Wikipedia has lost many of its English-language editors in the past 5 years, which is crippling its ability to keep pace with its mission to be an online source of knowledge, a study has revealed.
The study, led by Aaron Halfaker of the University of Minnesota, found that the number of “collaborators” or volunteer editors have declined from around 56,000 in 2007 to about 35,000 at the end of 2012, the Herald Sun reported.
Bucking the overall global warming trend, Alaska may actually be heading for an ice age with scientists reporting a steady temperature decline in the snow covered US state.
New study by Alaska Climate Research Center shows that temperatures in Alaska are actually getting colder since the beginning of the 21st century – contrary to global warming concerns.
NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity is very close to drilling into its first rock on the Red Planet, with the set-up operation likely to begin next week, it has been revealed.
According to lead scientist John Grotzinger, after breaking for the holidays, the mission team would be raring to undertake the task in the coming days.
The robot has driven about 650m from its landing site, dropping down into a depression known as Yellowknife Bay.
It is in this depression that the target rock will probably be chosen, the BBC reported.
Researchers have developed a new software that makes the technology of opening car and home doors using smartphone apps more secure and versatile.
Researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology SIT in Darmstadt, Germany, will be demonstrating their ShareKey software, a solution to popularise the method.
Celebrity photographer Dabboo Ratnani has captured ‘Student of the Year’ actors Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt in his calendar for 2013. He reveals he has had a long association with both the newcomers.
“I have shot with Varun and Alia, they are the two new faces (in the calendar for this year),” Ratnani said here Friday at a pre-launch event for the calendar.
Sunmeet Kaur Sawhney, a Punjabi woman, has emerged as the winner of Rs.5 crore on TV game show ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati 6’ (KBC).
Sawhney, a home tutor and a resident of Mumbai, couldn`t believe she had cracked the jackpot, until the show`s host, megastar Amitabh Bachchan hugged her.
“I couldn`t believe that I won! Mr. Bachchan had to come and hug me for me to believe that I have won Rs.5 crore. My husband also had to come and tell me so,” she told IANS.
The episode featuring her victory will be aired next week.
Her plan is to donate a part of the money for prayer rituals.
Celebrity hair-stylist Sapna Bhavnani, who was evicted from the 6th edition of `Bigg Boss,` would have “wanted” cartoonist Aseem Trivedi or Gulabi Gang leader Sampat Pal to have won the reality show.
Aseem, who was earlier arrested on charges of sedition for his cartoons, and Sampat Pal were evicted from the show in the initial days. They were known to be close to Sapna.
“I thought that Alag Che (it`s different) was the concept and would have wanted one of my role models to win the show. I would have wanted either Aseem or Sampat to win,” she said.
Bollywood `baadhsah` Shah Rukh Khan Saturday wished actress Deepika Padukone a 27th birthday full of love and luck, and wished her “happiness being on top of the list”.
“Deepika Padukone happy birthday. May Allah give you all that you wish for and more, happiness being on top of the list. Lots of love, have a good life,” the 47-year-old tweeted to the actress.
Deepika made a dream Bollywood debut opposite Shah Rukh in the 2007 movie ‘Om Shanti Om’. They have reunited for forthcoming film ‘Chennai Expresss’.
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Designer dramas set in the glossy urban milieu may regale Hindi film audiences, but the endeavours of a few creative minds who are delving deep into the Indian hinterland to prise out stories reflecting the rustic and raw flavour of villages and towns are paying rich dividends.
Vishal Bhardwaj`s ‘Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola’ is all set to continue the trend started by rural-based hit dramas such as ‘Ishqiya’, ‘Peepli Live’ and ‘Paan Singh Tomar’.
After RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s remarks that rapes were prevalent in India and not in Bharat, VHP today blamed the ‘western model’ of lifestyle for growing incidents of sexual assault on women including rape, saying cities were losing the values.
VHP International Advisor Ashok Singhal termed as “alarming” the western model of living, which he said had been imbibed from the US.
This western model is alarming.
Something more than overeating and a lack of exercise causes the body to store more fat and burn less energy – a protein called p62, researchers have claimed.
These findings indicate that p62 might make a promising target for new therapies aimed at curbing obesity.
“Without p62 you’re making lots of fat but not burning energy, and the body thinks it needs to store energy,” Jorge Moscat, lead author of the study, said.
“It’s a double whammy,” he said.
After being operated for ovarian cancer, actress Manisha Koirala is now nervous about undergoing chemotherapy sessions, but says she is praying for courage to face the challenge.
The 42-year-old actress underwent surgery in New York on December 10, 2012, and was discharged from the hospital after 11 days.
More and more pesticides are being linked with the rising incidence of Parkinson`s among farm workers and those who live near croplands, according to a research.
Parkinson`s is a disease that afflicts those over 50 years, which destroys brain cells producing dopamine. It is characterised by slowing of movement, partial facial paralysis, peculiarity of gait and posture, and weakness.
In a breakthrough, scientists have for the first time created cancer-killing cells which can be directly injected into patients.
Researchers in Japan have created cancer-specific killer T cells, the cells naturally occur in small numbers, but it is hoped injecting huge quantities back into a patient could turbo-charge the immune system, the `Daily Mail` reported.
Researchers at the RIKEN Research Centre for Allergy and Immunology revealed they have succeeded for the first time in creating cancer-specific, immune system cells called killer T lymphocytes, the `Daily Mail` reported.
When it comes to weight and fat loss, aerobic training is better than resistance training, researchers say.
The study led by North Carolina researchers is believed to the largest randomized trial to directly compare changes in body composition induced by comparable amounts of time spent doing aerobic and resistant training, or both in combination, among previously inactive overweight or obese non-diabetic adults.
Both India and Pakistan have failed on the test for a civilised society as minorities in either of the countries are not respected, Press Council of India (PCI) chairperson Justice Markandey Katju said today.
For every civilised society, there is a test that how does it treat minorities. Unless minorities can live with
dignity and respect, it is not a civilised society. And on that criterion both India and Pakistan have failed,” he said.
Toyota has released an exclusive video showing a self-drive car safety technology ahead of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas next week.
The car maker revealed a video clip of a Lexus fitted with safety features designed to minimise car crashes.
The technology includes on-board radar and video cameras to monitor the road, the surroundings, and the driver, the BBC reports.
According to the report, a Toyota spokesman said that the car can also communicate with other vehicles.
The State BJP leaders here on Saturday demanded that MIM legislator Akbaruddin Owaisi be arrested immediately wherever he was hiding in the world for insulting and making mockery of Hinduism and Hindu gods.
The BJP organized protests in the capital city over Akbaruddin’s atrocious remarks. At the busy RTC Crossroads, the BJP leaders, including Bandaru Dattatreya, Dr K. Lakshman, Venkat Reddy, burned an effigy of the MIM leader.
The YSR Congress Party on Saturday opposed the proposed hike in power tariff in the State.
The government’s proposal to increase the power charges to net Rs 10,000 crore is being sent to the State Power Regulatory Commission and when the matter comes up for public hearing, we will strongly oppose the move and resort to agitation, YSRCP spokesperson Janak Prasad told reporters here.
Congress MLCs P Sudhakar Reddy, KR Amos and Yadav Reddy on Saturday demanded that the State Government defer its decision to impose the Fuel Surcharge Adjustment (FSA) on power consumers.
Talking to reporters in the Assembly premises here, the MLCs said that any increase in the power tariff would burden the common man further. They said that the decision would badly affect the image of the Congress Government. They said it would be improper on the part of the government to affect another hike in power tariff at a time when people were facing the wrath of rising inflation.
An invention that has been detailed in a US patent application offers hope to overweight people of a treatment for obesity without the invasive surgery and drawbacks of a gastric bypass.
The idea, published by Aspire Bariatrics of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is to let patients eat and drink as much as they like and the they can later drain their stomach almost 20 minutes after a meal by connecting a pump to a valve surgically installed on their abdominal wall.
Irrigation Minister Sudarshan Reddy said that only the high powered committee would be monitoring the Polavaram tenders.
“The issue is not under our purview. It is the high power committee of senior officials that will be looking after the issue,” he said. The documents submitted by the companies that participated in the bidding process are being verified by the Committee, he said.
The first meeting on the Pranahita-Chevella with the Maharashtra government will be held on January 21, he said.
TRS MLA T Harish Rao on Saturday met Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy seeking regularization of contract workers in the Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation.
The TRS leader, along with the newly elected Trade Union leaders, called on the Chief Minister and also urged him to withdraw the proposed hike in power tariff. The delegation also suggested that the Government should reduce sales tax on diesel to improve functioning of RTC.
The Telangana Political Joint Action Committee will organise a massive public meeting at Gadwal in Mahabubnagar district on January 22.
Talking to reporters here, TPJAC Convener Prof M Kodandaram said that the meeting was aimed at increasing the pressure on the Centre to grant statehood for the Telangana region. Reiterating that the Centre was adopting delaying tactics on announcing its decision on Telangana, he said that people in the region would not accept anything short of Telangana.
DGP V. Dinesh Reddy has assured that his department would take action against MIM legislator Akbaruddin Owaisi for making controversial statements, after two or three days. In this connection, the DGP conferred with the Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy on Saturday.