depression are vastly...
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G20 to tackle economy

Leaders from the G20 gather in Washington this weekend, hoping to address the global financial...
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Video: U.S.

Economic Transition

Bush hosts Obama amid economic downturn.Obama is not expected to join Bush later in the week when...
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Specials

Obama's Tech Panel Includes Google CEO, Microsoft Executive

Obama's Tech Panel Includes Google CEO, Microsoft Executive

President Barack Obama has named a technology panel and on Monday unveiled is included. Among the...
» read full story April 27th, 2009 - 22:33
Brown Fat Makes You Slimmer

Brown Fat Makes You Slimmer

A study in The New England Journal of Medicine suggests that adults still have a type of fat that...
» read full story April 10th, 2009 - 15:24
Restless Legs Syndrome Associated with Obesity

Restless Legs Syndrome Associated with Obesity

Having too much belly fat appears to be an increasing risk even for developing restless legs...
» read full story April 08th, 2009 - 16:31
Want to Lose Weight? It’s All about Calories!

Want to Lose Weight? It’s All about Calories!

When it comes to losing weight everyone is an expert. Everyone, and here I mean women, knows at...
» read full story March 02nd, 2009 - 14:58
Want to Lose Weight? Stick to Your Diet, Researchers Say

Want to Lose Weight? Stick to Your Diet, Researchers Say

New research in this week’s issue of The New England Journal of Medicine reveals the secret...
» read full story February 27th, 2009 - 14:28

New Flu Vaccine Based on Human Antibodies May Come in Years

A new vaccine fighting several strains of the flu, including the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu,...
» read full story February 24th, 2009 - 15:00
Coffee “Addicts” May Have Lower Risk of Stroke

Coffee “Addicts” May Have Lower Risk of Stroke

Drinking two or more cups of coffee per day appears to reduce the risk for stroke among women,...
» read full story February 18th, 2009 - 15:35
Charles Darwin's 200th Anniversary

Charles Darwin's 200th Anniversary

February 12 marks the 200th birthday of evolutionary biologist Charles Darwin and scientists and...
» read full story February 07th, 2009 - 15:36
Mass. Man Donates $100 M for AIDS Institute

Mass. Man Donates $100 M for AIDS Institute

On Wednesday, the Massachusetts General Hospital was donated $100 million to create an...
» read full story February 05th, 2009 - 14:13
Celebrating Black History Month

Celebrating Black History Month

In February, the time has come to remember and honor the accomplishments of African Americans and...
» read full story February 04th, 2009 - 15:43

Higher Altitude Improves the Effects of Dialysis

  Dialysis patients who live at higher altitude have more chances to survive for a longer...
» read full story February 04th, 2009 - 15:00
Human Error Causes Google Glitch

Human Error Causes Google Glitch

Saturday morning, a misplaced “/” rendered Google Incorporated’s malware...
» read full story February 02nd, 2009 - 17:46
Google Error Flags Internet as Malware

Google Error Flags Internet as Malware

On Saturday morning, for a period of almost an hour, Internet surfers who performed Google...
» read full story February 01st, 2009 - 14:49
Shy or Sociable? Your Genes May Decide Your Attitude in a Group

Shy or Sociable? Your Genes May Decide Your Attitude in a Group

  In a recent report conducted by researchers at Harvard and the University of California,...
» read full story January 28th, 2009 - 15:50
Surgeon’s Checklist Could Reduce Surgical Errors

Surgeon’s Checklist Could Reduce Surgical Errors

A new study shows that surgeons who used a verbal checklist before, during and after the...
» read full story January 17th, 2009 - 14:13
Simple Checklist Reduces Risk of Accidental Deaths in Surgery

Simple Checklist Reduces Risk of Accidental Deaths in Surgery

Wednesday, doctors reported that a simple checklist made out to confirm a patient’s name, the...
» read full story January 15th, 2009 - 16:21
New Obesity Treatment Discovered

New Obesity Treatment Discovered

One of the most widespread conditions in the United States is obesity. Except for being a...
» read full story January 07th, 2009 - 17:53
Milky Way Heavier, Spinning Faster

Milky Way Heavier, Spinning Faster

  We’re spinning faster than ever thought, and we’re more likely than ever to...
» read full story January 07th, 2009 - 08:00
Vitamins Unable To Lower Cancer Risk

Vitamins Unable To Lower Cancer Risk

Beta carotene and vitamin C and E supplements failed in preventing cancer in women, the authors of...
» read full story January 01st, 2009 - 19:53
Vitamins C, E And Beta Carotene Don’t Prevent Cancer

Vitamins C, E And Beta Carotene Don’t Prevent Cancer

New research shows that vitamin C and E supplements and beta carotene don't prevent cancer in...
» read full story December 31st, 2008 - 14:44
Research Shows No Benefit from Vitamin Supplements in Cancer Prevention

Research Shows No Benefit from Vitamin Supplements in Cancer Prevention

A new study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, adds to other studies...
» read full story December 31st, 2008 - 10:13
Harvard Political Scientists Dies At The Age Of 81

Harvard Political Scientists Dies At The Age Of 81

Dr. Samuel Huntington, one of the nation's preeminent political scientists and a longstanding...
» read full story December 29th, 2008 - 17:45

"Clash of Civilizations" author Samuel Huntington dies at 81

Washington - Influential political scientist and former Harvard professor Samuel Phillips...
» read full story December 28th, 2008 - 12:01
Dark Energy And The Expansion Of The Universe

Dark Energy And The Expansion Of The Universe

During a press conference today, NASA announced the fact that new measurements from the Chandra...
» read full story December 18th, 2008 - 12:20
Happiness Is Just Like the Flu: Contagious

Happiness Is Just Like the Flu: Contagious

A study that monitored 4,700 over a period of 20 years found that a person’s neighbours’ or...
» read full story December 07th, 2008 - 15:25
Study: Happiness Is Contagious

Study: Happiness Is Contagious

A study published Friday in the British journal BMJ, authored by Dr. Nicholas A. Christakis, a...
» read full story December 05th, 2008 - 17:36
New Harvard Research Investigates the Causes of Aging

New Harvard Research Investigates the Causes of Aging

Harvard Medical School scientists claim to have discovered a mechanism that may be the universal...
» read full story November 27th, 2008 - 15:45
Genetic Screening for Diabetes No More Useful than Traditional Methods

Genetic Screening for Diabetes No More Useful than Traditional Methods

Genetic testing to see someone’s predisposition to type 2 diabetes is not significantly better...
» read full story November 21st, 2008 - 14:30
No Significant Difference between Genetic Testing, Traditional Methods in Predicting Type 2 Diabetes

No Significant Difference between Genetic Testing, Traditional Methods in Predicting Type 2 Diabetes

The results of genetic testing for Type 2 diabetes are not significantly better than an assessment...
» read full story November 20th, 2008 - 15:14
US Chronically Ill Patients Complain More about Health Care

US Chronically Ill Patients Complain More about Health Care

US chronically ill patients often skip medical care due to high costs or medical errors compared...
» read full story November 14th, 2008 - 15:33
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U.S.

Obama’s Choice for FCC Chairman Signals Change

Obama’s Choice for FCC Chairman Signals Change

President-elect Barak Obama intends to appoint one of his most important technology advisers to...
» read full story January 14th, 2009 - 13:44
Obama Picks Basketball Buddy to Head the FCC

Obama Picks Basketball Buddy to Head the FCC

President-elect Barack Obama has reportedly picked Julius Genachowski to be the new chief of the...
» read full story January 13th, 2009 - 18:01
Should Cellphone Talking While Driving Be Banned?

Should Cellphone Talking While Driving Be Banned?

The National Safety Council has started a campaign to ban all use of mobile phones while driving on...
» read full story January 12th, 2009 - 17:22
Obama Picks Education Secretary: Arne Duncan

Obama Picks Education Secretary: Arne Duncan

Barack Obama has named on Monday his choice for Education secretary: Arne Duncan, the chief...
» read full story December 16th, 2008 - 19:29

Larry Summers - Obama's Chief Economic Advisor

Washington - Larry Summers, a former Treasury secretary and president of Harvard University, brings...
» read full story November 25th, 2008 - 15:22
Obama Focused on Assembling Cabinet Quickly

Obama Focused on Assembling Cabinet Quickly

United States’ President-Elect, Barack Obama, seems to be very aware about the fact that time is...
» read full story November 22nd, 2008 - 14:24

Obama's Star Rose Fast with Eloquent Speech, Steady Presence

Washington - Barack Obama's enigmatic smile has seen him through many difficult times - even when...
» read full story October 28th, 2008 - 10:05
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World

IBM, Harvard To Create Cheap, Efficient Solar Cells

Researchers from IBM and Harvard University are joining forces to create the World Community Grid...
» read full story December 08th, 2008 - 22:37
Happiness Is in the Air!

Happiness Is in the Air!

Happiness is in the air at least that is the conclusion of a new study published in the British...
» read full story December 08th, 2008 - 14:32

US In Year-Long Recession, Top Economic Arbiter Declares

Washington - The United States has been in a recession since December 2007, the country's official...
» read full story December 02nd, 2008 - 12:42
Internet Companies And Human Rights Organizations Fight For Freedom Of Speech

Internet Companies And Human Rights Organizations Fight For Freedom Of Speech

In some states, censorship reaches frightening new standards. Just take into consideration the...
» read full story October 29th, 2008 - 10:54
PG Project Makes Available The Personal Genome Of Volunteers

PG Project Makes Available The Personal Genome Of Volunteers

The genomes of 10 people, volunteers in the Harvard Medical School’s Personal Genome Project,...
» read full story October 21st, 2008 - 11:33
Exposure To Air Pollution Harms Patients With Coronary Artery Disease

Exposure To Air Pollution Harms Patients With Coronary Artery Disease

Exposure to traffic fumes increases the risk of heart attack, or strokes and potentially fatal...
» read full story September 11th, 2008 - 11:13
Harvard No.1 University Says Latest US News List

Harvard No.1 University Says Latest US News List

According to the new U.S. News & World Report college rankings, Harvard University is not only...
» read full story August 22nd, 2008 - 13:59

Obama's Kin to Burnish American Image at Convention

Washington - There are few things more American than basketball and "family...
» read full story August 20th, 2008 - 09:34

Unabomber Opposes Cabin Display at Washington Newseum

“Unabomber” Theodore Kaczynski wrote a letter to a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals...
» read full story August 13th, 2008 - 14:38

Roy Huffington, Oilman and Philanthropist, dies at 90

Roy Huffington, an oilman and philanthropist who was an ambassador to Austria, died Friday, while...
» read full story July 15th, 2008 - 11:59

Texas: Prison Officials Stop Execution

Tuesday night, Charles Dean Hood, from Texas, should have been executed, but he got lucky, as...
» read full story June 18th, 2008 - 13:36
Yale to Raise Enrollment by 15% - Biggest in Four Decades

Yale to Raise Enrollment by 15% - Biggest in Four Decades

Yale University, the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, has...
» read full story June 08th, 2008 - 16:19
Taiwan Elects President, Holds Referendum over U.N.

Taiwan Elects President, Holds Referendum over U.N.

Taiwan’s next president, on which about Seventeen million eligible voters will decide...
» read full story March 22nd, 2008 - 09:41
Another Freak Tornado Hits Arkansas, Midwest

Another Freak Tornado Hits Arkansas, Midwest

After the freak tornados battered the surprising warm Midwest and wrecked numerous houses, another...
» read full story January 08th, 2008 - 20:10
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Business

The Settlement Between Facebook and ConnectU Involved $65 Million

The Settlement Between Facebook and ConnectU Involved $65 Million

The amount of money needed by Facebook for last year’s settlement...
» read full story February 11th, 2009 - 11:46
Facebook Just Turned Five Years Old

Facebook Just Turned Five Years Old

Social networking Web site Facebook is celebrating its fifth birthday today. The company used the...
» read full story February 04th, 2009 - 19:39
Facebook Goes More Social Than Ever

Facebook Goes More Social Than Ever

Facebook is currently the Internet’s largest social networks, although it was opened just 4 years...
» read full story December 02nd, 2008 - 18:21
Google Settles Copyright Lawsuits With Publishers And Authors

Google Settles Copyright Lawsuits With Publishers And Authors

Google Incorporated was reported to have been scheduled to pay $125 million in order to settle...
» read full story October 28th, 2008 - 20:23
Facebook Executive Leaves The Company

Facebook Executive Leaves The Company

Dustin Moskovitz, co-founder of social-networking site, Facebook Inc., announced he would leave the...
» read full story October 06th, 2008 - 13:44
FCC vs. Comcast: Freedom Fighter vs. Grand Inquisitor?

FCC vs. Comcast: Freedom Fighter vs. Grand Inquisitor?

The recent  FCC decision to enforce action against Comcast over its network management policies...
» read full story August 02nd, 2008 - 00:29
Facebook, MySpace Or Both?

Facebook, MySpace Or Both?

The stats recently presented by the research company ComScore show that Facebook’s popularity has...
» read full story June 24th, 2008 - 16:10
Bill Gates Prepares A New Chapter In His Life, Without Microsoft

Bill Gates Prepares A New Chapter In His Life, Without Microsoft

Bill Gates is just one week away from his official retirement announced for the 1st of July. He...
» read full story June 23rd, 2008 - 17:01
Comcast Takes Another Damage Control Step

Comcast Takes Another Damage Control Step

Comcast has taken another step to contain damage after coming under heavy fire for its interference...
» read full story April 17th, 2008 - 14:34
Comcast Denies Claims Of Network Discrimination

Comcast Denies Claims Of Network Discrimination

Comcast, the US second-largest Internet provider, told the FCC in formal comments that its policy...
» read full story February 13th, 2008 - 23:33
Delta COO Jim Whitehurst Resigned

Delta COO Jim Whitehurst Resigned

Jim Whitehurst, the Chief Operating Officer of Delta Air Lines, Inc., who played a key role in...
» read full story August 30th, 2007 - 20:10
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Movies

Lincoln’s 200th Birthday, an Occasion to Re-Examine Abe the Man and the Myth

Lincoln’s 200th Birthday, an Occasion to Re-Examine Abe the Man and the Myth

The Abraham Lincoln bicentennial on February 12, the birth date of one of America’s most...
» read full story February 09th, 2009 - 14:01
Bochco’s New Show Takes The Side Of Public Defenders

Bochco’s New Show Takes The Side Of Public Defenders

It seems that the main goal of Steven Bochco’s new legal series is to praise public defenders and...
» read full story September 01st, 2008 - 14:03
“West Wing” Writer Aaron Sorkin To Make Film About Facebook

“West Wing” Writer Aaron Sorkin To Make Film About Facebook

Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin is currently working on a project about the founders of social...
» read full story August 28th, 2008 - 17:16
"Angels and Demons" Not Allowed In Rome Churches

"Angels and Demons" Not Allowed In Rome Churches

It’s round two for Dan Brown and the Roman Catholic Church. And this time, the church won....
» read full story June 17th, 2008 - 14:07
Movie Review: 21 The Movie

Movie Review: 21 The Movie

 You can never beat the house, according to a saying in the gambling world. You cannot beat a...
» read full story March 28th, 2008 - 13:55
Paris Hilton’s ‘Hottie and the Nottie’ a Box Office Flop

Paris Hilton’s ‘Hottie and the Nottie’ a Box Office Flop

Maybe Paris Hilton should lay off acting a bit, especially after her most recent movie “The Hottie...
» read full story February 11th, 2008 - 01:49
‘The Great Debaters’ Premiers On Christmas Day

‘The Great Debaters’ Premiers On Christmas Day

Denzel Washington’s latest movie, opening December 25, promises to make an excellent debut on...
» read full story December 24th, 2007 - 14:56
Denzel Donates $1 million for the Wiley College Debate Team

Denzel Donates $1 million for the Wiley College Debate Team

In his latest movie “The Great Debaters”, Denzel Washington portrays a Lincoln University...
» read full story December 19th, 2007 - 16:38
Sony Delays Production of “Angels & Demons”

Sony Delays Production of “Angels & Demons”

With the writer strike about to head into its third week, Sony Pictures Entertainment released a...
» read full story November 17th, 2007 - 16:03
Movie Review: Clichéd “The Nanny Diaries”

Movie Review: Clichéd “The Nanny Diaries”

Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini's homonymic adaptation of the 2002 best-selling novel...
» read full story August 25th, 2007 - 14:59
Scarlett's Nanny Diaries

Scarlett's Nanny Diaries

Scarlett Johansson stars in a discreetly tender adaptation of the 2002 novel “The Nanny...
» read full story August 23rd, 2007 - 16:11
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People

Renee Zellweger Puts Her Fat Suit On

Renee Zellweger Puts Her Fat Suit On

Being picked as the winner for the Woman of the Year award at the annual Hasty Pudding Awards,...
» read full story February 06th, 2009 - 16:17
John Updike Passed Away

John Updike Passed Away

John Updike, the two-time Pulitzer Prize winner for fiction novels capturing the mood and emotions...
» read full story January 29th, 2009 - 12:15
Fellow Writers Remember Late US Novelist John Updike

Fellow Writers Remember Late US Novelist John Updike

Tributes to Pulitzer Prize winner John Updike, who died Tuesday after losing the battle with lung...
» read full story January 28th, 2009 - 18:37
The World Is Facing a Great Loss: John Updike

The World Is Facing a Great Loss: John Updike

John Updike’s publisher, Alfred A. Knopf, announced that Updike, who lived in Beverly Farms,...
» read full story January 28th, 2009 - 01:00
Ann Romney, Fine After Surgery

Ann Romney, Fine After Surgery

Ann Romney, the wife of former governor Mitt Romney, has recently announced that she has been...
» read full story December 06th, 2008 - 17:14
Michael Crichton, Author of Jurassic Park, Dies of Cancer at 66

Michael Crichton, Author of Jurassic Park, Dies of Cancer at 66

Michael Crichton, aged 66, died in Los Angeles on Tuesday. According to the release issued by his...
» read full story November 06th, 2008 - 19:52
Jennifer Hudson Engaged to David Otunga

Jennifer Hudson Engaged to David Otunga

Jennifer Kate Hudson got engaged. The American actress, singer and model received the engagement...
» read full story September 16th, 2008 - 13:34
Peaches Geldof Marries Boyfriend Max Drummey in Las Vegas

Peaches Geldof Marries Boyfriend Max Drummey in Las Vegas

Peaches Geldof and her boyfriend Max Drummey got married yesterday in Las Vegas. The two have...
» read full story August 13th, 2008 - 14:48
Conan O'Brien's Holy Stalker Pleads Guilty

Conan O'Brien's Holy Stalker Pleads Guilty

A Boston catholic priest, who made headlines last year when he was arrested and charged with...
» read full story April 08th, 2008 - 21:41
Paris Hilton Honored With Harvard Lampoon’s ‘Woman Of The Year’

Paris Hilton Honored With Harvard Lampoon’s ‘Woman Of The Year’

On Wednesday, former hotel heiress Paris Hilton was officially honored with the "Woman of the...
» read full story February 07th, 2008 - 15:09
Paris Hilton Harvard Lampoon’s ‘Woman of the Year’

Paris Hilton Harvard Lampoon’s ‘Woman of the Year’

Paris Hilton will be receiving the award for the “Woman of the Year” named so by Harvard Lampoon...
» read full story January 15th, 2008 - 15:40
Al Gore III Pleads Guilty And He Is Sentenced To Drug Rehab

Al Gore III Pleads Guilty And He Is Sentenced To Drug Rehab

Albert Arnold Gore III, the son of the former US Vice President Al Gore, pleaded guilty Monday to...
» read full story July 31st, 2007 - 16:04
Bill Gates Receives Honorary Degree from Harvard

Bill Gates Receives Honorary Degree from Harvard

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates dropped out of Harvard University and bravely pursued his dreams....
» read full story June 08th, 2007 - 11:28
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Science

New Flu Vaccine Based On Human Antibodies May Come In Years

A new vaccine fighting several strains of the flu, including the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu,...
» read full story February 25th, 2009 - 10:20
Cleaner Air Equals Longer Life

Cleaner Air Equals Longer Life

The battle against pollution has been one of the biggest concerns over the past two decades. And...
» read full story January 23rd, 2009 - 14:50
Newer Antipsychotics Double Heart Risks

Newer Antipsychotics Double Heart Risks

The latest generation of antipsychotic drugs appears to be twice as likely to cause sudden...
» read full story January 16th, 2009 - 11:48
Researchers Find Simple Checklist To Be Really Useful For Surgical Teams

Researchers Find Simple Checklist To Be Really Useful For Surgical Teams

Researchers have just announced on Tuesday that a few simple steps may help doctors and nurses from...
» read full story January 15th, 2009 - 18:46
Study: Google Searches - The Silent Carbon Dioxide Producers

Study: Google Searches - The Silent Carbon Dioxide Producers

  Google searchers could count among the most popular activities in the world at this moment;...
» read full story January 12th, 2009 - 15:21
Non-Profit Group Seeking Nationwide Ban On Cell Phone Use While Driving

Non-Profit Group Seeking Nationwide Ban On Cell Phone Use While Driving

The National Safety Council is supporting a ban on cell phone use while driving across the United...
» read full story January 12th, 2009 - 13:05
Milky Way on Collision Course With Andromeda Galaxy

Milky Way on Collision Course With Andromeda Galaxy

 Since Aristotle’s first theory on the Milky Way to present times, there’s still...
» read full story January 07th, 2009 - 13:48
We Actually Live in a Super Milky Way!

We Actually Live in a Super Milky Way!

The fact that the Milky Way is much smaller than the Andromeda Galaxy, which is our nearest...
» read full story January 07th, 2009 - 01:16
Milky Way Heavier, Spinning Faster, Heading For Collision

Milky Way Heavier, Spinning Faster, Heading For Collision

  We’re spinning faster than ever thought, and we’re more likely than ever to...
» read full story January 06th, 2009 - 13:59
Studies Show That the Universe Is Expanding

Studies Show That the Universe Is Expanding

Recent observation on the Universe made astronomers believe that the Universe is indeed expanding...
» read full story December 18th, 2008 - 19:48
Shedding Some Light on Dark Energy

Shedding Some Light on Dark Energy

Some while ago, when scientists began talking about the hypothetical “dark energy” filling the...
» read full story December 17th, 2008 - 13:45
The Dark Energy Is In Charge With the Expansion of the Universe

The Dark Energy Is In Charge With the Expansion of the Universe

During a press conference today, NASA announced the fact that new measurements from the Chandra...
» read full story December 16th, 2008 - 22:36
Upset? Call a Friend Near You!

Upset? Call a Friend Near You!

Happiness seems to be transmitted through social networks, almost like a germ is spread through...
» read full story December 07th, 2008 - 13:51
Study Says Happiness Is Contagious

Study Says Happiness Is Contagious

A study published Friday in the British journal BMJ, authored by Dr. Nicholas A. Christakis, a...
» read full story December 06th, 2008 - 12:48
Harvard Scientists Unravel The Secret Of Aging

Harvard Scientists Unravel The Secret Of Aging

As we get older, our health becomes our worst enemy. What’s the secret of living a longer healthy...
» read full story November 28th, 2008 - 14:00
Penn State Scientists Untangle Woolly Mammoth Genetic Code

Penn State Scientists Untangle Woolly Mammoth Genetic Code

Penn State University scientists are to first to untangle the genetic code of an extinct animal,...
» read full story November 20th, 2008 - 08:16
Study: Vitamin C, E Supplements Fail To Reduce Cancer Risk

Study: Vitamin C, E Supplements Fail To Reduce Cancer Risk

A series of studies have lately shown that vitamins don’t reduce cancer risk. Just two weeks ago,...
» read full story November 18th, 2008 - 11:54
First Snaps of Distant Solar System Released by NASA

First Snaps of Distant Solar System Released by NASA

Recently, two teams of astronomers that managed to capture the first images of planets that are...
» read full story November 14th, 2008 - 19:27
Nearby Solar System Strongly Resembles Our Own

Nearby Solar System Strongly Resembles Our Own

It appears that a nearby solar system closely resembles our own solar system, raising the...
» read full story October 27th, 2008 - 21:23
Harvard Gene Project Posts DNA Data Of 10 Volunteers Online

Harvard Gene Project Posts DNA Data Of 10 Volunteers Online

Hoping to give medical research a big push forward, the Harvard University Medical School made the...
» read full story October 21st, 2008 - 05:52
European Scientists Find New Source Of Stem Cells

European Scientists Find New Source Of Stem Cells

European researchers made a huge step in stem cell research by converting cells from human...
» read full story October 10th, 2008 - 09:11

Martin Chalfie, Roger Tsien - US scientists

Washington - Martin Chalfie, a professor of biological sciences at Columbia University in New York,...
» read full story October 08th, 2008 - 21:45
Ig Nobel Prize Winners Know How To Make Potato Chips Sound Fresher

Ig Nobel Prize Winners Know How To Make Potato Chips Sound Fresher

Each year, around the time when the Nobel Prize recipients are announced, the Ig Nobel Prize...
» read full story October 03rd, 2008 - 15:00
Update: Stem Cells Research Could Become Safer

Update: Stem Cells Research Could Become Safer

Researchers took one more step toward so-called regenerative medicine by developing a safer way of...
» read full story September 26th, 2008 - 14:40
New Ancient Ant Species Found

New Ancient Ant Species Found

Mr. Christian Rabeling, a graduate student at the University of Texas at Austin, is the man...
» read full story September 18th, 2008 - 16:25
Virtual Telescope Takes Closer Look At Milky Way's Central Black Hole

Virtual Telescope Takes Closer Look At Milky Way's Central Black Hole

Astronomers at the MIT Haystack Observatory, in collaboration with a team of international...
» read full story September 04th, 2008 - 15:37
Stem Cell Research Breakthrough Reported By Project A.L.S.

Stem Cell Research Breakthrough Reported By Project A.L.S.

Scientists from the Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI), while working alongside colleagues from...
» read full story July 31st, 2008 - 22:24
Scientists Re-Create Fully Functional Human Blood Vessels In Mice

Scientists Re-Create Fully Functional Human Blood Vessels In Mice

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» read full story July 19th, 2008 - 09:33
US Researchers Identify Autism Genes Heightening Hope for Cure

US Researchers Identify Autism Genes Heightening Hope for Cure

A genetic research on more than 100 families prone to autism by Harvard researchers shed new light...
» read full story July 11th, 2008 - 11:58
Serotonin Imbalance May Be Responsible for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

Serotonin Imbalance May Be Responsible for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

A study by Italian researchers may offer the answer to sudden infant death syndrome, the third...
» read full story July 05th, 2008 - 13:00
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Technology

Facebook reaches milestone: 200 million users

Facebook reaches milestone: 200 million users

San Francisco - Five years after it was founded in a Harvard dorm room, the online social...
» read full story April 09th, 2009 - 20:12
Facebook – Five Years and 150 Million Users Later

Facebook – Five Years and 150 Million Users Later

Five years ago, social networking sites were just beginning to emerge and gain popularity. Now,...
» read full story February 05th, 2009 - 14:51
Google’s Error Draws Attention on Some Important Questions

Google’s Error Draws Attention on Some Important Questions

The Google, “human error”-caused glitch which practically broke the Internet for about...
» read full story February 03rd, 2009 - 14:05
Court Allows Webcast For RIAA&Tenenbaum Lawsuit

Court Allows Webcast For RIAA&Tenenbaum Lawsuit

Amazing as it seems, internet users worldwide will have the opportunity on Thursday to see a...
» read full story January 19th, 2009 - 16:32
Google Denies Accusations About CO2 Emissions

Google Denies Accusations About CO2 Emissions

A recent research by Harvard University physicist, Alex Wissner-Gross,  seemed to reveal...
» read full story January 12th, 2009 - 16:56
Google Book Search Has Now Magazine Content

Google Book Search Has Now Magazine Content

Google’s project to scan and digitize books has from now on a new addition: magazines. The new...
» read full story December 10th, 2008 - 11:08
Internet Companies and Human Rights Organizations Fight for Freedom of Speech

Internet Companies and Human Rights Organizations Fight for Freedom of Speech

In some states, censorship reaches frightening new standards. Just take into consideration the...
» read full story October 28th, 2008 - 20:16
Facebook Executive Leaves the Company

Facebook Executive Leaves the Company

Dustin Moskovitz, co-founder of social-networking site, Facebook Inc., announced he would leave the...
» read full story October 05th, 2008 - 13:50

Facebook Co-Founder Dustin Moskovitz Leaves To Start Own Company

Along with Facebook’s current CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Dustin Moskovitz founded the social networking...
» read full story October 04th, 2008 - 18:16
Aaron Sorkin Exchanges White House Staff for the Facebook Network

Aaron Sorkin Exchanges White House Staff for the Facebook Network

Creator of successful productions, such as “The West Wing” and “A Few Good Men,” screenwriter...
» read full story August 29th, 2008 - 16:17
Georgia Is Still Searching For Its Cyber-Attacker

Georgia Is Still Searching For Its Cyber-Attacker

The confrontations between Russia and Georgia have been set on more than one dimension, as before...
» read full story August 14th, 2008 - 13:41
Three Of Five FCC Commissioners Want Comcast Punished For Throttling

Three Of Five FCC Commissioners Want Comcast Punished For Throttling

Three of the five FCC commissioners allegedly voted to punish Comcast for throttling Internet...
» read full story July 27th, 2008 - 20:40
Medpedia, The Online  Collaborative Project On Health

Medpedia, The Online Collaborative Project On Health

Almost everyone who uses the Internet surely knows about Wikipedia, the largest online...
» read full story July 23rd, 2008 - 15:29
Update: FCC Says Comcast Must Stop Bandwidth Throttling

Update: FCC Says Comcast Must Stop Bandwidth Throttling

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin said that he wants Comcast to stop its...
» read full story July 11th, 2008 - 22:40

Bill Gates Gives Up Microsoft for Philanthropy Foundation

Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft Corp., a Harvard drop-out, one of the world’s richest men and...
» read full story June 24th, 2008 - 21:02
Hackers At Harvard! University Admits Security Breach

Hackers At Harvard! University Admits Security Breach

Once they put their mind into it, hackers are perfectly capable of breaking even the most ‘secure’...
» read full story March 14th, 2008 - 16:35
Study Warns: Heart Defibrillators Vulnerable To Hacker Attacks

Study Warns: Heart Defibrillators Vulnerable To Hacker Attacks

U.S. researchers unveiled on Wednesday that even humans can be vulnerable to hacker attacks. How...
» read full story March 12th, 2008 - 15:36
Comcast Criticized over Net Limiting, Seat Warming and Nonsense

Comcast Criticized over Net Limiting, Seat Warming and Nonsense

A simple test by the AP last October has found that Comcast appears to interfere with the...
» read full story March 03rd, 2008 - 17:06
Internet Safety Task Force To Protect Teens From Online Attacks

Internet Safety Task Force To Protect Teens From Online Attacks

Internet and children, that is truly something we should be concerned about, as more online...
» read full story March 02nd, 2008 - 10:42
Comcast Limits Both P2P File Sharing And Seats To FCC Hearing?

Comcast Limits Both P2P File Sharing And Seats To FCC Hearing?

Comcast Corp. denied accusations of unfair treatment towards its users through limiting...
» read full story February 27th, 2008 - 12:59
First Amendment Challenged: Wikileaks Shut by Ca. Judge

First Amendment Challenged: Wikileaks Shut by Ca. Judge

A federal judge in San Francisco has ordered the shutdown of an anonymous whistleblower site,...
» read full story February 20th, 2008 - 16:48
Sears Web Site Breaks Customer Privacy Policy

Sears Web Site Breaks Customer Privacy Policy

Antispyware researchers alleged that Sears has been violating the privacy policies of its...
» read full story January 05th, 2008 - 10:56
Chinese Web Censorship Takes Effect January 31

Chinese Web Censorship Takes Effect January 31

Chinese authorities announced that the broadcasting of Internet videos will be limited to sites...
» read full story January 04th, 2008 - 13:46
Apple and ThinkSecret.com Reached Settlement

Apple and ThinkSecret.com Reached Settlement

Apple and Nicholas M. Ciarelli, the young man behind the popular Apple rumors web site...
» read full story December 22nd, 2007 - 12:07
Facebook Apologizes for Tracking Ads Snafu

Facebook Apologizes for Tracking Ads Snafu

As it turns out, Facebook's CEO Mark Zuckerberg has finally realized what everybody else understood...
» read full story December 05th, 2007 - 21:55
Facebook’s Founder Sues An Online Magazine over Privacy Charge

Facebook’s Founder Sues An Online Magazine over Privacy Charge

Ironically or not, Facebook’s founder Mark Zuckerberg’s privacy was violated by a minor...
» read full story December 03rd, 2007 - 22:11
Politics 2.0, Facebook Teams Up With ABC News

Politics 2.0, Facebook Teams Up With ABC News

Clearly, there are a lot of things happening lately on Facebook. After earlier this month, the...
» read full story November 27th, 2007 - 11:51
The Federal Communications Commission Asked to Check on Comcast

The Federal Communications Commission Asked to Check on Comcast

In the recent weeks another scandal has hit the virtual world of the Internet. It has all started...
» read full story November 04th, 2007 - 15:45
Facebox Discloses Profile Details To Public Search

Facebox Discloses Profile Details To Public Search

The famous social networking site Facebox makes a dangerous move towards openness/ privacy...
» read full story September 06th, 2007 - 12:21
Facebook Founder Accused of IP Theft

Facebook Founder Accused of IP Theft

Mark Zuckerberg, everyone’s favorite Web 2.0 child prodigy, is being confronted with intellectual...
» read full story July 25th, 2007 - 14:25
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Psoriasis May Lead to Diabetes and High Blood Pressure

Psoriasis May Lead to Diabetes and High Blood Pressure

A new study published in the April edition of the journal Archives of Dermatology concludes that...
» read full story April 22nd, 2009 - 15:00

Drinking coffee could lower stroke risk for women

Boston/Berlin - Women who enjoy drinking coffee may be lowering their risk of suffering a stroke,...
» read full story April 13th, 2009 - 08:42
Brown Fat May Help People Fight Obesity

Brown Fat May Help People Fight Obesity

How many times have you heard your friends complaining of being fat? Or how many times you wished...
» read full story April 09th, 2009 - 14:02
Belly Fat Tied to Increased Risk for Restless Legs Syndrome

Belly Fat Tied to Increased Risk for Restless Legs Syndrome

Excess fat around the waistline has long been blamed for increasing the risk of heart disease,...
» read full story April 07th, 2009 - 14:07
Polypill Could Dramatically Reduce Heart Disease Risk One Day

Polypill Could Dramatically Reduce Heart Disease Risk One Day

A new five-in-one “polypil” could reduce the risk of heart attack one day, according...
» read full story March 30th, 2009 - 21:17
Rapid Weight Gain in Early Infancy Predisposes to Childhood Obesity

Rapid Weight Gain in Early Infancy Predisposes to Childhood Obesity

I am sure every mommy is happy to see her baby has a good appetite. Even more, they don’t...
» read full story March 30th, 2009 - 19:23

Adoption of Electronic Medical Records Going Slow in US Hospitals

According to a survey published online Wednesday by the New England Journal of Medicine, only 9...
» read full story March 26th, 2009 - 14:31
Eat Less Red or Processed Meat! Live Longer!

Eat Less Red or Processed Meat! Live Longer!

Eating too much red meat might put you at risk of dying early from cancer, heart disease and...
» read full story March 24th, 2009 - 15:14
Three out of Four Emergency Response Recruits Is either Overweight or Obese

Three out of Four Emergency Response Recruits Is either Overweight or Obese

A study by researchers at the Boston University School of Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Harvard...
» read full story March 20th, 2009 - 15:58
Religious Cancer Patients More Likely to Get Aggressive End-of-Life Care

Religious Cancer Patients More Likely to Get Aggressive End-of-Life Care

A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association notes that religious...
» read full story March 18th, 2009 - 14:30
It’s All About Calories

It’s All About Calories

Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health and the Pennington Biomedical Research Center...
» read full story February 28th, 2009 - 23:18
If You Want to Lose Weight, Count Your Calories

If You Want to Lose Weight, Count Your Calories

  Wednesday, the largest-ever controlled study of weight-loss methods was published in the...
» read full story February 26th, 2009 - 20:05
Any Diet Is Good for Losing Weight as long as You Stick to It!

Any Diet Is Good for Losing Weight as long as You Stick to It!

Losing weight has always been a problem for overweight and obese people. There are so many books,...
» read full story February 26th, 2009 - 14:06
Diabetes during Pregnancy Doubles the Risk for Postpartum Depression

Diabetes during Pregnancy Doubles the Risk for Postpartum Depression

Many studies have shown that some women are at increased risk of experiencing depression during...
» read full story February 25th, 2009 - 15:22
Scientists Make Astonishing Breakthrough in the Flight against Flu

Scientists Make Astonishing Breakthrough in the Flight against Flu

Researchers at the Burnham Institute for Medical Research, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in...
» read full story February 23rd, 2009 - 14:00
Women Who Enjoy Coffee Have Lower Stroke Risk

Women Who Enjoy Coffee Have Lower Stroke Risk

Women who enjoy coffee on daily basis have a lower risk of stroke, according to a study to be...
» read full story February 17th, 2009 - 15:00
$100 million Gift for AIDS Institute

$100 million Gift for AIDS Institute

AIDS researchers hailed a $100 million gift from a Cambridge technology magnate that will create an...
» read full story February 04th, 2009 - 22:45
Can Animal Eggs Be Used to Create Embryonic Stem Cells?

Can Animal Eggs Be Used to Create Embryonic Stem Cells?

A new study shows that animal eggs are not capable of reprogramming human DNA in the right way to...
» read full story February 03rd, 2009 - 15:25
Stem Cell Research Moves Forward

Stem Cell Research Moves Forward

As President Barack Obama is expected to lift federal restrictions on the field of stem cell...
» read full story February 02nd, 2009 - 14:20
Genetics Has the Answer to Popularity

Genetics Has the Answer to Popularity

It's no surprise that there's a gene in congeniality. Apparently, how easy you make friends...
» read full story January 29th, 2009 - 17:27
Genes Determine How Popular One Can Actually Become

Genes Determine How Popular One Can Actually Become

According to a new study by researchers in the U.S., your popularity and social skills may weigh...
» read full story January 28th, 2009 - 01:29
Genes May Give You A Hint On Your Popularity

Genes May Give You A Hint On Your Popularity

Have you ever wondered what makes you popular or not? Apparently, the genes you inherited from...
» read full story January 27th, 2009 - 13:05
Reduced Air Pollution Adds Years To Your Life

Reduced Air Pollution Adds Years To Your Life

Pollution has always been thought to reduce survival due to its noxious effects on people’s...
» read full story January 22nd, 2009 - 12:58
Checklists Might Reduce Risks During And After The Surgery

Checklists Might Reduce Risks During And After The Surgery

Simple checklists before, during and after the surgery might reduce the number of surgery-related...
» read full story January 16th, 2009 - 14:48
Newer Antipsychotics Pose Heart Risk

Newer Antipsychotics Pose Heart Risk

The findings of a new study add to the growing number of studies criticizing the class of newer...
» read full story January 16th, 2009 - 14:42
Researchers Find Simple Steps To Be Really Useful For Surgical Teams

Researchers Find Simple Steps To Be Really Useful For Surgical Teams

Researchers have just announced on Tuesday that a few simple steps may help doctors and nurses from...
» read full story January 15th, 2009 - 16:44
In Vitro Fertilization Treatments, an Option to Reconsider for Women Under 35

In Vitro Fertilization Treatments, an Option to Reconsider for Women Under 35

A new study raises hopes for young couples who decide to choose in vitro fertilization. In the...
» read full story January 15th, 2009 - 14:23
Newer Antipsychotics Increase Heart Risk

Newer Antipsychotics Increase Heart Risk

The latest generation of antipsychotic drugs appears to be twice as likely to cause sudden...
» read full story January 15th, 2009 - 12:52
Surgeon’s Checklist May Reduce Surgical Errors

Surgeon’s Checklist May Reduce Surgical Errors

A new study shows that surgeons who used a verbal checklist before, during and after the...
» read full story January 15th, 2009 - 12:20
Two Existing Drugs May Help Obese People Lose Weight

Two Existing Drugs May Help Obese People Lose Weight

Two drugs already approved by the Food and Drug Administration together with hormone leptin may...
» read full story January 07th, 2009 - 12:53
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