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AMAZING FACTS-OVAHIMBA PEOPLE, NAMIBIA

The Ovahima people is found in Northern Namibia. An interesting fact is that they never bath or wash themselves with water at all. They have a very interesting cleaning ritual, which takes a couple of hours. They start cleaning themselves [...]

Posted On : Dec, 19 2012 | Comments : 0

New Human Species Australopithecus Sediba Discovered

One of the most significant archaeological finding was reported to be in 2008, when a 9 year old boy named Matthew Berger found a set of 2 million year old fossils outside of a cave near Johannesburg, South Africa. It is reported th [...]

Posted On : Apr, 16 2010 | Comments : 0

DNA Genetics Sour Cream Feminized

DNA Sour Cream Feminized cannabis seeds are the best of both worlds with the classic Haze taste mixing with the high yield of Sour and G13. We don't know why anyone would pass DNA Genetics Sour Cream Feminized up, it's a Ha [...]

Posted On : Mar, 11 2010 | Comments : 0

Snake dined on baby dinos, fossils show

A decades-long study of fossils found in India in 1987 has revealed how ancient snakes ate newly hatched dinosaurs while still in their nests. The 67-million-year-old fossils show a 3.5-metre-long snake, Sanajeh indicus, coiled up al [...]

Posted On : Mar, 02 2010 | Comments : 0

Amazing Grace Amazing song facts.

Amazing Facts about “Amazing Grace” Lyrics of “Amazing Grace,” by John Newton (1725-1807) 1. The lyrics were written by a reformed British slave trader turned Anglican minister who wrote it for a New Year’ [...]

Posted On : Jul, 03 2009 | Comments : 0

New Prostate cancer drug showing promise

The findings of early tests on a new experimental prostate cancer drug is giving hope to men diagnosed with the most fast-growing form of the disease that does not respond to current treatments. MDV3100 is made by San Francisco-based Medi [...]

Posted On : Apr, 11 2009 | Comments : 0

Resistant breast cancers responsive to Tamoxifen treatment

Patients suffering from hard-to-beat cancers have a glimmer of hope coming their way from the researchers at Lund University, Malmo, Sweden. The anti-cancerdefine drug Tamoxifendefine coupled with a signalling protein Foxy-5 might prove to [...]

Posted On : Feb, 26 2009 | Comments : 0

Some Amazing Facts of Science and Technology! (Miscellaneous...

It is possible to see a rainbow as a complete circle from an aeroplane.A litre of vinegar is heavier in winter than in summer.A barrel of juice or wine would take about a year or two to ferment naturally into vinegar. It is easier to [...]

Posted On : Feb, 11 2009 | Comments : 0

World First Double Arm Surgery

A middle-aged German man has had the world's first double arm transplant.And he has been given the arms of a teenage boy who is believed to have died in a car crash.The 54-year-old unnamed patient lost both of his arms in a farming accident [...]

Posted On : Jul, 31 2008 | Comments : 0

Amazing Teacher Facts

This month 3,700 recent college grads will begin Teach for America's five-week boot camp, before heading off for two-year stints at the nation's worst public schools. These young men and women were chosen from almost 25,000 applicants, ha [...]

Posted On : Jun, 16 2008 | Comments : 0

Nasa's Phoenix Mars lander takes most detailed pictures ever...

Nasa's Phoenix Mars lander has captured the highest-resolution images ever taken of dust and sand on another planet. Phoenix fails to scoop up sample of Martian soil The minuscule specks were collected during Phoenix's dramatic touchdown [...]

Posted On : Jun, 06 2008 | Comments : 0

Effects of Nanotubes May Lead to Cancer, Study Says

Microscopic, high-tech "nanotubes" that are being made for use in a wide variety of consumer products cause the same kind of damage in the body as asbestos does, according to a study in mice that is raising alarms among workplace [...]

Posted On : May, 21 2008 | Comments : 0

Global-Warming Study Weighs Impact of Human Action

A new study says humans have changed the world's environment more by warming the climate than by directly encroaching on habitats. The research, published Wednesday in the journal Nature, also establishes a link between climate change an [...]

Posted On : May, 15 2008 | Comments : 0

Microsoft's Worldwide Telescope Application Blasts Onto The ...

Microsoft has launched (an appropriate metaphor this time) its Worldwide Telescope desktop application. You must download the software, but then you're treated to a beautiful array of images and "guided tours" of the cosmos (see [...]