Wikipedia will go offline Wednesday to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), according to Co-Founder Jimmy Wales. Wales made the announcement via a series of tweets. “This is going to be wow,” reads one tweet. “I hope Wikipedia will melt phone systems in Washington on Wednesday. Tell everyone you know!” Wales has been ...

LONDON: A bony growth in elephants' feet is a sixth "toe" that helps the world's heaviest land mammal keep its balance, scientists said on Friday. The growth protruding from the back of elephant's feet was discovered in the 18th century when a Scottish surgeon dissected one of the creatures for the ...

This giant bird nest was designed by Merav Eitan and Gas­ton Zahr, Looks so invit­ing, doesn’t it?  

Recently, a reader dropped the following query into our inbox:"This may be a stupid question, but recently a friend told me he's heard of people using Facebook as a dating service. My FB friends and I (admittedly middle-aged) can't figure out how you "meet" people on Facebook. I (and most ...

Comcast Deals . Wuhan, China, at a large steel warehouse, a refitting truck was pulling railway cars loaded with steel on the railway.Its said that therere eight iron wheels fitted in this ordinary truck, when on the railway, the iron wheels would be put down by hydraulic device, and then ...

We don't write about video games here but this time we decided to make an exception and later you will understand why. The reason is the video game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 that managed to break another record in sales. Just five days after its release the video game was able ...

anuary 5, after 6-day New Year holiday in Japan, Tokyo’s Tsukiji Fish Market met the annual auction. From Ōma-machi in Aomori-ken that was hit by tsunami, a black tuna was sold at the highest price of 56.49 million yen. The owner of a sushi restaurant nearby was processing the tuna. Tsukiji Fish ...

Scientists from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China have come up with a unique cotton material that can clean itself when left under ordinary sunlight. The fabric includes a coat of nanoparticles made from a compound of titanium dioxide, nitrogen, silver and iodine. From a test experiment, the special coating ...

Q: What is the difference between a man who is buying a lottery ticket and a man who is arguing with his wife?A: Lottery ticket buyer has still some chances to win!!Grandson: What is the secret of happy and satisfied married life?Grandfather: My dear, It is still a secret!Engineer: Please ...

Are you planning to visit Dubai in the near future? Dubai has grown quickly into one of the finest travel destinations in the world and with new hotels and architecture coming all over Dubai you cannot afford to miss out this beautiful place in the Middle East. As Dubai is ...