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Survey finds US teens exchange over 3000 texts per month

Fri, 10/15/2010 - 15:44 by Neka Sehgal

Short message service (SMS) is preferred by people of all age segments today to communicate, but this form of communication is especially prevalent in teenagers who text most of the time.

Astronautical Congress starts in S. Korea

Mon, 10/12/2009 - 22:26 by surajdogra

Daejeon, South Korea -- The 60th International Astronautical Congress opened Monday in Daejeon, South Korea, with about 3,000 space experts from more than 70 nations attending.

The meeting, organized this year by the Korea Aerospace Research Institute and the International Astronautical Federation, involves space agencies, scientific institutes, aerospace associations, students and businesses involved in space activities, the European Space Agency said.

Officials said the event, which ends Friday, is designed to provide opportunities for networking and business interaction in space, science and technology.

Swedish motions include cloth diaper bonus

Thu, 10/08/2009 - 01:56 by surajdogra

Stockholm, Sweden -- Swedish lawmakers said the 3,815 proposals drafted this year include a call for a government inquiry into cat behavior and rewards for cloth diaper use.

Parliamentary administrators said motions drafted before Tuesday's deadline include Christian Democrat Desiree Pethrus Engstrom's call for a proposed bonus for families that choose cloth diapers over disposables and Liberal Party lawmaker Birgitta Ohlsson's suggestion to specially train dogs to combat violence against women, The Local reported Wednesday.

Man, 80, bikes from Ore. to N.H.

Wed, 08/19/2009 - 01:53 by surajdogra

Delran, N.J. -- An 80-year-old New Jersey man said he has completed a 3,685-mile bike ride from Oregon to New Hampshire and is now setting his sites on another continent.

John Damiano of Delran, N.J., said it took him six months of conditioning to prepare for the cross-country ride. He said he began riding at the age of 40 to improve his health, WPVI-TV, Philadelphia, reported Tuesday.

"It was 50 days, some days we'd get up at 4:30, then get on the bike, go 120 miles, we did 100 miles five days in a row," Damiano said.

Damiano said he is waiting to hear whether his ride qualifies for an entry in the
Guinness Book of World Records, but in the meantime he is planning another long cycling trek, this time from St. Petersburg, Russia to Istanbul, Turkey.

Wood storks reproducing well this year

Wed, 06/24/2009 - 03:14 by surajdogra

Miami -- Observers in South Florida say 2009 has been a good year for the wood stork, with an estimated 3,500 young birds expected to fledge.

Last year, no young birds survived in a season when the area was hit by a drought, the Miami Herald reported. Scientists say that may have sent potential parents into overdrive this year.

''We haven't seen this kind of nesting efforts and eggs laid since the
1930s,'' said Dean Powell, of the South Florida Water Management District.

The storks, which were down to 2,500 pairs in 1978, are the only wading bird in Florida on the U.S. endangered species list.

Skypephone S3 to release by Q4 2009

Fri, 04/24/2009 - 15:45 by Nagender Chauhan

3's UK CEO, Kevin Russell, revealed that the latest Skypephone, S3, would be available by the last quarter of 2009. It will be priced for the mass market despite having the same features as in its predecessors.