Alcoholism affects younger brains : Duke Study

A Duke University study indicates adolescents and young adults with alcohol-use disorders have a smaller prefrontal cortex.

Researchers said alcohol-use disorders are known to be associated with abnormalities of the prefrontal cortex, thalamus and the cerebellar hemispheres in adults' brains.

Alcoholism affects younger brains : Duke Study

Due to under-developing brain, Teens cannot concentrate

Research from the UK has found that teenagers and young adults find it hard to concentrate because their brains are more similar to those of much younger children than those of mature adults, with more grey matter but lower efficiency.

The brain is not fully developed until people reach their late twenties or even early thirties, according to study.

Due to under-developing brain, Teens cannot concentrate

Brain may be fully matured by age of 30-40: Study

According to new research from the UK, the brain continues to develop after childhood and puberty, and is not fully developed until people are well into their 30s and 40s, which contradict current theories that the brain matures much earlier.

Brain may be fully matured by age of 30-40: Study

Glass free World's first 3-D TV from Toshiba, now available in Japan

On Wednesday, in Japan, Toshiba became first to launch what it calls the world's first television to public, allowing viewers to see 3D images without having to wear special glasses.

It was unveiled at an electronics store in central Tokyo, it's 12-inch model, named as the Regza GL1 Series, went on sale.

Glass free World's first 3-D TV from Toshiba, now available in Japan

Google search engine gets updates, now detects compromised sites and alerts

ON friday, Dec 14, Google announced that its had made some upgrades to its search engine which included alerting people to hacked websites that make it into query results.

"We've added new notifications to the results page to warn you when sites may have been compromised, spammed or defaced," Google director of product management Mike Cassidy said in a blog post.

Google search engine gets updates, now detects compromised sites and alerts

NZ military release classified UFO files for the public.

Under freedom of information laws, New Zealand military released hundreds of previously classified reports detailing claims of unidentified flying object (UFO) sightings and alien encounters.

The documents released contains the data collected from 1954 to 2009. These classified files were released after the New Zealand Defence Force removed names and other identifying material.

NZ military release classified UFO files for the public.

Latest discovery of new molecule could boost rocket in having efficient propelling engine.

Discovery made by scientists from Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden could make the future rocket engines work efficient by 20%-30%. Trinitramid, the name of the new molecule that may be a component in future rocket fuel.

Latest discovery of new molecule could boost rocket in having efficient propelling engine.

IBM Scientists predicts five things for the future.[Video]

IBM helps in predicting what we may be see in the coming future. With its release of its annual "Next Five in Five" list of five innovations expected over the next five years this week, Air-powered batteries, 3-D cellphones that project holographs and personalized commutes are among the predictions of IBM scientists.

IBM Scientists predicts five things for the future.[Video]

Global Warming is behind the European Winter chill : Scientists

Feeling much chilled this winter than the previous one ??? Then blame the GW(Global Warming).

Counter-intuitive but true, say scientists: a string of freezing European winters scattered over the last decade has been driven in large part by global warming.

According to a new study, the Arctic's surface ice, if the current rates of decline continues, will disappear entirely during summer months by century's end.

Global Warming is behind the European Winter chill : Scientists

India's Sophisticated communication and entertainment satellite gets blasted in mid air after 2nd stage Rocket engine failure[Video]

Prestigious, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), suffered a major setback on cryogenic engine system usage. Isro's Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle(GSLV)-F06 launch vehicle failed to put communication satellite GSAT-5P in orbit after being destroyed in mid-air.

India's Sophisticated communication and entertainment satellite gets blasted in mid air after 2nd stage Rocket engine failure[Video]

31 US cities tap water is said to be contained with Hexavalent chromium, a cancer causing chemical.

According to US national survey, The Environmental Working Group, 31 US cities get the tap water which is said to contaminated by a cancer causing chemical, Hexavalent chromium.

Their results on this study were released on Monday, Dec 20. They found that highest concentrations of hexavalent chromium, also known as chromium 6, in the drinking water in Norman, Okla., Honolulu and Riverside, California.

31 US cities tap water is said to be contained with Hexavalent chromium, a cancer causing chemical.

Google shells out whopping $2 billion for New York office

Search giant Google confirmed that it had bought one of the most prestigious office buildings in Manhattan.

Thought the amount which the Google payed for the property at 111 Eighth Avenue building wasn't disclosed, but the Los Angeles Times put the price at $2 billion.

Google shells out whopping $2 billion for New York office

Next wikileaks cables will be about the Jewish state, Israel : Assange

In an interview to Al-Jazeera, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said that they are planning to publish hundreds of "sensitive" US diplomatic cables on Israel.

This Sensitive and classified documents includes Israel's 2006 war on Lebanon and January's assassination in Dubai of Hamas militant Mahmud al-Mabhuh would be released, Assange told Al-Jazeera in an interview.

Next wikileaks cables will be about the Jewish state, Israel : Assange

All the 250,000+ Wikileaks cables obtained by Aftenposten, Norway daily.

A Norwegian daily claims that they had obtained all the 250,000 diplomatic cables of WikiLeaks and it will start publishing articles based on those cables instead of the cable notes.

The Daily refuses to say how his newspaper obtained all the classified cables, which WikiLeaks has not yet released entirely.

All the 250,000+ Wikileaks cables obtained by Aftenposten, Norway daily.

2010s highest grosser of all time, Avatar, is also the highest pirated movie for the year 2010

Titanic director, James Cameron's sci-fi epic, Avatar, over took all records into her account and became the the most successful film of all time with gross takings of $2.7 billion, is said to be downloaded 16.6 million times illegally.

The second most pirated movie was Kick-Ass was second with 11.4 million downloads and Leonardo DiCaprio's films Inception and Shutter Island were third and fourth respectively.

2010s highest grosser of all time, Avatar, is also the highest pirated movie for the year 2010

Why do get attracted by looking at beautiful people?

If the research is to be believed, researchers from Canada confirms the adage that beauty lies in the eye of the beholder.

According to it, beautiful people leave much bigger impact on the beholder even during their brief encounters.

People pay special attention to identify more accurately the personality traits of people who are physically attractive than others during short encounters, says the study by researchers at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.

Why do get attracted by looking at beautiful people?

Mark Zuckerberg, founder of facebook meets his competitors in China

Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook founder, is on holiday with his Chinese-American girlfriend in China. According to AFP, Mark met with top executives, chief executive Charles Chao and vice president Peng Shaobin, from the country's popular web portal Sina.com.

This visit comes after two days after the facebook founder had lunch with the head of search engine giant Baidu to discuss the world's biggest web market.

Mark Zuckerberg, founder of facebook meets his competitors in China

UK loses 20,000 mobiles per day : Survey

Love you mobile???? Then be careful. You may be next. According to an English media report, in Britain, one out of six lost his/her mobile phone in the past 12 months and a whopping 20,000 mobile phones are either lost or stolen every day in Britain, says Daily Mail media report.

Most of them tend to lose their mobile during nights out in pubs or clubs, a considerable proportion of the 7.3 million missing phones went missing on holidays.

UK loses 20,000 mobiles per day : Survey

With the help of genetic engineering, Japanese creates Singing mouse.

A team Japanese scientists from University of Osaka, said that they had produced a mouse that tweets like a bird in a genetically engineered 'evolution' which they hope will shed light on the origins of human language.

Named as 'Evolved Mouse Project', in which they use genetically modified mice that are prone to miscopying DNA and thus to mutations.

With the help of genetic engineering, Japanese creates Singing mouse.

Julian at the age 18, had affair with 16 year old and became father.

Julian Assange, WikiLeaks founder, is said to had an affair with a 16-year-old girl when he was 18 and fathered a boy who is now 20 years old, according to media report said on Dec 20.

Raised by his mother Christine - who flew into London from Australia to see him this month - Assange had lived in 37 towns by the time he was 14, receiving much of his education at home.

Julian at the age 18, had affair with 16 year old and became father.