Nepal firm takes high speed Internet to Mt Everest
KATHMANDU (Reuters) – A private telecom firm took high speed Internet facilities to the top of the world on Thursday when it launched Nepal’s first 3G services at the base camp of Mount Everest.
Exhibit delves into life and legend of Houdini
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Handcuffs, shackles, a torture chamber and straitjacket used by renowned escape artist Harry Houdini will be part of a major exhibit that delves into the life and legend of the world famous magician.
Halloween ghost hunters seek old soldiers in Gettysburg
GETTYSBURG, Pennsylvania (Reuters) – Days before Halloween on a darkened street Dwight Stoutzenberger aimed his digital camera at a wall not far from where a guide was telling ghost stories to a group of tourists.
Vending machines sell miniature art in boxes
BERLIN (Reuters) – An artist who wanted to make art more accessible has installed vending machines across Germany offering unique art miniatures in small boxes.
Controlling Digital Images With The Mind
Move over, touchpad screens: New research funded in part by the National Institutes of Health shows that it is possible to manipulate complex visual images on a computer screen using only the mind.The study, published in Nature, found that wh…
Arizona executes killer by lethal injection
PHOENIX (Reuters) – Arizona executed a convicted murderer by lethal injection Tuesday in a case that stirred controversy after it emerged that one of the drugs being used to end the inmate’s life was obtained in Britain.
World War Two bombs found on Galapagos Islands
QUITO (Reuters) – Fishermen have found a dozen bombs believed to be from World War Two buried on the Galapagos Islands, a local government official said Tuesday.
New monkey found in Myanmar near China dam project
OSLO (Reuters) – A new type of snub-nosed monkey has been found in a remote forested region of northern Myanmar which is under threat from logging and a Chinese dam project, scientists said on Wednesday.
Half of small companies expect staff theft: survey
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Just over half of private small company executives expect employees to steal something of value within the next year, nearly double the rate who have actually experienced such loss in the last five years, a new survey found on Tues…
Chupacabras – Victim Or Villain?
As Halloween approaches, tales of monsters and creepy crawlies abound. Among the most fearsome is the legendary beast known as the chupacabras.But the real fiend is not the hairless, fanged animal purported to attack and drink the blood of li…
Orchid Tricks Hoverflies
Eastern marsh helleborine mimics aphid alarm pheromones to attract pollinatorsEven Darwin was a self-admitted orchid lover. Dictionaries describe orchids as exotic ornamentals. Indeed, these plants – more than 30000 differe…
Passion As A Pain Killer?
Intense, passionate feelings of love can provide amazingly effective pain relief, similar to painkillers or such illicit drugs as cocaine, according to a new Stanford University School of Medicine study."When people are in this passionat…