Man walks from Texas to Washington hometown with 12-foot cross to redeem troubled lifeOctober 6th, 2009 Man walks from Texas to Wash. with 12-foot crossABERDEEN, Wash.
Airtel launches new plans for US callers to IndiaSeptember 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Mobile operator Bharti Airtel Sunday announced two schemes enabling cheaper calls from the US to India as part of a festive season offer. Under the first scheme, users will get 1,353 minutes of calls for $24.99.
British princes' cellphones 'hacked into'September 3rd, 2009 LONDON - The mobile phones of British princes William and Harry may have been hacked into by tabloid reporters, a senior British police officer said. Detective Chief Superintendent Philip Williams of the Metropolitan Police spoke of his suspicion at a hearing Wednesday of the British parliament's select committee on culture, media and sport.
Why people walk in circles when lostAugust 21st, 2009 WASHINGTON - It's true: When people are lost, they walk in circles. That's the conclusion of a new research which has also found the reason behind it.
Your cellphone can tell who your friends areAugust 18th, 2009 LONDON - The cellphone in your pocket can reveal who are your real friends, and how you interact with them, according to a five-year-long study. The study has opened new possibilities for social scientists, epidemiologists, and other researchers to understand how people connect and interact socially.
Kiwi walking bat took marching orders from 20-mln-yr-old ancestorAugust 8th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A new fossil-bat discovery has revealed that a walking bat in New Zealand took its marching orders from a 20-mln-yr-old ancestor, which upends a theory that the lesser short-tailed bat evolved its walking preference independently. Since the bat's native habitat lacks predators, researchers reasoned that-much like flightless birds on isolated islands-the bat had adapted to its safer surroundings in part by walking.
Amazing flying-crawling bat traced to 20 mn-year-old ancestorJuly 31st, 2009 SYDNEY - A bizarre bat species that is as much at home walking four-legged on the ground as winging through the air has been traced back to an Australian ancestor 20 million years ago, with the same rare ability. The discovery overturns a long-held view that the agile walking and climbing skills of the lesser short-tailed bat - Mystacina tuberculata - evolved in the absence of any ground-dwelling mammal competitors or predators.
Bizarre bat that walks on 4 legs had ancestor with similar ability 20 mln yrs agoJuly 30th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A new study has found that a bizarre New Zealand bat that is as much at home walking four-legged on the ground as winging through the air had an Australian ancestor 20 million years ago with the same rare ability. The study was carried out by an international team of researchers led by Dr Suzanne Hand, a bat expert at the University of New South Wales, Sydney.
Why we swing our arms while walkingJuly 29th, 2009 LONDON - A practice that has long irked scientific curiosity may have been solved - why we swing our arms when we walk. Scientists have discovered that swinging is more energy-efficient than holding them still.
Largest commercial satellite for cellphones launchedJuly 2nd, 2009 LOS ANGELES - A new satellite designed to allow the convergence of cellphones and satellite phones throughout the US was successfully launched Thursday, mobile communications provider TerreStar announced. Weighing 6,910 kg, TerreStar-1 is the largest commercial satellite ever and was launched by Arianespace from Kourou, French Guiana Tuesday.
Cellphones may soon form peer-to-peer network to broadcast disaster alertsJune 8th, 2009 LONDON - Mobile phones of the future would be able to form a peer-to-peer network to sound an alarm in the event of a disaster, and pass on the alert from phone to phone, even if most of a cellphone network is down. According to a report in New Scientist, this futuristic scenario might soon be a reality, if a new patent application by Telecommunications Company Motorola is anything to go by.
Walking or cycling to school can improve kids' healthApril 14th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Walking or cycling to school may be an effective and efficient way to integrate physical activity into the daily routine of children, according to researchers at Kansas State University. An Australian study suggests that poor urban design and safety fears are turning off kids from walking and cycling to school, and, thereby, increasing obesity rates.
Michael J. Fox was once mistaken for a drug addictApril 6th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Michael J. Fox was once mistaken for a drug addict because of the symptoms of his Parkinson's disease.
Graphene based chips could pave way for faster data transferMarch 24th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Using a material called graphene, scientists at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have created new superfast chips which can lead to cell phones and other communications systems that can transmit data much faster. Graphene is a form of pure carbon that was first identified in 2004.
Exercise for 30 minutes a day for real health benefitsMarch 19th, 2009 WASHINGTON - For real health benefits, people should exercise for 30 minutes a day five times a week, a new study has found. Although pedometers (which measure how much we walk) are widely used as a physical activity monitoring tool, they are unable to measure activity intensity.
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