Liquid cats and blood-sucking bats: 2017’s Ig Nobel awardsWASHINGTON: Can a cat be both liquid and solid at the same time? Have vampire bats developed a taste for human blood? Will holding a crocodile bolster or blunt your gambling drive? These questions may … [Read more...] about Liquid cats and blood-sucking bats: 2017’s Ig Nobel awards
Skin patch melts ‘love-handles’ in miceWASHINGTON: US researchers have developed a skin patch that can melt fat in mice, and future tests will reveal whether it could treat obesity and diabetes in people, a study said Friday. The patch … [Read more...] about Skin patch melts ‘love-handles’ in mice
NASA space psychology subjects ending 8 months of isolationHONOLULU: After eight months of living in isolation on a remote Hawaii volcano, six NASA-backed research subjects will emerge from their Mars-like habitat on Sunday and return to civilization. Their … [Read more...] about NASA space psychology subjects ending 8 months of isolation
Linkin Park plans public Chester Bennington memorialLOS ANGELES: Rockers Linkin Park said on Tuesday that they were planning a public memorial for frontman Chester Bennington, a month after he committed suicide. The band in a Facebook post revealed … [Read more...] about Linkin Park plans public Chester Bennington memorial
Millions pour into US towns in path of total eclipseOn Monday, when a total solar eclipse sweeps across the United States for the first time in 99 years, people gathering in Charleston, South Carolina, will be the last on the continent to experience … [Read more...] about Millions pour into US towns in path of total eclipse
Brad Pitt must pay 568,000 euros to French chateau decoratorPARIS: A French appeal court has ordered US stars Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie to pay 568,000 euros ($667,000) to a lighting designer they employed for their chateau in southern France, judicial … [Read more...] about Brad Pitt must pay 568,000 euros to French chateau decorator
China blockbuster joins top 100 grossing films worldwide SHANGHAI: Fresh from shattering China's box-office record, patriotic blockbuster "Wolf Warriors 2" has claimed another slice of history by becoming the first non-Hollywood film to break into … [Read more...] about China blockbuster joins top 100 grossing films worldwide
How Game of Thrones is taking years off graying Santa FeSANTA FE: Part surreal Disney, part psychedelic penny arcade, The House of Eternal Return is what Salvador Dali might have built had he been tasked with designing a television game show. It looks … [Read more...] about How Game of Thrones is taking years off graying Santa Fe
Country music legend Glen Campbell dead at 81WASHINGTON: Country music legend Glen Campbell, the mellow-voiced "Rhinestone Cowboy" who sold millions of albums over a career that spanned decades, has died at the age of 81. Campbell, who … [Read more...] about Country music legend Glen Campbell dead at 81
China’s web users fear losing tools to bypass ‘Great Firewall’Beijing: Enterprising internet users in China fear the tools they use to tunnel through the country's "Great Firewall" may soon disappear, as Beijing tightens its grip on the web. Tens of millions of … [Read more...] about China’s web users fear losing tools to bypass ‘Great Firewall’
