Easter Islander's demise

In shards of glass, a new sign of how the enigmatic Easter Islanders met their demise

For years, the glimmering glass blades found scattered across the island were seen as evidence of its former residents’ bloodshed. Their environment denuded and their livelihoods compromised by deforestation and overuse of the land, the people of Easter Island were driven to warfare, scholars sai...


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The art of making a fully electric 1959 Volkswagen Beetle

Paused at a stoplight, my passenger and I look over at a Smart ForTwo idling next to us, and I make the universal finger-rolling motion of, “Wanna race?” The driver ignores us. But when the light goes green, the guy stomps on the gas and the tiny city car scoots forward with a faint squeal of the...

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"The Fall of Moscow Station"

Thriller by ex-CIA man is full of action and twist

"The Fall of Moscow Station" (Touchstone), by Mark Henshaw Russia's intelligence agency has learned the identities of all the CIA case officers in Moscow and, even worse, most if not all of the CIA's spies in Russia. If you're caught as a spy in Russia, execution usually follows. This potential d...


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Music by A.R.Rahman

Enjoy of an evening.

Film Lagaan songs. Circa 1998.

Way out music by A. R. Rahman, now a legend in east and west.

Top singers.

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Mimic behavior

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3448561/How-mimic-beahviour-scratching-weight-gain.html

Sugar and its dangers

Sugar may be as damaging to the brain as extreme stress or abuse

This article was written by Jayanthi Maniam and Margaret Morris from UNSW Australia, and was originally published by The Conversation. We all know that cola and lemonade aren't great for our waistline …


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New cancer vaccine

Cancer 'vaccine' that remembers disease and fights it years later is developed by scientists

Researchers engineer immune cells so they boost body’s natural defences to fight tumours and stand guard for lifetime - acting effectively like vaccine A revolutionary new cancer treatment that remembers the disease and acts like a watchman to prevent it ever returning is being developed by scien...


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