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- Technology (22 Mar, 2007)
China's Google in Japan
The number one search engine in China, Baidu.com, has started its own Japanese search engine, which is the company's first regular service it provides outside of China. The new website, called www.baidu.jp includes a search bar for Web page and image searches. The site also features a user help and advanced services. ...
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- Technology (17 Apr, 2007)
Robot to Help Neurosurgery
Surgery can take a huge step towards the future due to a new surgical robot system, developed at University of Calgary. ...
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- Offbeat (21 Jun, 2007)
15-Year-Old Boy Performs Caesarian Surgery
A doctor from India could be fired and face criminal charges after allowing his son, Dileepan Raj, perform caesarian surgery so he would be recorded in Guinness Book of Records. It is worth mentioning that his son is only 15 years old. ...
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- Current Events (13 Sep, 2007)
Blind People Help Sighted to Discover the Unseen
An exhibition called "Dialogue in the Dark 2007 Tokyo" started in Tokyo. The exhibition is very unusual. It is the place where sighted people are guided by blind people through several specially constructed darkened rooms. Thus sighted people are able to "discover the unseen". ...
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- Science (15 Oct, 2007)
The Nobel Prize 2007 Has Been Given Away
The six nominations of the Nobel Prize, namely in physics, medicine, chemistry, peace, literature and economics, have been given away to 13 awardees (12 individuals and one organization): 6 from the USA, 3 from Germany, 2 from the United Kingdom, and one from France and Switzerland each. ...
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- Science (15 Mar, 2008)
Native Americans Descend from Six Mothers
DNA study revealed that almost all of today's Native Americans originated from six women whose offspring immigrated about 20,000 years ago. ...
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- Current Events (30 Jul, 2008)
BBC Fined for Cheating Over TV Phone-ins
The independent regulator and competition authority for the communication industries in the UK, Ofcom penalized the BBC with a record-high fine of ₤400,000 ($791,535) because the corporation faked winners and misled the television audience in several shows. ...
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- Offbeat (26 Oct, 2009)
The Smallest Working Train Set Created in New Jersey, US
A train enthusiast from New Jersey decided to create the smallest working model train in the world. ...
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- Science (17 Nov, 2008)
100M-Years-Old Primitive Organisms Discovered in Tree Resin
Intact marine microorganisms have been recently found in tree resin. Scientists claim that the perfectly preserved microorganisms might have been trapped in the resin 100 million years ago. ...
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- Environment (17 Nov, 2008)
Scientists in an Unprecedented Experiment to Restore the Largest Coral Reef in Japan
Researchers look forward to restore the largest coral reef of Japan. They intend to plant thousands of baby corals that would grow on small ceramic beds. ...
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- Health & Fitness (19 Nov, 2008)
Scientists Replaced Damaged Trachea With Windpipe Made from Patient's Stem Cells
A woman from Columbia became the first person in the world to receive a windpipe tissue built from donated tissue mixed with her own stem cells, which were gathered from her bone marrow. ...
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- Environment (24 Nov, 2008)
South Korea Destroys Wetlands for the Sake of Economic Growth
South Korea is planning a new land reclamation project on the territory of Saemangeum which should give rise to the country's economy. However, environmentalists are hostile to such perspective and consider it a threat to ecological balance. ...
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- Environment (12 Dec, 2008)
California Takes Drastic Actions to Fight Global Warming
A new radical program has been adopted on Thursday in California setting an aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. ...
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- Health & Fitness (25 Dec, 2008)
Mysteries of Medicine - People-Chimeras and Water Allergy
The journal New Scientist has published an article capable of surprising any specialist. The phenomenons described there can cause shock, partially- misunderstanding, but they are real, attested, and studied by scientists all over the world. ...
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- Environment (27 Mar, 2009)
Millions of People to Turn Off Lights for Climate Change
On March 28th, at 8:30 the people are invited for the Earth Hour, which will be the biggest mass campaign that will demand actions to be taken to tackle climate change. ...
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