The Spirit Rover, one of two planetary rovers operated by NASA on the planet Mars, has made an important, though unintentional discovery on the red planet. A wheel which has been inoperable on the rover, has been making large gouges in the soil of Mars where ever it goes.
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Oil price reaches new high
At USD 135 a barrel, the price of oil today reached a new high. BBC News has reported that this recent increase is due to figures showing a large decrease in the US petroleum supply.
The Battle of the Browsers
With Internet Explorer 8 now available, can Microsoft hope to retain market dominance over fierce open source rivals such as Mozilla’s Firefox or the feature packed Opera web browser. Can history give us a clue to what the future of web browsers/browsing might hold?
See the future on Google Earth
India of 2100 and impact of climate change in the years between now and then, can be seen through a new navigation tool on Google Earth. The tool was added to the global satellite map-based website on recently…
Gestational Diabetes: Mothers’ Sweet Sorrow
“Almost 3-4 per cent Indian women develop gestational diabetes, a disease that places both the mother and child at risk of complications,” says Dr Suneeta Mittal, HoD, Obstetrics and Gyanecology at the AIIMS.
A Jewelry Watch for Many Occasions
The common wristwatch has become so much more than simply information time device. Heres a look into the captivating world of jewelry watches…