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Ageing study looks at fasting to live longer

February 20, 2012
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Picture: Getty Images Scientists in the United States claim people who starve themselves on alternate days may live longer, boost brain power and lose weight. The National Institutes for Aging researchers based their evidence on studies involving animals and humans. Animals were given the bare minimum of calories needed to keep them alive. The...
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Acid attack victim, Katie Piper, can see again

February 6, 2012
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Katie Piper arriving at The TV Choice Awards 2011 in the UK and right, with Lisa Faulkner at a London awards ceremony honouring inspirational women in 2012. Photo: AAP / Getty Images Surgeons in Britain have restored the sight of a woman blinded after having acid thrown in her face in an attack arranged...
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Hackers listen in on FBI’s anti-hacker call

February 6, 2012
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A conference call between FBI and British police has been recorded by the people they were trying to catch. HACKERS have targeted the websites of several law enforcement agencies worldwide in attacks attributed to Anonymous, allegedly accessing details of informants and eavesdropping on a conference call between the FBI and Scotland Yard on how...
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‘Blue Balls Rain’ Mystery Solved

February 6, 2012
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Scientists claim to have solved the mystery behind the strange blue jelly balls which ‘rained’ down on the garden of a UK resident a week ago. Researchers at Bournemouth University say the mysterious balls were merely a common substance found in nappies. Steve Hornsby of Dorset was left puzzled when a torrent of gooey...
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You’ve been warned: Time’s up on Facebook gaffes

January 28, 2012
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The Facebook timeline feature will soon be mandatory for all users. Picture: Facebook FACEBOOK will soon expose users who post embarrassing photos and status updates, whether they like it or not. The social networking giant will force users on to its new timeline function, which displays their entire history on the site – from...
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Cat has total knee replacement

January 28, 2012
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BECAUSE Cyrano weighs more than nine kilograms, amputating his cancer-weakened leg was out of the question. So the tubby tabby’s owners turned to doctors and engineers at North Carolina State University to get who they describe as “their child” back into mice-catching trim. On Thursday, the 10-year-old cat from Upperville, Virginia, received what doctors...
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Teen girl slowly dying of her McAddiction

January 28, 2012
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A variety of McDonald’s burgers, wraps and the preferred nuggets. Picture: Nicholas Welsh A TEENAGE girl who has eaten almost nothing else except chicken nuggets for 15 years has been warned by doctors the junk food is killing her. Stacey Irvine, 17, has been hooked on the fast food since her mother bought her...
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Penis Tattoo Blamed for Permanent Erection

January 17, 2012
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The day after: Tattoo regret is common and is creating a large demand for tattoo-removal technologies. CREDIT: Maxfx |Dreamstime.com A 21-year-old Iranian man now suffers from a permanent erection after getting a tattoo on his penis, according to a report of his case. The man had the Persian phrase “borow be salaamat,” meaning “good...
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Death of the point-and-shoot? Smartphone cameras now take 27 per cent of photos

December 26, 2011
Close up photo of a female tourist taking photos of a beautiful beach in The Bahamas with her iPhone 4 camera

By ROB WAUGH Pundits have been predicting the death of slim point-and-shoot cameras for years, as smartphones eat into their market, and camera makers increasingly move towards SLR and other larger-lensed models.  But recent U.S. data from retail analysts NPD hints that the writing really is on the wall for slim cameras. The percentage of...
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Bracelet reveals amazing craftsman’s skill from 7500BC (so good it couldn’t be bettered today)

December 26, 2011
Polished skills: The obsidian bracelet contains remarkable detail

A 9,500-year-old bracelet has been analysed using the very latest computers – and the results show that it is so intricate even today’s craftsmen would struggle to improve it. Researchers from the Institut Français d’Etudes Anatoliennes in Istanbul and Laboratoire de Tribologie et de Dynamiques des Systèmes studied the bracelet’s surface and its micro-topographic...
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