t time since he was charged with murder of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp Oscar Pistorius was only “having a jog around the track”, the agent said, as the newspaper claimed sources had told it the Olympic 400-meter runner and Paralympic champion had begun full training on March 21. Peet Van Zyl disputed that and said neither he nor Ampie Louw, Oscar Pistorius’ coach and the man who controls his…
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…images of the scene on Twitter appear to show a badly-damaged aircraft lying in several pieces across a major road. Some reports say the aircraft caught fire. Reports said there were between eight and 12 people on board the Red Wings Tupolev-204, flight number RWZ9268, which was landing at Vnukovo airport. Images of the scene show the aircraft split into several pieces, with the cockpit on the roa…
An IBM team in Zurich has published single-molecule images so detailed that the type of atomic bonds between their atoms can be discerned. The same pioneering team took the first-ever single-molecule image in 2009 and more recently published images of a molecule shaped like the Olympic rings. The new work opens up the prospect of studying imperfections in the “wonder material” graphen…
unning photographs reveal distinct tiers of near the base of the 3-mile-tall mountain that rises from the floor of the vast, ancient impact basin known as Gale Crater, where Curiosity landed on August 6 to begin its two-year mission. Scientists estimate it will be a year before the six-wheeled, nuclear-powered rover, about the size of a small car, physically reaches the layers of interest at the f…
mount of material and a great range of conditions,” the Cardiff University, UK, researcher said. To provide a sense of scale, the Horsehead Nebula, also known in the catalogues as “Barnard 33″, is about five light-years “tall”. Hubble telescope sees the Horsehead in near-infrared light. Herschel, on the other hand, goes to much longer wavelengths. This allows it to se…
…fter Kate was admitted to hospital with extreme morning sickness, sparked by a rare condition called Hyperemesis gravidarum (HG), they had little choice but to make the announcement. Kate Middleton, 30, who is thought to be between six and eight weeks pregnant, was taken to the hospital just after lunch on Sunday by her husband and put on a drip to stop her becoming dehydrated. But the news deli…
…ysis of images “indicates that North Korea continues to develop long-range missiles”. There had been at least two tests of rocket motors since a failed rocket launch in April, it said. The 30 m (100 ft) rocket crashed into the sea shortly after take off. Pyongyang said the launch was aimed at putting a satellite into orbit, but it was widely criticized by the US, South Korea and Japan…
…er science techniques, however, we can immediately come up with an enormous map which is methodologically very interesting, but which also shows the staggering amount of human occupation over the last 7,000 or 8,000 years. “What’s more, anyone who comes back to this area for any future survey would already know where to go. “There’s no need to do this sort of initial reconn…
A sex scene appeared in the background during Scotland Tonight news debate on Wednesday. A naked blonde woman could be seen on a studio TV screen as Ed Miliband’s leadership of the Labour Party was debated on STV’ Scotland Tonight. The raunchy clip is thought to have been from an episode of Channel 4 drama Shameless. The footage appeared on screen for a few seconds as host John MacKay quest…
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…teen deputy fire chiefs co-signed a letter telling that they have no confidence in Fire Chief Steve Abraira. The Boston Globe obtained the letter that they wrote to Boston Mayor Thomas Menino on April 26, just 11 days after the bombings at the finish line of the marathon killed three people and injured more than 250 others. They argue that he did not take ownership of the chaotic scene when he arr…
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as able to jump out of the car and flee while the alleged terrorists went to buy snacks. The terrifying sequence of events began when Tamerlan Tsarnaev carjacked a Mercedes SUV car at gun point barely 40 minutes after MIT campus police officer Sean Collier was killed as he sat in his patrol car. Tamerlan Tsarnaev jumped into the passenger seat of the Mercedes and told the driver: “Did you hear abo…
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riter of the show, points out the different items on the map, displayed on a screen. They include a huge tangle of the remains of a deckhouse; a large chunk of the side of the ship measuring more than 60 feet long and weighing more than 40 tons; pieces of the ship’s bottom; and a hatch cover that blew off of the bow section as it crashed to the bottom. Other items include five of the ship…
NASA’s Cassini probe has captured striking images from flying by three moons of Saturn, including new pictures of Enceladus’s gushing geysers. Cassini made its lowest pass yet over the south pole of Enceladus, at at an altitude of 74 km (46 miles). This allowed it to “taste” the jets of water vapor and ice that the moon spews forth into space. Cassini probe also made relatively…
de, America’s first woman in space, and her team at Sally Ride Science in collaboration with undergraduate students at the University of California in San Diego. More than 2,700 schools spanning 52 countries are using the MoonKAM cameras. “What might seem like just a cool activity for these kids may very well have a profound impact on their futures,” Sally Ride said. “The students really are…
…e rover is heading towards a location dubbed Glenelg. Scientists think this will give them the best access to the rocks of interest. NASA’s $2.6 billion mission touched down on the Red Planet on 6 August (GMT). Much of the time since then has been spent commissioning the immensely complex, six-wheeled machine and its suite of 10 instruments. Curiosity is funded for one Martian year (two Eart…
US engineers have unveiled AWARE2, a new camera capable of creating images with “unprecedented detail”. The prototype machine is capable of taking pictures with resolutions of up 50 gigapixels, equivalent to 50,000 megapixels, according to the team from Duke University in North Carolina. The new camera works by synchronizing 98 tiny cameras in a single device. The machine is likely to…
A 1972 image of a Playboy centrefold has been shrunk down to the width of a human hair by scientists in Singapore. A team from the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) printed a color photo, measuring just 50 micrometres across. The photo is a crop of the portrait of Lena Soderberg, a Swedish model, that originally appeared in a 1972 issue of Playboy. It is a commonly-used image f…
…ssor Ng. Lytro has an original design. It was compared to a lipstick case both in shape and dimensions. It measures 1.61 inches x 1.61 inches x 4.41 inches (41 mm x 41 mm x 112 mm) and weighs 7.55 ounces (214 g). It has an anodized aluminum frame and a rubber back-end with two buttons (one for shutter and the other for power). Its 1.46 inches (33 mm) back-lit LCD display with glass touchs…
…ugh masses of images, gathered by either civilian fan footage and multiple surveillance cameras in the area. Anyone with any information regarding the two suspects is urged to call the FBI on 1800 222 5324…
by correspondents as a highly rated school – has cancelled its kindergarten class on Friday and will not operate midday bus runs, the school’s website says. The public school has more than 600 students in classes from Kindergarten to 4th Grade – including students aged from five to 10. White House Press Secretary Jay Carney told reporters that US President Barack Obama had been i…
ansson’s feminine form is alluded to twice, once over a dinner meeting with Alfred Hitchcock [Anthony Hopkins] and again when the filmmaker speaks to his wife [Helen Mirren]. Scarlett Johansson, 27, swans into frame during the trailer wearing in a low-cut halter neck peach satin dress, before sitting across the table from Alfred Hitchcock to discuss the role. As the New Yorker begins to gest…
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…for hair. In the study, the authors used Hirisplex to predict hair color phenotypes in a sample drawn from three European populations. On average, their prediction accuracy was 69.5% for blonde hair, 78.5% for brown, 80% for red and 87.5% for black hair color. Analysis on worldwide DNA samples suggested the results were similar regardless of a person’s geographic ancestry. The team was also…
pen the possibility of an extradition request from Italy for Knox. November 2, 2007: Body of Meredith Kercher is found in Perugia apartment. Investigators say she was killed the night before. November 6, 2007: Amanda Knox is arrested with then-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito, and Diya “Patrick” Lumumba, Congolese owner of pub where Knox occasionally worked. November 20, 2007: Lumumba, imp…
In a recently unearthed edition of ESPN magazine, Lindsey Vonn displays her long legs in a very short and tight dress as she channels one of Sharon Stone’s sexiest character yet, Catherine Tramell, from the R rated film Basic Instinct. Baring a remarkable likeness to the actress, Lindsey Vonn, 28, dons the figure-hugging white polo neck dress, wears her blonde locks in a high updo and has s…
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…rs after the grounding. Costa Concordia ran aground after Captain Francesco Schettino veered from his approved course and gashed the ship’s hull on a reef, forcing the panicked evacuation of the 4,200 passengers and crew. On Wednesday, the chief executive of Costa Crociere SpA, Pier Luigi Foschi, insisted that Francesco Schettino didn’t have approval to change the ship’s routing…
