Scientific study looks at musical preferences

August 23, 2009

An expensive study conducted at the prestigious University of Cambridge has discovered that people are judged by the music they listen to. Well, duh? Who’d a thunk it? According to the results of the study that looked at six different kinds ...

Scientists discover sleep related gene mutation

August 16, 2009

Scientists at the University of California have discovered a mutated gene that causes people to be able to get by on less than six hours of sleep per night. People who have the gene need much less sleep than ordinary ...

Meteor Shower Covered by Clouds

August 14, 2009

Amateur astronomers were hopeful of seeing the Perseid meteor shower, but the best part of the shower went under the cover of clouds, spreading a lot of disappointment. The phenomenon happens every summer when the orbit ...

Facebook To Buy FriendFeed

August 12, 2009

Facebook, the social network, announced on Monday that they will be buying FriendFeed, a content-sharing provider, in a move that analysts claim is a challenge to Twitter and Google, both internet giants. There haven't been any ...

Dogs understand as much as two-year-olds

August 9, 2009

Research carried out at the University of British Columbia has determined that dogs have the same intelligence capabilities as two-year-old humans. The remarkable findings of Professor Stanley Coren revealed that some dogs can understand hundreds of words, can solve simple ...

Exploding iPods going off around the world

August 9, 2009

Last week it was revealed by Ken Stanborough from Liverpool that his daughter’s iPod had exploded and that Apple was trying to buy his silence. Since then, reports have surfaced around the globe from other iPod owners who have had ...

Skype may be shut down

August 2, 2009

People the world over have become accustomed to using Skype for making free phone calls. The service is especially popular with travelers and people who have family living in other countries. Now, as the result of a dispute over ownership ...

Scientists set to create artificial human brain

July 26, 2009

In a laboratory Frankenstein would be proud of, Scientists, who have already duplicated certain elements of the brain of a rat, are working on a project to build an artificial human brain. In what is called the Blue Brain Project, scientists ...

Extinct clouded leopard found in Bangladesh

July 26, 2009

A rare clouded leopard, previously thought to be extinct in the region, was recently discovered by tribal villagers in the Chittagong Hill Tracts area of India. The rare animal is actually classified under the “critically endangered” category established by the International ...

Microsoft-Yahoo! deal back on the table

July 19, 2009

Rumors were running rampant this week after it was reported that Microsoft executives had flown to Silicon Valley on a mission to take over Yahoo!'s search engine.  Several well-known technology blogs, picked up on the incident immediately. According to the All ...