Life
Study sheds new light on cot deaths
05/07/2008
EUROPEAN scientists have shed new light on the causes of the devastating, inexplicable syndrome known as sudden infant...
Tomorrow's PCs will have more 'brains'
05/07/2008
JUST how many "brains" does your personal computer need, anyway? Not that buying a PC was ever as easy as,...
Sudanese doctors come home
05/07/2008
THEY left as children and teenagers, crossing the border between dry southern Sudan and Ethiopia before being...
Japan gives recognition to a fading tribe
05/07/2008
THE AINU had lived on Japan's northernmost island for centuries, calling their home Ainu Mosir, or Land of Human...
Paparazzis feel the heat
05/07/2008
FOR years Hollywood's paparazzi have hounded celebrities, but now — with help from local politicians, a lawyer in...
Cuba marks Hemingway's death anniversary
05/07/2008
THE bell tolled for Ernest Hemingway on Wednesday as Cubans marked the 47th anniversary of his death by ringing a bell...
Mobiles change birds' song tune
29/06/2008
MANY wild birds are able to imitate the simple ringtones of mobile phones, German ornithologists report, underscoring...
A greener appetite in Brunei
29/06/2008
IT IS true that environmental degradation is an issue of major concern in this age of globalisation. And it's also...
Auctioneers rake in £300 million in three days of sale
28/06/2008
AUCTION houses Christie's and Sotheby's racked up nearly £300 million ($813.4 million) in three days of sales of...
Author in campaign to help deprived kids
28/06/2008
LAUREN CHILD'S life could be told as if it were a fairy tale. She is our princess of picture books, author of the...
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