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Jackson’s hair made into diamonds — for real
Posted by: Moallima on: July 25, 2009
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Since Michael Jackson’s sudden death on June 25, the rumor mill over details of his bizarre personal life has ground away nearly non-stop, and on Friday, one company said it was turning his hair into diamonds. That one is true.
The claims this week included a report in Rolling Stone magazine that [...]
World’s largest telescope to be built in Hawaii
Posted by: Moallima on: July 22, 2009
HONOLULU – Hawaii was chosen Tuesday as the site for the world’s biggest telescope, a device so powerful that it will allow scientists to see some 13 billion light years away and get a glimpse into the early years of the universe.
The telescope’s mirror — stretching almost 100 feet in diameter, or nearly the length [...]
Don’t ask the mirror who’s the fairest of them all – your brain will tell you lies
Posted by: Moallima on: March 30, 2009
You’ve spent an hour in front of the mirror making sure that you look perfect. But don’t be fooled.
No matter how good you think you look, anyone else will be confronted with a somewhat different sight.
It is all down to the way the brain processes faces, say scientists.
Studies show that most people’s eyes are drawn [...]
The boy so set on getting to Cambridge he got 22 A-levels
Posted by: Moallima on: March 6, 2009
By Paul Harris and Laura Clark
Last updated at 9:27 AM on 31st January 2009
One ambition was fixed in Ali Moeen Nawazish’s mind as he made his way through school in Pakistan. He wanted to win a place at Cambridge.
Sitting seven A-levels might easily have done the trick, even though he had started to study [...]
Military to use new gel that stops bullets
Posted by: Moallima on: March 3, 2009
By Thomas Harding Defence Correspondent
Last Updated: 2:34PM GMT 27 Feb 2009
Richard Palmer invented the D3O shock absorbing material that locks instantly into a solidified form when it is hit at high impact Photo: REUTERS
The Ministry of Defence has awarded £100,000 to a small company that has developed a special substance that hardens [...]
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