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SRK film shooting fetches UAE $5mNewsmakers
SRK film shooting fetches UAE $5m

The shooting of Shah Rukh Khan-starrer Happy New Year has brought an estimated $5 million to the UAE. The film...

7 Oct 2013 11:07 PM IST

Albert EinsteinNewsmakers
Einstein’s brain was different: Scientists

The left and right hemispheres of physicist Albert Einstein’s brain were unusually well-connected to each other...

6 Oct 2013 10:19 PM IST

Terminator-style robots developedNewsmakers
Terminator-style robots developed

Scientists have developed new Terminator-style cube-shaped robots that can leap through the air, jump on top of each...

6 Oct 2013 10:18 PM IST

‘Kids more distracting to drivers’Newsmakers
‘Kids more distracting to drivers’

Children are 12 times more distracting to a driver than talking on a mobile phone while at the wheel, a new...

6 Oct 2013 10:18 PM IST

Toilets have good acoustics, says McCartneyNewsmakers
Toilets have good acoustics, says McCartney

Beatles legend Paul McCartney likes writing music in the bathroom or in cupboards because the acoustics are usually...

6 Oct 2013 10:17 PM IST

Moon-forming impact blew off atmosphereNewsmakers
Moon-forming impact blew off atmosphere

The giant impact which formed the moon may have also blown off the earth’s atmosphere, scientists, including one...

6 Oct 2013 10:17 PM IST

Singer Lauryn Hill released from jailNewsmakers
Singer Lauryn Hill released from jail

Grammy-winning American soul singer Lauryn Hill was released from a US prison on Friday after being jailed in July for...

5 Oct 2013 11:31 PM IST

Body, not just face, aids recognitionNewsmakers
Body, not just face, aids recognition

Scientists have found that when facial features are difficult to recognise, people readily use information about...

5 Oct 2013 11:31 PM IST

Sotheby’s poison pill plan against investorNewsmakers
Sotheby’s poison pill plan against investor

Elite auction house Sotheby’s has adopted a poison-pill defence strategy to fend off a challenge by investor Dan...

5 Oct 2013 11:31 PM IST

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Italian director kills himself

Italian film director Carlo Lizzani committed suicide on Saturday by jumping from a third-floor window in Rome at the...

5 Oct 2013 11:30 PM IST

Lesbian love film opens amid sex scene rowNewsmakers
Lesbian love film opens amid sex scene row

A lesbian love movie that scooped best film at Cannes opens next week, but its Palme d’Or has been tarnished by a...

5 Oct 2013 11:28 PM IST

Cats change diet to meet feeding demandsNewsmakers
Cats change diet to meet feeding demands

Lactating cats not only increase their total calorie consumption, they also significantly alter the make-up of their...

5 Oct 2013 11:28 PM IST

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