Fatherhood promotes long life: says study

Fatherhood may be a kick in the old testosterone, but it may also help keep a man alive. New research suggests that dads are a little less likely to die of heart-related problems than childless men are. Read more.

See the original paper below.

Mendeley 1.0 has finally arrived!

Mendeley, an excellent software for reference library management has finally come out of beta. The new version includes significant improvements in duplicate reference detection. However, this release still doesn't offer portability to the application which is an equally important tool these days. So those who work on different computers have to install Mendeley on each machine and access the documents via Mendeley's online library interface. This seems good but the catch is that the free version of Mendeley Web offers 'only' 1GB of space. Althoug if you wish you can always pay and get some decent webspace for your files.
Read more about the latest release here and download the application from here.

Are cancers newly evolved species?

A molecular biologists has long believed that cancer results from chromosome disruption rather than a handful of gene mutations, which is the dominant theory today. That idea has led him to propose that cancers have actually evolved new chromosomal karyotypes that qualify them as autonomous species, akin to parasites and much different from their human hosts. Read more...

Pearl Harbor Bombing: Latest released pictures

These pictures were taken by a soldier using a brownie camera. 14 in total, they reveal the incredible devastation that took place. The world changed thereafter…

 

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Serbian Film is 'most cut' movie with four minutes and 11 seconds removed!

Controversial movie A Serbian Film has become the most cut film in 16 years, the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) has said.

"I think the film is tragic, sickening, disturbing, twisted, absurd, infuriated, and actually quite intelligent”

Scott Weinberg. Film critic

This is one of those rare examples where BBFC has to remove some content of the movie to be released for 18+ certificate. The BBFC has mostly tolerated wide variety of contents in movies, however this time, things changed due to severely ‘disturbed feel’, the scenes give.

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Great Message for the humankind.

Sayings of Hazrat Ali
There's no companion better than good character and no legacy better than courteous behaviour.

Do not be ashamed if the amount of charity is small because to turn away the needy empty-handed is an act of greater shame.

Be merciful towards the poor for their lack of patience; and towards the rich for their lack of gratitude; and be merciful towards all of them, for all their carelessness.

in reference to:

"There's no companion better than good character and no legacy better than courteous behaviour."
- Today is Hazrat Ali's Birthday - Edit Page - Opinion - Home - The Times of India (view on Google Sidewiki)