Google Doodle celebrates American computer scientist Grace Hopper’s 107th b...
London – Google is commemorating the 107th birthday of American computer scientist and US Navy Rear Admiral Grace Hopper. Hopper, born Grace Brewster Murray in 1906, is most celebrated for her pioneering work in the development of COBOL, one of the first programming languages that could work... read more »
Large impact crater could hold clues about moon’s mantle
Washington – Researchers sifting through data from the Moon Mineralogy Mapper that flew aboard India’s Chandrayaan-1 lunar orbiter found a diverse mineralogy in the subsurface of the giant South Pole Aitken basin. According to researchers, the differing mineral signatures could be... read more »
Temperature mystery of planetary atmospheres revealed
Washington – Researchers have said that they have solved the atmospheric peculiarity that Earth shares with Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, claiming that it is likely common to billions of planets. In 1902 a scientist named Leon Teisserenc de Bort, used instrument-equipped balloons,... read more »
Geminid meteor shower to peak on Dec 13
Washington – Geminid meteor shower will be at their best after dark on Friday, December 13 and before dawn on Saturday, December 14, according to reports. The Geminids are one of the most reliable meteor showers. This year, skywatchers can expect to see dozens of meteors per hour. On Friday,... read more »
Meet the Chinese man born with heart in abdomen
New York – A Chinese man was born with his heart in his abdomen and is hoping that doctors will put it in the right place. Ho Zhiliang is suffering from congenital cardiac exposure... read more »
Cheryl Cole set to make X Factor UK comeback following 1.4mln-pound payback
London – Cheryl Cole is set to make a comeback into UK ‘X Factor’ after receiving 1.4 million pounds payback from the American version of the show. The 30-year-old singer, who was... read more »
Robbie Williams says he is 49pc gay
London – Robbie Williams has confessed that he is 49 percent homosexual and sometimes as far as 50 percent. The 39-year-old singer admitted that he loves musical theatre and a lot of... read more »
Ibrahimovic taunts Ronaldo with `does not need Ballon d’Or to know he is best` barb
London – Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has declared that he is happy to let Cristiano Ronaldo have the Ballon d’Or because he already knows that he is the best. According... read more »
Comet Ison likely destroyed as it passes sun
Washington – Scientists claim that Comet Ison was completely destroyed after passing the sun. Billed as “the comet of the century”, the ball of dust and ice was travelling at 234 miles a... read more »
