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  • Vitamin D from sun may treat asthma says study

    Time spent by asthma patients soaking up the sun may help in the treatment of the illness, a research has said. A team of scientists at King's College London said vitamin D, which is made by the body in sunlight, calms an "over-active" part of the immune system in asthma, BBC reported. However, treating patients with vitamin D has not yet been tested. People with asthma find it hard to ...

  • Need more freedom for filmmaking in India Anurag Kashyap

    India's rising star director Anurag Kashyap has complained that filmmakers in in the country still do not enjoy the kind of freedom of space and expression that would allow them to make meaningful films. "Today, we are forced to treat our audience as children of less than five years and hence we have to only make goody-goody films with a huge dose of escapism. I want to have the option making ...

  • Mice and lizard return after a month in space

    A Russian capsule, which had mice and lizards as its occupants, returned to Earth on Sunday after spending a month in space. According to scientists, the experiment was conducted to test effects of weightlessness and other factors of space flight on the cell structure, Fox News reported. Russian state television showed the capsule and some of its inhabitants following its safe landing in a ...

  • Should we send animals into space | Poll

    the animals onboard a Russian 'space ark' died during a study of the long-term effects of weightlessness. Should space agencies experiment on ...

  • Massive Moon Explosion Captured on NASA Video

    WASHINGTON, May 20 (RIA Novosti) – If you blinked you might have missed it, but NASA cameras captured video of the largest explosion it has ever seen on the moon, when a meteorite crashed into the lunar surface in a bright burst of light visible to the naked eye. "On March 17, 2013, an object about the size of a small boulder hit the lunar surface," said Bill Cooke of ...

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The New World

The New World

Given that the gap between writer/director Terrence Malicks second and third films, Days of Heaven (1978) and The Thin Red Line (1998), was a full two decades, the mere seven years between The Thin Red Line and his newest film, The New World, comes close to con ... ...

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  • Unlicenced girl 15 caught driving 77 kmh over limit

    CALGARY -- Police say an unlicensed 15-year-old girl was behind the wheel of a car driving 77 km/h over the posted speed limit down the Queen Elizabeth II Highway on Monday. "We've got this very young and inexperienced driver behind the wheel travelling down the highway like a rocket," alleged Sheriff Jason Graw with the Airdrie Integrated Traffic Unit. "That's a ...

  • Wired Space Photo of the Day Swirl of Star Formation

    In today's business world, disruption is a constant force that never lets up. At the annual WIRED Business Conference: Disruptive by Design, we celebrate the creative power of bold new ideas and the people that make them happen. See the event ...

  • Threat of tornadoes in parts of 10 U.S. states

    Tornados hit Oklahoma OKLAHOMA CITY - The central United States braced for another round of violent weather on Monday after tornadoes struck the region over the weekend, killing two Oklahoma men and injuring at least 39 people. Severe storms were expected to pummel as many as 10 states on Monday, the National Weather Service said. It predicted a 10 percent chance of tornadoes in parts of Texas, ...

  • 1st British Space Station Astronaut Launching in 2015

    '); British astronaut Tim Peake will be the first British crewmember of the International Space Station when he launches in 2015. He represents the UK and European space ...

  • Experts Convene On Uncertainties Of Global Water Resources

    erosion , applied massive quantities of nitrogen that leaks from soil to ground and surface waters and, sometimes, literally siphoned all water from rivers, emptying them for human uses before they reach the ocean," he continued. "We have diverted vast amounts of freshwater to harness fossil energy, dammed major waterways, and destroyed aquatic ecosystems.'; To raise awareness ...

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