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Monthly archives: January 2015

 
 
 

Niagara Icewine Festival in Niagara Falls

January 23, 2015 • 6-11pm January 24, 2015 • 2-11pm January 25, 2015 • 12-5pm Celebrate the magic of winter and Icewine in Niagara Falls. Enjoy a fabulous weekend of VQA wines, gourmet cuisine and live entertainment both inside and outside! Guests will be charged $10 per ticket in advance and $15 at the door, which will include admission for one day, a commemorative wine glass, one token ($3.25 value) […]

An Owl Cafe! It's a Hoot Hanging Out at This Tokyo Cafe

TOKYO: In the US, hanging out in a cafe with animals is such an exotic concept that people can’t get enough of it. A pop-up cat cafe in New York last year had lines down the block. Online reservations for another Manhattan cat cafe are almost fully booked more than two months ahead. But in Japan, cat cafes are just the start. You can hang out in rabbit cafes or […]

I'm a human lightbulb! The 16-year-old 'electric boy' from India can withstand shocking 11,000 volts without feeling a thing

Deepak Jangra discovered his ‘talent’ when fixing mother’s heater The teenager can resist voltage needed to power 500 houses Same amount of power could kill any other human being He says: ‘I have a gift from God. I feel very privileged’ It’s enough to make your hair stand on end. You go to electricians for best security systems click here for online services, but an Indian teenager has told how […]

Steven Pinker's 'The Better Angels of Our Nature' is Mark Zuckerberg's next book club pick

Mark Zuckerberg has made his next book club pick, a release he considers especially timely after the recent terrorist attacks in Paris. The Facebook CEO announced Saturday he would take on Steven Pinker’s “The Better Angels of Our Nature,” a widely discussed and occasionally criticized 2011 book that contends violence has decreased in modern times and the world has become more humane. Zuckerberg posted the news on his Facebook page […]

 
 
 

20 Things You Can Do Today That Will Improve The Quality Of Your Life

Have you felt a little stuck in a rut? Sometimes, we tend to get so caught up in the mundane parts of life that we forget what we were put on Earth to do: live a really, really awesome life. Here are 20 things you can do right now that will improve your quality of life. 1. Treat yourself to a meal out Been craving sushi all week? Go for […]

India world's second most trusted nation, says survey

Moving up the ranks, India has emerged as the second most trusted country in the world in terms of faith reposed on its institutions even as globally trust levels have fallen, says a survey. As the world’s rich and powerful gather in the Swiss resort of Davos, a study by public relations firm Edelman has found that general level of trust in institutions among college-educated people around the globe are […]

Silicon Valley's Youngest Entrepreneur Is Now A 13-Year-Old Indian, And He's Helping The Blind

Silicon Valley, it’s never too early to become an entrepreneur. Just ask 13-year-old Shubham Banerjee. comyanThe California eighth-grader has launched a company to develop low-cost machines to print Braille, the tactile writing system for the visually impaired. Tech giant Intel Corp recently invested in his startup, Braigo Labs. Shubham built a Braille printer with a Lego robotics kit as a school science fair project last year after he asked his […]

'Ghost particle' found in space hints at existence of aliens: Researchers

London: A strange spectral-like ‘ghost particle’ discovered in debris gathered from outer space hints at possibility of alien life, say researchers. Researchers at the University of Sheffield and the University of Buckingham Centre for Astrobiology have discovered a particle that they call it as ‘living balloon’, which they thought once used to carry microscopic alien organisms. They claim that it is the latest proof that aliens do exist. Researcher Milton […]

Samsung Looking to Develop BlackBerry Partnership, Not Acquire the Company: JK Shin

  Recent reports suggested that Samsung was looking to buy BlackBerry for as much as $7.5 billion (roughly Rs. 46,270 crores), and were met by denials from both companies. Now, a Samsung executive, further putting the rumours to rest, detailed the future relationship between the two companies. J.K. Shin, Head of Samsung’s Mobile Division and Co-CEO of Samsung Electronics, has told the Wall Street Journal that the South Korean firm […]

11 Natural Remedies that are backed by Science

The health and well-being industry is full of “shysters” and scam artists who feed on people’s desire to be fit, healthy, and to look good. It’s a shame, but true, so it is up to us to do our best to sift through the information and determine fact from fiction. What many of these bogus companies do is to pick up on one or two ingredients, and then to include […]