Halt to bird flu experiments, Greece's economic crisis, the Stuxnet computer worm, Curiosity arrives on Mars, and more Read more: "2013 Smart Guide: 10 ideas that will shape the year" January ...
S'pore's top social issues in 2012
Labels: Technology SINGAPORE: Singaporeans are under significant environmental and psychological pressure, say sociologists. Stress from competitive workplaces and dense living conditions is just one reason people are showing more signs of intolerance and ungraciousness towards one another. As the population gets older and more diverse, Singapore will continue to grapple with its social consciousness in...
Police crackdown amid outrage over gang rape
Labels: LifestyleSTORY HIGHLIGHTSRussian President Vladimir Putin is due visit India MondayNew Delhi's government district is under a lockdownProtesters demonstrate after the gang rape of a woman on a busPolice say the woman was badly beaten and left for deadNew Delhi (CNN) -- Police locked down New Delhi's key government district ahead of Monday's visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin, after two days of pitched...
New posssible"insider" attack in Afghanistan
Labels: Health Updated 4:15 a.m.EST KABUL, Afghanistan An Afghan policewoman shot and killed an American adviser outside the police headquarters in Kabul on Monday, a senior Afghan official said. The circumstances of the killing were not immediately clear but the shooting could be another insider attack by Afghans against their foreign allies. A NATO command spokesman, U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Lester T. Carroll,...
Get 'em While You Can? Gun Sales Soar
Labels: Business The National Rifle Association may still get its way and defeat the lawmakers calling for a ban on the sale of assault ridles, but some gun store owners say it seems their customers aren't taking any chances."We have never seen anything like this," said Larry Hyatt, who owns a gun shop in Charlotte, N.C. "We have the Christmas business, the hunting season business, and now we...
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Today on New Scientist: 21 December 2012
Labels: World Cadaver stem cells offer new hope of life after death Stem cells can be extracted from bone marrow five days after death to be used in life-saving treatmentsApple's patents under fire at US patent office The tech firm is skating on thin ice with some of the patents that won it a $1 billion settlement against SamsungHimalayan dam-building threatens endemic species The world's highest mountains...
More renting cars & yachts this festive season
Labels: Technology SINGAPORE: More Singaporeans are renting cars and yachts for their celebrations this festive season.Short-term car rentals at Prime Car Rental has gone up by about 50 per cent during the festive period.The company said MPVs are particularly popular, compared to other cars.For some, it is all about splurging a bit more to celebrate in style."We don't really visit the Southern Islands that...
Little common ground in debate on guns
Labels: LifestyleSTORY HIGHLIGHTSThe NRA wants to staff every school in America with "qualified armed security"Obama, Democrats and others see tougher gun control as the way to limit future massacresWhile both sides want to keep children safe, it seems they are living in two different worldsWashington (CNN) -- For National Rifle Association Vice President Wayne LaPierre and many other pro-gun Americans, the task is...
Newtown parents reject NRA plan
Labels: Health NEWTOWN, Conn. When Adam Lanza started his lethal attack on Sandy Hook Elementary School, Andrei Nikitchyuk's eight year-old son and another third grader were on their way to the principal's office. It was their turn to bring the daily attendance sheet to the front office, near where principal Dawn Hochsprung and psychologist Mary Sherlach would become the first casualties inside the school. Play...
Obama, Congress Waving Bye-Bye Lower Taxes?
Labels: Business The first family arrived in the president's idyllic home state of Hawaii early today to celebrate the holidays, but President Obama, who along with Michelle will pay tribute Sunday to the late Sen. Daniel Inouye at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, could be returning home to Washington sooner than he expected.That's because the President didn't get his Christmas...
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