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  • Venus Jupiter and Mercury will dance in spring twilight

    Three planets - Venus, Jupiter, and Mercury will present a spectacular sky show during the last week of May. So, look low in the west-northwest after sunset in late May, and you can watch Venus, Jupiter, and Mercury pirouetting through the tightest gathering of three naked-eye planets that the world will see until 2026. "Here's a beautiful chance to see three planets all together," said Alan ...

  • Vitamin D from sun may treat asthma says study

    Time spent by asthma patients soaking up the sun may help in the treatment of the illness, a research has said. A team of scientists at King's College London said vitamin D, which is made by the body in sunlight, calms an "over-active" part of the immune system in asthma, BBC reported. However, treating patients with vitamin D has not yet been tested. People with asthma find it hard to ...

  • Need more freedom for filmmaking in India Anurag Kashyap

    India's rising star director Anurag Kashyap has complained that filmmakers in in the country still do not enjoy the kind of freedom of space and expression that would allow them to make meaningful films. "Today, we are forced to treat our audience as children of less than five years and hence we have to only make goody-goody films with a huge dose of escapism. I want to have the option making ...

  • Former IRS head Shulman to give first public testimony

    Former U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Douglas Shulman speaks during an interview with Reuters at his office in Washington in this October 8, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Hyungwon Kang/Files WASHINGTON - A U.S. Senate panel will try on Tuesday to pry more details out of current and former officials of the Internal Revenue Service about the agency’s targeting of conservative ...

  • Obama opponents target Sebelius solicitations for group

    U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius (R) and Attorney General Eric Holder (2nd R) lead a news conference to announce Medicare Fraud Strike Force law enforcement actions at the Justice Department in Washington, May 14, 2013. Also pictured is FBI Assistant Director Ron Hosko (L). REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst WASHINGTON - With the White House already reeling from three major ...

Movie Review

Silent Running [DVD]

Some three decades after its unsuccessful theatrical release and later elevation to cult status, Douglas Trumbull's Silent Running is terribly dated, but still intriguing didactic science fiction. Taking place in the early years of the 21st century, it posits a time in which all plant life on earth has been destroyed, and the only remaining traces of vegetation are in carefully nurtured for ... ...

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  • Many children among 91 feared dead in tornado-hit Oklahoma

    MOORE, Oklahoma (Reuters) - At least 91 people, including 20 children, were feared killed when a 2 mile wide tornado tore through an Oklahoma City suburb, trapping victims beneath the rubble as one elementary school took a direct hit and another was ...

  • Senior killed by donkeys after being dragged from scooter

    (Fotolia) A pair of donkeys will be put down after they chased down a pensioner on his motor scooter, dragged him off and killed him. Sandor Horvath, 65, a retired firefighter, was visiting a pal's farm in Magyarszecsod, Hungary, last week when he was attacked by killer donkeys Muki and Szamoca. The animals bit and trampled him to death after dragging him about 50 ...

  • The wonderfully weird world of webcomics | Dean Burnett

    Webcomics are a popular, diverse and increasingly widespread format that most people are blissfully unaware. To address this, an interview was conducted with the team behind the popular UK-based webcomic Exterminatus ...

  • Jarvis accepting applications for science institute

    Qualifying high school and college students will have the opportunity to learn the basics of biology field studies while earning college credit at a free science program.Jarvis Christian College is accepting applications to its national Science Foundation Summer Science Institute, which will run from June 9 to July 18, according to a news release from the college.The institute is offering a ...

  • Major Major Tim Peake set for space odyssey

    US tech giant Yahoo has snapped up Tumblr in a major US deal that will reportedly net the blogging site's 26-year-old founder a 250 million US dollar (£164 million) fortune six years after he started ...

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