LONDON – The cleverest children in school are four times more likely to develop mental illness as adults, reveals a new study. The research team from King’s College London found that straight-A students were at an increased risk of developing bipolar disorder than children with average grades. BIPOLAR ..
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LONDON – English footballer Wayne Bridge is said to have held secret talks with his ex-girlfriend Vanessa Perroncel for the first time since the news about her affair with John Terry was exposed. Bridge, 29, is reported to have been left “totally distraught” after … Read : Wayne Bridge ‘holds secret talks with former girlfriend’ .
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Garcon puts Haitian hopes on his bandanna MIAMI ? Pierre Garcon keeps finding new ways to spread his message about Haiti.
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Haitian hit: Garcon uses Super Bowl stage to send another message about relief efforts
TEHRAN – Iran Wednesday successfully tested a new locally built satellite rocket named Kavoshgar 3, state-media reported. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad also unveiled Wednesday the new domestically produced carrier engine Simorq, which can take a 100-kg satellite into orbit. The event came on the 31st anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution.
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Iran tests new satellite rocket
PALAKKAD – The ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) suffered another setback Wednesday when former Lok Sabha member of the party S. Sivaraman quit the political group, taking the total number of people who have left the party in less than a year to three. “I had no other option but to quit CPI-M as the ..
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Obama to meet governors at White House WASHINGTON ? President Barack Obama is meeting at the White House on Wednesday with a bipartisan group of governors from across the country to discuss energy policy.
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more images more images Spanish leader to visit US amid summit flap WASHINGTON ? President Barack Obama’s decision not to participate in an annual summit with European Union leaders is feeding doubts about whether Washington views Europe as a strong player on the international stage
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LONDON – Our need for stimulation and dopamine’s action upon the brain are connected, which explains why people who constantly crave stimulation are in danger of addictive behaviour such as drug abuse and gambling. The urge to seek out new experiences is a personality trait that psychologists have known about for years, but until now scientists ….
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Brain dopamine likely to drive hunger for stimulation
more images Feb 3, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Yet another twist is to unfold in ‘Tere Mere Sapne’, a serial by Sphere Origins, recently there has been a twist in TMS, wherein Sarju (Yash Pandit), the male lead leaves his village and goes to the city to save his best friend Kalua’s (Shashi Ranjan) life. When Sarju reaches [..] Read the original article: here .
LONDON – British professor Chandra Wickramasinghe believes that humans are aliens and share a cosmic ancestry. The scientist claimed that the human race began as microbes brought to Earth by comets millions of years ago, reports The Sun. Wickramasinghe said: “We are all aliens.
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LONDON – Barcelona is increasing the pressure on Arsenal as they plan a 40 million pounds summer transfer for ace footballer Cesc Fabregas. The Catalan giants vice-president Alfons Godall has insisted that the Gunners skipper will end up at the Nou Camp
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LONDON – Chelsea coach Carlo Ancelotti has refused to blame the John Terry affair as the club blew the chance to go four points clear at the top of the Premier League. The troubled England captain was taunted mercilessly as Chelsea was held by struggling Hull. Ancelotti said: “We were not distracted by this matter
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LONDON – Pregnant women need not blame “the bump” for their forgetfulness, say scientists who claim the idea that bearing children affects one’s brain power – the “baby brain” – is a myth. To reach the conclusion, Australian researchers studied 1,241 women both before and after having babies, reports The BBC. The British Journal of Psychiatry says [..] Read the original article: here .
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Pregnancy doesn?t make women forgetful
more images more images MELBOURNE – All rounder James Hopes has said that he can reclaim his first-choice status within the Australian one-day team if selectors scrap their recent policy of using only five genuine bowlers. The Queenslander was not selected for the first three matches of the series against Pakistan and was promoted only when Shane Watson …
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CA?s five bowlers policy hampering Hopes? first-choice status in team
WASHINGTON – In a new research, a team of paleontologists has found that the likely food source for Titanoboa, the largest snake the world has ever known, was a 60-million-year-old relative of crocodiles, whose fossils were recently discovered. Working with scientists from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama, paleontologists from the Florida Museum of Natural ….
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World?s largest snake feasted on ancient croc relative 60 mln yrs ago
LONDON – Experts have determine that the decision by the Obama administration to scrap NASA’s plans to return to the moon leave China well placed to become the second nation to land humans on the lunar surface within a decade. According to a report in The Guardian, the US president’s budget proposal lacked the funds to … Read this article on Gaea Times at : China may become second nation to land humans on Moon by 2020 .
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WASHINGTON – If NASA has its way, then very soon, people would have their own one-person aircraft that they can use for personal air travel. According to a report in Discovery News, NASA has developed a prototype one-person aircraft known as ‘Puffin’
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NASA?s one-person plane to revolutionize air travel
WASHINGTON – A group of trauma surgeons on bmj.com has said that despite the frightening regularity of humanitarian disasters like the earthquake in Haiti, international responses remain fragmented and must be improved.
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SYDNEY – Umpires and fielders square of the wicket have cast a shadow on Australian cricket’s pink ball experiment by saying that they frequently lost sight of the pink leather. Pink balls are being used in a day-night Futures League fixture at Adelaide Oval this week, and also in a day …
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Umpires, square leg fielders cast shadow on Australia?s pink ball experiment
SYDNEY – Cricket Australia has rejected the idea of banning alcohol from Australian grounds after delivering apologies and explanations over Sunday night’s pitch invasion in Perth which saw Pakistan opener Khalid Latif tackled to the ground. CA chairman Jack …
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Cricket Australia rejects booze ban plan in grounds over attack on Pak player