Places

Famine in Somalia Declared by United Nations

The United Nations today declared a famine in two regions of southern Somalia owing to the worst drought in decades, and appealed for urgent resources to assist millions of people in desperate need of help. It is the first time…

Research and Science

Shuttle Atlantis Landing Time on Thursday

NASA Shuttle Atlantis’ crew is wrapping up final preparations for its planned landing at 5:56:58 AM ET Thursday at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The crew has stowed the Ku-Band antenna, used for high-data rate communications and television from…

Gadget

Mac OS X Lion Now Available for Download

Earlier today, Wednesday, the Apple Store went offline in preparation for the launching of its new product. Few minutes ago, the store went live again with Mac OS X Lion on its app store. OS X Lion is the next…

Gadget

New MacBook Air Specs Revealed

Apple will reveal its new MacBook Air line later this week. Before the big announcement, specifications of the brand-new MacBook Air have already been posted online: For the MacBook Air 11.6 inch models: * The base model will include a…

Internet

Gregor Mendel on Google Logo

Gregor Mendel, the Father of Genetics, would have turned 189 years old today. The birthday of the Austrian botanist and monk is celebrated by Google through its Doodle logo on the homepage with assortment of peas. Why peas? Mendel was…

Entertainment

Landon Swank Magic – How to Pass Through Mirror

How will you pass through a mirror? Magician from Alaska, Landon Swank, shows you the magic trick on America’s Got Talent quarterfinal episode tonight. Also watch: Landon Swank – 2011 America’s Got Talent Week 1 Video: Magic trick – pass…

People News

Anderson Cooper Shirtless at Volcan el Totumo

CNN’s Anderson Cooper tweeted a photo of himself shirtless and covered with mud. He said: I’m off for a few days. From this photo can you guess where in the world I am? Exact location? great guesses. some got it…

TV

CBS Big Brother Wins TV Ratings Sunday

CBS won the night in adults 18-49 and total viewers. Big Brother topped the broadcast night with adults 18-49 with a 2.4/7, down a tenth from last Sunday. Here are the TV broadcast primetime ratings for Sunday, July 17, 2011…

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