Divorces are seldom easy, they may even cause children to go into depression, they also break two people emotionally as well as physically and when the victims are rich and famous, they end up in worst situation. Recently, a divorce case was filed between a 76 year old person Larry King and his seventh wife [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Science’
ISRO scientists to meet Sunday to discuss cryo failure
April 16th, 2010 |
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Indian space scientists will meet in Thiruvananthapuram on Sunday to discuss the reasons for the failure of Thursday’s rocket mission, which was for the first time powered by an Indian-built cryogenic engine.
Meanwhile, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is collecting data on the rocket launch to arrive at the reason for the failure.
The scientists will [...]
Of six GSLV launches, only two were successes
April 15th, 2010 |
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The GSLV rocket mission that failed Thursday was the sixth launched by India. Of the six, only two were successes and one a partial success. The rest could not accomplish their missions.
The two successful launches by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) were in 2003 and 2004 – and put into space GSAT-2 and Edusat, [...]
Indian cryogenic rocket launch fails
April 15th, 2010 |
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India’s space programme suffered a setback Thursday as its indigenous cryogenic engines failed to ignite.
Indian Space Research Organisation chairman K. Radhakrishan said that the mission did not perform as planned as two Verinier cryogenic engines failed to ignite though the main engine lifted off.
The GSLV D3 blasted off with a GSAT 4 satellite around 5 [...]
Climate science and its discontents: A place in the sun
April 15th, 2010 |
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The scientists in “climategate” did not fudge the data, a report finds
RON OXBURGH, breezily pushing his bicycle through a clot of journalists outside the press briefing he had just given, is a busy man happy to hurry. Critics of his investigation into the scientific probity of the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) at the University of East Anglia will hold that haste against him. In his time Lord Oxburgh has been head of the earth sciences department at Cambridge, chief scientific adviser to Britain’s defence ministry and, briefly, chairman of Shell. In March he was asked to lead an inquiry into the CRU’s main scientific findings, a matter of much debate ever since apparently hacked e-mails from the unit were made public less than five months ago. That he has reported so soon, and in a way that supports the CRU researchers, will be seen by many critics as de facto evidence of a whitewash.
Lord Oxburgh and his colleagues were not concerned with whether CRU’s scientific findings, which are based on records of temperature change from instruments and natural proxies, were correct. They were looking to see if the analysis had been biased and manipulated. …
Robotic hand to allow people to hold hands over internet
April 15th, 2010 |
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Specially-designed robotic hands would soon allow friends and family to hold hands over the internet and help them experience the sensation of touch.
It plugs into a computer and communicates with an electronic wristband to allow people talking over the internet to experience the sensation of touch.
Not only can it grip and shake, but also give [...]
India has more mobile telephones than toilets: UN report
April 15th, 2010 |
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More people in India, the world’s second most crowded country, have access to a mobile telephone than to a toilet, according to a new UN study on how to cut the number of people with inadequate sanitation.
“It is a tragic irony to think that in India, a country now wealthy enough that roughly half of [...]
Nuclear summit ends with action plan for nuclear security
April 14th, 2010 |
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The two-day Nuclear Security Summit ended Tuesday, with leaders from 47 nations signing off on a non-binding communique and an action plan that presses for collective global action to secure all vulnerable fissile materials such as highly enriched uranium and separated plutonium within four years.
“Nuclear terrorism is one of the most challenging threats to international [...]
New software to help empty stadiums during bomb threats
April 13th, 2010 |
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Imagine trying to get out of a stadium with 70,000 fans after a bomb explodes, or even a bomb threat. For an evacuation on this scale, there are no dress rehearsals or practice drills – just simulation software.
A new breed of simulation software – dubbed SportEvac – is being funded by the Department of Homeland [...]
Nuclear summit begins, Obama welcomes world leaders
April 13th, 2010 |
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The two-day Nuclear Security Summit began Monday as US President Barack Obama welcomed leaders of 46 countries who have gathered in the American capital to ensure bomb-making materials do not fall into the hands of terrorists.
Obama welcomed world leaders, including Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Chinese President Hu Jintao, shaking their hands and posing [...]
Sandra Bullock Takes Care of Kids
April 11th, 2010 |
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What can one say about this? Either these are the positive signs of Sandra and Jesse’s relationship or it is Sandra’s, a devoted mother’s, kids being taken care of by mom while Jesse is in rehab.
Their children, Sunny, 6; Chandler, 15, and Jesse Jr., 12 are living with the mother. According to the various resources, [...]
Rihanna’s New Boyfriend Revealed
April 11th, 2010 |
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Rihanna upcoming tour “Last Girl on Earth†kicks off Seattle, July 2. No, that’s not the news. The news is about LA Dodger Matt Kemp, 25, whom the 22-year old Barbadian beauty, confirms to be her boyfriend.
After months of silence over their romance, she finally agreed to it, when she spoke to Ryan Seacrest, on [...]
Demi Moore Expecting to Have Kids
April 11th, 2010 |
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Demi Moore, now 47, talks about having her next child from her husband Ashton Kutcher. Ashton and Moore are together since 2005. And they have made a fine couple ever since.
After her three daughters with former husband Bruce Willis – Rumer, 21, Scout, 18, and Tallulah, 16, this would be her fourth child. Though [...]
Sarah Harding eats coal to stay slim!
April 9th, 2010 |
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Girls Aloud band member Sarah Harding has admitted that she eats charcoal to stay fit.
Harding said that apart from curing hangovers, the softest form of carbon keeps her healthy and helps getting her curves back, reports The Daily Star.
It is reported that she sprinkles coal crumbs over her food.
“I found out about it on [...]
Sarah Harding eats coal to stay slim!
April 9th, 2010 |
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Girls Aloud band member Sarah Harding has admitted that she eats charcoal to stay fit.
Harding said that apart from curing hangovers, the softest form of carbon keeps her healthy and helps getting her curves back, reports The Daily Star.
It is reported that she sprinkles coal crumbs over her food.
“I found out about it on [...]
‘Ranbir and I are waiting for a right movie to act together’-Deepika Padukone
April 9th, 2010 |
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The break up news of Bollywood sizzling actress Deepika Padukone and handsome hunk Ranbir Kapoor has been in headlines since long.
The commercial of a soft drink had both the actors but after the break up, Deepika was not seen with Ranbir in a recent soft drink commercial. But the lady denied all rumors saying that [...]
Fastest integrated circuit for Big Bang machine
April 9th, 2010 |
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Scientists have developed the fastest-ever integrated circuit to transmit data in the demanding environment of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) or the Big Bang machine, the world’s largest physics experiment.
The new “link-on-chip” – or LOC serialiser circuit – was designed by physicists at Southern Methodist University (SMU), Dallas, as a component for use in a [...]
Nicollette Sheridan’s Lawsuit and Eva Longoria Parker Feelings
April 9th, 2010 |
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In news is our very own show, Desperate Housewives’, the show is getting its repo corroded desperately, ya that’s right! And that’s all ‘cause of Nicollette Sheridan’s lawsuit against Marc Cherry, the show’s creator. Sheridan, 46, alleges that she was hit on face and fired after complaining during the shot.
Though the case still not [...]
Sandra Bullock Denies Having Sex Tape
April 9th, 2010 |
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There has been a lot of smoke rising over the sex-tape scandal of this couple, and people guess there is surely some fire. But since their public separation, Sandra Bullock has been silent over the matter that whether there is any sex-tape made with her husband Jesse James.
This was enough to spoil her repo [...]