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Chavez: Report of Alleged Terrorism Against the United States is ‘False’

www.eluniversal.com Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Monday labeled the report as “false” that was released by the U.S. broadcaster Univision about alleged terrorist plots in Iran against the United States, which would be involved in the Venezuelan and Cuban. “Until now launching programs were broadcast in the United States that now Venezuela, the Venezuelan government, is planning, [...]

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China Detects Bird Flu Outbreak in Tibet

www.reuters.com An outbreak of bird flu was detected on the outskirts of Lhasa, capital of the autonomous region of Tibet (southwestern China), said the Ministry of Agriculture through the Chinese agency Xinhua . The laboratory confirmed the presence of H5N1 in poultry farm 290 who died this month, the authorities stressed, noting that the epidemic is “under [...]

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Clone Mammoths Within Five Years?

news.discovery.com According to scientists woolly mammoths could walk the Earth again by as early as 2016. This idea came after they have discovered a well-preserved bone marrow that was extracted from a thigh bone in the Siberian permafrost. Semyon Grigoriev, a Russian scientist, along with Japan’s Kinki University will be launching a joint project next [...]

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Neandertals as the First Builders of Mammoth-bone Structure

www.sciencenews.org It is believed that neanderthals may have been the first to build structures using bones of mammoths. At least one mammoth-bone structure that has been built by neanderthals has been discovered that dates back some 44,000 years. It was believed to be either utilized as an area for killing and cooking animals or used [...]

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Alarm Over Southern Ocean Heat Level

www.abc.net.au New discovery shows that the Southern Ocean is storing a lot of heat than any other ocean in the world. The Southern Ocean is the primary heat absorber and carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and now the level of heat are increasing rapidly, many researchers fear that this will eventually cause the water to [...]

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Two Paintings That was Saved From the Titanic is Selling for £7 Mil

www.dailymail.co.uk Two paintings that was salvaged from the Titanic is now is now for sale. These two religious-inspired paintings were booked to sail on the Titanic but there was a delayed that is why it was saved from the sinking ship. The paintings were ‘He That Is Without Sin’ and ‘He Is Guilty Of Death’ [...]

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5-Year-Old Kid Taken From Parents Due to Being Obese

www.dailymail.co.uk A 5-year old kid was taken into care for being overweight and social workers believe that the parents are not doing enough to help the kid with his weight problems. The child has a body mass index of 22.6 and is considered obese for a 5 year old kid. Another 14 year old was also [...]

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Study Shows Obese Adults Use More Medications

www.reuters.com According to the new study from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, obese adults use more prescription drugs more often than adults who have normal weights. CDC said that using several medication may put them at risk with various health conditions such as heart disease, diabetes, stroke and some cancers. “Given the health risks of [...]

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Kids with HIV in Asia are Becoming Resistant to Drugs

www.reuters.com According to anti-AIDS group, teens who are getting treatment for HIV in Aisa are showing early signs of osteoporosis and kids are becoming resistant to drugs for HIV. According to UNICEF, from 160,000 kids with HIV, 57,000 require treatment however only 30,000 were getting them as of the end of 2008. “In our cohort, [...]

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New 18 Planets Discovered

www.space.com Eighteen new planets have been discovered by astronomers and they are all like the size of the Jupiter that circle stars which are bigger than our sun. Besides the ever growing planets in the universe, this also lead on evidence that support theories regarding the formation and evolution of planets, including Earth. “It’s nice [...]

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