Liquor and non-veg fare at Gandhi Restaurants in U.K.!October 25th, 2009 LONDON - Even as it's been almost six decades when Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated, the western world is making the most of his name, as his name is being used to promote all kinds of branded items from Mont Blanc pens to restaurants. However, believe it or not, joining this list is a chain of restaurants named after Mahatma Gandhi, which has come up in the United Kingdom and could startle almost Mahatma Gandhi lovers.
Germans eat 1,000 animals in their lifetimeOctober 18th, 2009 LONDON - Germans consume more than 1,000 animals in their lifetime, a study has found. Researchers at German Vegetarian Association estimated that Germans eat more than one billion animals, excluding fish or sea creatures, every year, reports the Daily Express.
Scientists design "gravity tractor" to save earth from asteroidsAugust 30th, 2009 LONDON - British space scientists have designed a special spacecraft that can save the earth from a catastrophic asteroid collision. The 10 tonne spacecraft named "gravity tractor" would be deployed to intercept an asteroid en route to the earth and has the ability to fly 160 ft alongside it.
Earth sends 25,000 "hi!" to aliens!August 28th, 2009 SYDNEY - The Tidbinbilla Deep Space Communication Complex outside Canberra, Australia, has sent out more than 25,000 messages to Gliese 581d, the nearest Earth-like planet outside our solar system, which might host life. According to a report carried out in www.news.com.au, the messages have come from 195 countries including some from places such as the Vatican city, Antarctica and Kosovo.
NASA lacks money to track killer asteroids: studyAugust 13th, 2009 WASHINGTON - US space agency NASA does not have enough cash to track the large nearby asteroids that could pose a hazard to Earth, a study by the National Academy of Science found Wednesday. In 2005, Congress ordered NASA to track up to 90 percent of near-Earth asteroids that are 140 metres in diameter or larger by 2020.
NASA to provide web updates on objects approaching EarthJuly 31st, 2009 WASHINGTON - NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is introducing a new Web site that will provide a centralized resource for information on near-Earth objects - those asteroids and comets that can approach Earth. The "Asteroid Watch" site also contains links for the interested public to sign up for NASA's new asteroid widget and Twitter account.
Just 96 months left to save world, says Prince CharlesJuly 9th, 2009 LONDON - Charles, the Prince of Wales, has warned that humanity has just 96 months left to save the world. According to a report in The Independent, the heir to the British throne told an audience of industrialists and environmentalists at St James's Palace that capitalism and consumerism have brought the world to the brink of economic and environmental collapse.
Che Guevara's granddaughter poses semi-nude for PETAJune 19th, 2009 LONDON - Cuban revolutionary leader Ernesto "Che" Guevara's granddaughter is at the forefront of a PETA campaign for a vegetarian revolution. PETA spokesman Michael McGraw said that Lydia Guevara has posed semi-nude in the campaign that tells viewers to "join the vegetarian revolution."
He said that the print campaign is expected to debut in October in magazines and posters.
Space viruses may have not seeded life on EarthJune 2nd, 2009 LONDON - A new study has determined that life on Earth is unlikely to have come from space viruses. Panspermia is the idea that life was seeded by extraterrestrial microbes in the form of hardy bacterial spores that hitched a ride on a space rock and landed on Earth.
Challenging simple concepts can save planet EarthMay 30th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A democracy activist has said that challenging simple concepts can save planet Earth from demise. In a speech at Ottawa's Carleton University as part of the 78th Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, author and democracy activist Frances Moore Lappe called for a wholesale revamping of the way we view government, the economy and democracy.
UFO crashed into Tunguska meteor to save Earth, says Russian expertMay 28th, 2009 LONDON - A Russian scientist claims that a UFO deliberately crashed itself into Tunguska meteor to save Earth from destruction 100 years ago. Dr Yuri Labvin, president of the Tunguska Spatial Phenomenon Foundation, insists that an alien spacecraft sacrificed itself to prevent the gigantic meteor from crashing into the Earth, above Siberia on June 30,1908.
UK Govt. advisor asks people to stop lamb, beer consumption to save the planetMay 25th, 2009 LONDON - A Government adviser in the U.K. suggests that people stop consuming lamb and beer to save the planet.
Morrissey finds meat's smell 'offensive'!April 21st, 2009 LONDON - Rocker Morrissey recently walked off stage while performing at Coachella festival in California after declaring he could "smell burning flesh". The vegetarian singer was performing at the event on April 17, but apparently took offence to the smell of barbecues.
Say hello to UK's only vegetarian cat Dante!April 14th, 2009 LONDON - A cat in Britain has set himself apart from his fellow felines by refusing to eat anything to do with meat and instead wolfing down only organic fruit and vegetables. Dante was rescued by his owner Becky Page, from Tasburgh, near Norwich, who found him on the edge of starvation.
How to save Earth from an asteroid impactMarch 27th, 2009 LONDON - Scientists have used a virtual model to investigate options to save the Earth from an asteroid impact. According to a report in New Scientist, the model was developed by a team led by David Dearborn of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, which modelled the impact of a nuclear explosion on an asteroid's trajectory.
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