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Facebook Tracking Sites Its Users Visit
Using plug-ins and tracking cookies, Facebook tracks the sites visited by its users even after they have logged off.USA today reported that the social networking website keeps a track of its 800 million active members as well as non-members long after they have logged off or have visited a web page just once....
British Medical Association Calls for Smoking Ban In Cars
In a move to protect non smokers and children from dangers of second hand smoke inhalation, the British Medical Association (BMA) has called for a smoking ban in cars. Political Group feels the move is "counterproductive"....
Panel Warns Governments Of More Extreme Weather Coming Our Way
The new report on global warming and extreme weather warns of “heat waves, floods, droughts and storms”. These unpredictable changes are more dangerous than the gradual increase in world’s temperature....
Scientists Create World's Lightest Solid
In the quest to create revolutionary metals having combined features of lightness and extraordinary strength, scientists have managed to create the world's lightest solid –less dense than air!...
Will Warning Signs And Disturbing Images Curb Smoking?
Countries like Australia are disallowing tobacco companies from displaying their trademark logos-instead such products will depict 75 percent of the carton with pictures of tumors and warning signs. Will this move help curb smoking?...
Samsung Redesigns Galaxy Tab 10.1N To Be Sold Later This Month
Samsung has had to redesign one of its tablet computers after sales of it were banned in Germany.The new version of Galaxy Tab 10.1N will be on sale later this month....
Study Shows Too Much Vitamin D Can Affect Heart
Vitamin D has always been recommended for good bone health, but a new study is showing that higher than normal levels can cause a condition called atrial fibrillation which can lead to the heart beating faster and out of rhythm....
UK Waters Turning Into Jellyfish Soup
The number of jellyfish found in the waters off British coast has risen dramatically. Experts are attributing the cause to three main factors: pollution, over fishing and climate change....
Anonymous Bidder Purchases Rare Yellow Diamond For Over $10.9M
The Sun-Drop which is an extremely rare yellow diamond has been auctioned at Sotheby’s in Geneva,Switzerland, for over $10.9 mil or £ 6.8 mil....
Coming Soon: Phone And Laptop Batteries That Charge Sooner, Last Longer
Scientists at America’s Northwestern University are changing the materials in lithium-ion batteries to boost their capacity of holding charge longer and also enabling them to charge faster....Author info
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