Two distinct processes involved in determining true and false

October 12th, 2009 WASHINGTON - When it comes to religion, believers and non-believers appear to think very differently. But such beliefs or disbeliefs about God are governed by the same cerebral areas, says a new study.

September 8th, 2009 Military reports false alarm at UK air baseLONDON — A busy British air base was briefly subject to a bomb scare Tuesday, but the Ministry of Defense said it turned out to be a false alarm. The military had reported earlier that it was investigating a suspected improvised explosive device at Royal Air Force Lyneham, about 90 miles (145 kilometers) west of London.

August 27th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A new study, conducted by researchers in the U.S., has shown that the circadian system is not the only pathway involved in determining alertness at night - red light, which does not stimulate the circadian system, is just as effective at increasing nighttime alertness as blue light, which does. Mariana Figueiro from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New York, and colleagues examined the effects of the different lighting conditions.

July 29th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A new computer game prototype combines work and play to help solve a fundamental problem underlying many hardware design tasks. Called FunSAT, it could help integrated circuit designers select and arrange transistors and their connections on silicon microchips, among other applications.

July 27th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Nearly all animals can detect light, thanks to three types of retinal cells that allow us to see images or distinguish between night and day. Now researchers have discovered in fish yet another type of cell that can sense light and contribute to vision.

July 24th, 2009 WASHINGTON - If you are confused as to why animals of the same species sometimes look very different from each other, biologists in England have an answer. Writing in the latest issue of Evolution, University of York experts have used the term 'exuberant polymorphisms' for this natural phenomenon.

July 9th, 2009 LONDON - A striking new species of lungless salamander has been found living in a small stream in the Appalachian foothills of the US. According to a report by BBC News, the salamander, scientifically known as 'Urspelerpes brucei', is so distinct that it's been classified within its own genus, a taxonomic grouping that usually includes a host of related species.

June 18th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A team of Portuguese and Italian researchers from the Universities of Lisbon and Vita-Salute, Milan, have found that humans use two separate processes to determine the subtle distinctions between true and false in their daily lives. Writing about their neuroimaging study, titled 'June Cortex', the researchers point out that deciding whether a statement is true involves memory, and that determining whether one is false relies on reasoning and problem-solving processes.

June 7th, 2009 LONDON - From now onwards it will be possible to feel someone's pain, literally - thanks to the efforts of scientists who have for the first time discovered a way to measure the true depth of a person's suffering. Up till now, the only major way of assessing pain is to ask people what they are feeling.

May 29th, 2009 MELBOURNE - A Kiwi prostitute wants a free ad for her services on a sex website banned - because it is attracting "bloody psychos" with odd requests. "It's attracting idiots," 37-year-old "Kera" told the Manawatu Standard newspaper.

May 2nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - With the Taliban gaining ground and establishing its writ in newer regions of Pakistan, the intense social and political changes that the country is witnessing could ultimately explode into a full blown Islamist revolution, experts believe. The Obama Administration, which has expressed its concern over the precarious condition of Pakistan, has sent a host of top officials to Islamabad to discuss the issue, but it still remains unclear that whether Obama has a clear cut idea as to what he wants to do and achieve in Pakistan, vice-president of the Heritage Foundation Kim Holmes said.

April 8th, 2009 LONDON - McLaren may face a draconian punishment for allegedly persuading the world champion, Lewis Hamilton, to lie before a meeting of stewards after the team was being summoned to appear before the FIA world motor sport council. The team Tuesday announced that they had sacked Dave Ryan, their sporting director, who had worked for McLaren for 35 years and was at the centre of the controversy, the Guardian reports.

April 1st, 2009 LONDON - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has rejected suggestions that he is constrained by Congress president Sonia Gandhi, saying the fact that she has taken on the work of managing the party is a 'distinct advantage' to him. 'I am not constrained by the fact that the Congress party's management is looked after by Mrs.

March 15th, 2009 LONDON - British singer Cheryl Cole has been dubbed as the icon for false eyelashes ever since sales figures shot up after she was pictured wearing them. Cole, 25, inspired millions of teenage girls to wear them, just as pop icons Dusty Springfield and Twiggy did 40 years ago, and supermarket Tesco has revealed that sales have doubled up due to her.

February 27th, 2009 LONDON - Scientists have stumbled on a basic property of preservatives that might extend the shelf life of vaccines, food and library books - and save money while doing it. Besides jams, sugars are often used to preserve pharmaceuticals and similar biological materials.