We all know how loud the streets can be during the rush hour in Korea. Well, it seems like there's a country suffering from a louder noise. Due to blaring car horns and many side factors, the noise pollution in Cairo has reached alarming levels, leading
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Call it the evolution of first class flying, or a return of the good old days when flying was luxurious, but many airlines in the U.S. are offering flat-bed seats to business and first class international passengers. Unlike lie-flat seats, which are angled, flat-bed seats recline to a full 180 degrees. A flat-bed on an airplane is not a new idea. During Post-World War II, Boeing's Startocruisers offered sleeper seats.
New Zealand paid tribute recently to Mount Everest hero Sir Edmund Hillary, the first man to stand on the roof of the world, ata a rare state funeral beamed live to the Himalayan nation where he made his name. Prime Minister Helen Clark was among some 600
NASA's spacecraft flew by the planet Mercury recently. This is the first visit to the sun's closest neighbor since the 1970s. The American space probe Messenger skimmed 124 miles above the planet's surface. The flyby provided up-close views. NASA repre
Recently, oil price surged to a record above $100 recently. Ironically, Saudi Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi says the rise in prices had been simply determined by market forces. Naimi declined to further comment on the outrageous rise of the oil prices or what
In the film Star Wars, we have seen a future where robotic drone soldiers fight wars instead of humans. Well, that future may not be so far away. The U.S. military's reliance on unmanned aircraft that can watch, hunt and sometimes kill insurgents has soa
A research team at Stanford University School of Medicine has discovered a gene that's responsible for color differences in humans. Surprisingly the discovery came while studying the stickleback fish. According to David Kingsley, professor of biology, al
Currently, Japan is allowed by the International Whaling Commission to kill whales for scientific research and to sell the carcasses commercially. However, Australia may take action against the whalers to add international pressure against whaling.
Call it the evolution of first class flying, or a return of the good old days when flying was luxurious, but many airlines in the U.S. are offering flat-bed seats to business and first class international passengers. Unlike lie-flat seats, which are angle
Miss China won the 2007 Miss World title in her own country recently, much to the delight of the audience, in front of an estimated two billion viewers around the globe. In the 2007 world beauty pageant, 23-year-old Zhang Zilin was crowned winner in Sanya
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