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10 Signs You Have Found Your Soulmate

  Soul Mates. Soul Reminders. Soul Connections. We hear about it, read about it and some of us are lucky enough to experience it.  – Soul mates differ from life partners. Some people, not ever encountering a soul mate or soul connection, settle down with a life partner. These relationships can be very satisfying. They are often built on mutual trust, respect and friendship. You see, in life, we have […]

 
 
 

The 'man' ON the moon? Shadow resembling an alien-like figure captured beside craters on the lunar surface

YouTube user Wowforreal has posted a video showing the strange figure It can also been seen on Google Moon at 27°34’26.35″N 19°36’4.75″W The find was made by looking over thousands of Google Moon images The users has previously claimed to see an alien spaceship on the moon Seeing familiar things in random objects is a known as Pareidolia Scientists claim we also tend to use this ability to ‘enrich our […]

Chemical used by Colgate Total toothpaste to fight off gum disease is linked to cancer

Colgate Total contains triclosan, which has been linked to cancer and growth malformations in animals The toothpaste was approved by the FDA in 1997 – but the toxicology summary reveals the FDA used company-backed evidence to approve it The documents were released earlier this year after a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit last year A chemical that has been linked to cancer cell growth is being used by millions of […]

World's first 'smartphone' celebrates 20 years

Never judge a phone by its cover. This chunky, black box was in fact the world’s first ‘smartphone’. The IBM Simon went on sale to the public on 16 August 1994 and combined mobile phone technology with a wide range of computing features. To mark the 20th anniversary, London’s Science Museum is putting it on display in its new Information Age gallery. “The Simon wasn’t called a smartphone back then,” […]

Manjul Bhargava: Indian-origin man wins maths 'Nobel'

A mathematician of Indian-origin has won the prestigious Fields Medal, known as the ‘Nobel Prize for mathematics’. Manjul Bhargava, a Canadian-American professor of mathematics at Princeton University, was among four winners of the celebrated award. Iranian-born Maryam Mirzakhani, who works in the US, has become the first ever female winner of the Fields Medal. The medals will be presented in Seoul at the International Congress of Mathematicians, held every four […]

Brain-inspired chip fits 1m 'neurons' on postage stamp

Scientists have produced a new computer chip that mimics the organisation of the brain, and squeezed in one million computational units called “neurons”. They describe it as a supercomputer the size of a postage stamp. Each neuron on the chip connects to 256 others, and together they can pick out the key features in a visual scene in real time, using very little power. The design is the result of […]

Black money: India gets 24,000 pieces of secret foreign data

New Delhi: In its effort to unearth black money stashed away abroad, India has received data on over 24,000 instances of alleged tax evasion and dubious funds which has been detected in foreign shores in the last financial year. These cases are now under investigation by the taxman even as the Special Investigation Team (SIT) on black money has set its eye on tracking the outcome of this classified information […]

Muslim bank accounts closed by HSBC in wake of 'money laundering' fine

Bank faces allegations of ‘Islamophobia’ over decision to shut down accounts of some Muslim groups. Bank accounts belonging to Finsbury Park Mosque and other Muslim groups are being closed down by a major bank amid concerns about money laundering for crime and terrorism, it has emerged. HSBC notified a number of Islamic groups within the last few days that their accounts would be terminated, leading to accusations of “Islamophobia”. But […]

Golden boy: Shuttler Parupali Kashyap makes history at Glasgow as India finishes 5th with 64 medals

Parupalli Kashyap brought the curtains down on India’s campaign in the 20th Commonwealth Games to a thunderous applause, winning a gold medal in men’s singles badminton competition in Glasgow on Sunday. Kashyap rose to the occasion to eke out a breathtaking 21-14, 11-21, 21-19 triumph over Derek Wong of Singapore. The women’s doubles combination of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa finished with a silver medal after losing to Malaysian Vivian […]

Processed Meats Too Dangerous for Human Consumption

The World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) has completed a detailed review of more than 7,000 clinical studies covering links between diet and cancer. Processed meats are too dangerous for human consumption. Consumers should stop buying and eating all processed meat products for the rest of their lives. Processed meats include bacon, sausage, hot dogs, sandwich meat, packaged ham, pepperoni, salami and virtually all red meat used in frozen prepared meals. […]