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Google adds automatic captions to YouTube ! (20 November 05:57) |
| Google said machine-generated captions would initially be available only in English and on videos from 13 YouTube "partner channels" but it hopes to extend the feature eventually to all vide... |
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Astronauts get extra work done in 1st spacewalk! (20 November 05:57) |
| A pair of spacewalking astronauts, one of them a surgeon, hustled through antenna and cable work outside the International Space Station and even managed to do an extra chore. |
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Mercury mission clears key hurdle! (20 November 05:38) |
| An expensive mission, BepiColombo, to Mercury has been approved by European Space Agency (Esa). The mission is due for 2014 and was supposed to cost Esa
665 mn euros (£595m or $995m), a BBC... |
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Facebook refuses to embed report abuse button ! (20 November 05:38) |
| Reports indicate that social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace have refused to embed a “report button” that would allow users to report abuse. |
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CO2 emissions rise 2 despite global financial crisis! (20 November 05:38) |
| A new research has determined that despite the economic effects of the global financial crisis, carbon dioxide emissions from human activities rose 2 percent in 2008 to an all-time high of 1... |
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Cybercriminals forcing internet users to buy rogue software! (20 November 05:38) |
| With more people using the internet,
cybercriminals employ various online tactics to convince users
to purchase rogue security software, to gain financially,
a study has revealed. |
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Pachauri stresses on RD to tackle carbon emission! (20 November 05:38) |
| Ahead of the Copenhagen summit next
month, Rajendra Pachauri, Chairman of the IPCC, has asked governments across
the world to encourage research and development in innovation
and technology ... |
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Japan whale fleet leave for Antarctic Greenpeace! (20 November 05:38) |
| Japanese whaling ships left port Thursday for Antarctic waters for their annual hunt of the ocean giants, Greenpeace said, setting the stage for high-seas confrontations with anti-whaling ac... |
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India to study absorption of radio noise at Antarctica! (20 November 05:38) |
| India will install Imaging
Riometer at its permanent research station in Antarctica in a
few months time to study the absorption of radio noise in
the lowest part of ionosphere. |
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Robot as shop assistant in Japan! (20 November 05:38) |
| Shopping in Japan could soon
become a lot easier with a department store enrolling the
services of a speech-recognising robot, which is capable of
directing consumers to the relevant floors ... |
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India wont accept legally binding emission cuts! (20 November 05:38) |
| Do not expect anything much from next month`s climate summit in Copenhagen, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said, reiterating that India is not going to accept any legally binding cuts on... |
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NASA signs agreement with ISRO for use of Indian satellite! (19 November 05:32) |
| US space agency NASA has
signed an agreement with ISRO to use data from Indian
satellite Oceansat-2, for various American agencies for
research activities, including weather forecasting.
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Shuttle Atlantis docks at space station unloads parts! (19 November 05:32) |
| Space shuttle Atlantis has arrived at the International Space Station for a
weeklong stay, and the astronauts quickly unloaded a huge platform full of spare parts needed to keep the outpost ... |
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Govt unveils new air quality norms! (19 November 05:57) |
| Government on Wednesday announced tough new air quality norms to combat air pollution. |
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Zoos in country asked to hand over jumbos to Wildlife depts! (19 November 05:57) |
| Zoos in the country
will no longer have elephants as the Central Zoo Authorities
(CZA) have asked the managers of state-run zoos to hand them
over to Wildlife Departments.
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Fight climate change with free condoms UN! (19 November 05:57) |
| The battle against global warming
could be helped if the world slowed population growth by
making free condoms and family planning advice more widely
available, the UN Population Fund said t... |
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Birds can talk out of the corner of their mouths! (19 November 05:57) |
| Birds are more clever than
you thought -- the avians can talk out of the corner of their
mouths in a bid to scare off predators, says a new study.
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Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen diagnosed with cancer! (19 November 05:57) |
| Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen was diagnosed earlier this month with non-Hodgkin`s lymphoma.
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Butterflies aboard Atlantis to live in orbit on ISS ! (19 November 05:57) |
| Reports indicate that NASA`s space shuttle Atlantis is carrying butterflies, which will live in orbit aboard the International Space Station (ISS), as part of a science outreach project.
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Ocean on Jupiters moon Europa may harbor 3 mn tons of fish ! (19 November 05:57) |
| In a new research, a scientist has suggested that at least three million tons of fishlike creatures could theoretically live and breathe under Jupiter`s moon Europa`s global ocean.
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World on course for 6 degree rise in temp by end of century ! (19 November 05:57) |
| New research on climate change predicts that the world will face a slow-motion disaster in the coming decades with the average global temperatures rising by up to 6 degrees centigrade by the... |
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Infrared telescope to detect dim dusty objects! (19 November 05:57) |
| NASA plans next month to launch a space telescope that will scan the heavens for the infrared glow of celestial objects never seen because they are too dim, dusty or distant, scientists said... |
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NASA Microsoft take Web surfers to Mars! (18 November 05:54) |
| NASA and Microsoft launched an interactive website on Tuesday that allows Web surfers to become Mars explorers. |
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Global CO2 emissions to drop 28 in 09 Report! (18 November 05:54) |
| Global carbon dioxide emissions are set to fall an estimated 2.8 percent this year because of the financial crisis, after having risen two percent in 2008, a leading annual report on the glo... |
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Obama calls for climate pact with immediate effect! (18 November 05:55) |
| US President Barack Obama said on Tuesday that the United States and China want next month`s climate change talks in Copenhagen to culminate in a global accord that has "immediate operationa... |
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Facebook coins word of the year! (18 November 05:55) |
| "Unfriend" has been named the word of the year by the New Oxford American Dictionary, chosen from a list of finalists with a tech-savvy bent. |
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NASA ready to work with China to explore space! (18 November 05:55) |
| NASA is ready to cooperate with China in space exploration, the head of the US agency said Tuesday, as Beijing aims to send a manned mission to the moon by around 2020. |
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New climate treaty could save some species but increase risk to others! (18 November 05:55) |
| Scientists believe that plans to be discussed at the forthcoming UN climate conference in Copenhagen to cut deforestation in developing countries could save some species from extinction, but... |
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NASAs Terra satellite spots tropical cyclone Anja in southern Indian Ocean! (18 November 05:55) |
| NASA`s MODIS instrument on the Terra satellite has detected Cyclone Anja, the first tropical cyclone of the southern Hemisphere cyclone season, in the southern Indian Ocean. |
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Soon time-travelling browsing technology to navigate webs past! (18 November 05:55) |
| A ``time-travelling`` web browsing technology is being pioneered at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico to make it simpler to find old versions of web pages. |
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Penguins sea lions help map marine ecosystem ! (18 November 05:55) |
| The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and BirdLife International have released the first-ever comprehensive atlas of the Patagonian Sea -- a globally important but poorly understood South ... |
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Political will now technicalities later Ban on Copenhagen! (17 November 06:12) |
| Ahead of Copenhagen summit on climate change next month, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has urged world leaders to show the political will to achieve consensus on critical elements of a po... |
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NASA launches space shuttle Atlantis! (17 November 06:12) |
| The shuttle Atlantis has blasted off carrying vital supplies and spare parts for the International Space Station to push its life past the 2010 retirement of the aging shuttle fleet. |
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Worlds first universal quantum computer unveiled! (17 November 05:01) |
| Scientists have unveiled the
world`s first universal programmable quantum computer, capable
of processing two quantum bits or qubits which store more data
than the simple "on" or "off" bits ... |
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Tiny bubbles can help clean up oily deposits in water! (17 November 05:01) |
| Oily deposits that pollute the sea and kill marine life could be cleaned up with a new method developed by an engineer.
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Sky gazers in India can expect celestial fireworks tomorrow! (17 November 05:01) |
| Sky gazers can look forward to an exhibition of celestial fireworks over the next two days as the night sky will be lit up by the Leonid meteor showers expected to peak Tuesday. |
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Molecular collisions kept Earth worm! (17 November 05:01) |
| Some 2.5 billion years ago, the sun was so faint that the oceans should`ve been ice. They weren`t, and now a new study suggests the answer to the puzzle lies with greenhouse effect and an ex... |
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Jellyfish swarm northward in warming world! (16 November 05:47) |
| A blood-orange blob the size of a small refrigerator emerged from the dark waters, its venomous tentacles trapped in a fishing net. |
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Chavez asking Cubans to bomb clouds amid drought! (16 November 05:47) |
| Venezuela`s President Hugo Chavez says he will join a team of Cuban scientists on flights to "bomb clouds" to create rain amid a severe drought that has aroused public anger due to water and... |
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Hawaiis famed white sandy beaches are shrinking! (16 November 05:47) |
| Jenn Boneza remembers when the white sandy beach near the boat ramp in her hometown was wide enough for people to build sand castles. |
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NASA readies space shuttle Atlantis for launch! (16 November 05:47) |
| The US space agency was readying the space shuttle Atlantis and its crew of seven astronauts for an imminent launch to deliver a load of spare parts to the International Space Station (ISS). |
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Mystery of Bangladeshs mass arsenic poisoning solved! (16 November 06:04) |
| Researchers have pinpointed the
source of what is probably the worst mass poisoning in
history, according to a study published on Sunday.
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World leaders at APEC summit drop climate target! (16 November 06:04) |
| Asia-Pacific leaders Sunday vowed to work for an "ambitious outcome" at next month`s Copenhagen climate talks but gave no target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. |
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Govt starts survey of clouded leopard in Buxa! (16 November 06:04) |
| A survey is underway to ascertain the exact number of the reclusive and endangered clouded leopards at the Buxa Tiger Rerserve (BTR) in North Bengal to prepare an action plan for their conse... |
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Rarest monkey sprang from intriguing sexual past! (15 November 05:58) |
| The most extensive DNA study of Africa`s rarest monkey reveals that the species had sprung from an intriguing sexual past. |
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World wont come to an end in 2012 Astronomer! (15 November 05:58) |
| The world won`t be coming to an end on December 21, 2012, as said to be darkly predicted by the Mayan calendar, says an astronomer. |
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Pachauri flays govt-backed report on glaciers melting ! (15 November 05:58) |
| Rubbishing the claim by a govt-backed study that melting of glaciers was not due to climate change, RK Pachauri on Saturday dubbed it as "totally unsubstantiated scientific opinion". |
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Google unveils social search function! (15 November 05:58) |
| Google is testing a new social search function to make it easier for people find their friends` blogs and twitter feeds. |
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APEC drops 50 emission cut target China! (15 November 05:42) |
| Asia-Pacific leaders will drop a
fixed target for halving greenhouse gas emissions in a final
summit statement, a Chinese official said on Saturday.
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Worlds first flying car may soar the skies by 2011 ! (15 November 05:42) |
| If US company Terrafugia has its way, the world`s first road-registered, air-worthy, flying car could be on the highways and in the skies by the year 2011. The firm`s new vehicle is called t... |
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