Port-of-Spain: A man whose dog rescued him from a house fire in Trinidad said the animal died after running back into the burning building. Trinidad & Tobago Express newspaper quoted Anderson Marcano as saying that he woke up because the dog kept barking and tugging at his pants. Elephants send text messages to rangers Marcano said he smelled the smoke and was shocked to find his house on fire. The story published Friday did not say why the dog ran back in. Marcano said no one else was inside the house at the time. Marcano...
Dog dies after saving man from fireSunday, 12 October , 2008, 17:40Port-of-Spain: A man whose dog rescued him from a house fire in Trinidad said the animal died after running back into the burning building. Trinidad & Tobago Express newspaper quoted Anderson Marcano as saying that he woke up because the dog kept barking and tugging at his pants. Elephants send text messages to rangers Marcano said he smelled the smoke and was shocked to find his house on fire. The story published Friday did not say why the dog ran back in....
PTI | October 13, 2008 | 18:43 ISTNon governmental organisations seeking curbs on circulation of the Nanavati Commission report giving clean chit to Gujarat Chief Minister Narender Modi in the Godhra train carnage and subsequent riots got a setback as the Supreme Court on Monday disagreed that there was illegality in submitting an interim report."Prima facie there is no legal bar under the Commission of Inquiry Act to give interim report," a Bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan said when senior advocate Rajender Sachar,...
Sunday, 12 October , 2008, 22:46 Jagatsinghpur: While alive, a bull couldn't find a home, but in death there might be a statue erected in its memory in a village in Orissa. The bull died of old age on September 25 at Chandpur in Jagatsinghpur district. The villagers have decided to erect a statue of the bull, which they say is a symbol of Lord Shiva. Woman pours hot water on husband's groin To mourn the demise of the stray bull, at least 10 men shaved their heads on the 11th day of...
Outrageous beliefs My friend John Weiss sent me this great graphic:I agree with it.. except to add that if it’s backed by indisputable scientific evidence, it’s not outrageous by definition....
March 3, 2009 The late-winter snowstorm that blanketed much of the eastern U.S. on Sunday and Monday packed some serious sound and fury—emphasis on sound. Along with the snow clouds, a rare and little-known phenomenon known as thundersnow rumbled over parts of Georgia and South Carolina. Enlarge Photo Thundersnow—when thunder and lighting occur during a snowstorm—most often appears in late winter or early spring, experts say....
They might not win many presidential elections, but mavericks are often leaders among flocks of birds, herds of beasts, and other creatures, a new swarm theory says. (See locust swarm pictures.) A new computer model suggests animals don't need to be fast or strong to lead their swarms, only willing—or desperate enough—to break from their neighbors and go their own way. Swarm "leaders are not necessarily the weakest...
Relative similarities. Gombe chimps infected by SIVcpz have a remarkably high death rate and evidence of AIDS-like immune damage.Credit: Michael WilsonMONTREAL, CANADA--Researchers have long assumed that SIVcpz, the chimpanzee virus that infected humans and triggered the AIDS epidemic, caused no harm to the apes. But new data presented here today at the 16th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections reveal that wild chimps...
Why the educated terrorist is our biggest threatSpeaking to the media on Wednesday at the Mumbai Press Club, Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Mumbai, Rakesh Maria asserted that, over the past twenty years, the two foremost problems facing the Mumbai police have remained the same: terrorism and organised crime. But that's about all that hasn't changed, he admitted, as criminals and...
Valentine's Day Facts: Gifts, History, and Love Sciencevia National Geographic News on 2/10/09 Where did Valentine's Day come from? (Think naked Romans, paganism, and whips.) What does it cost? And why do we fall for it, year after year? With video.New Swarm Theory: The Weak Can Lead the Strongvia National Geographic News on 2/10/09 A new computer model suggests animals don't need to be fast or strong to lead their flocks, herds,...
