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Illiterate Americans
Fifty million Americans are in danger of being declared 'illiterate' for not knowing the use of the computer. The internet is soon going to be that pervasive in America, warns a study. Read on ...
Birds!!!
There are too many pigeons in London's Trafalgar Square and they are leaving their waste all over the historic tourist attraction. So the city authorities have come up with a novel way of preventing the birds from breeding so much. Read on ...
Worming into the Olympics
What is the biggest show atthe Sydney Olympic? No, not gravity-defying leaps of gymnasts, but the amazing food habits of thousands of earthworms whose help has been specially enlisted to make Olympian amounts of garbage, eco-friendly. Read on ...
The Olympic Gold Rush
If you thought the US is leading the medal tally at the Sydney Olympics, think again. It's tiny Barbados. Ranked by population, this Caribbean country with one medal ranks number one! Read on ...
Kidnapped for the Camel Race
Rich Arabs play a terrifying race. They place little child jockeys on the backs of camels and then make them run races, risking dangerous falls. Ten year-old Pakistani boy Mohammad, was kidnapped to be a jockey too. Read on ...
The Woman who Terrifies Burma's Military
A few days ago, the Burmese military prevented the charismatic pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, from travelling. The military has the guns, but she has the courage. Read on ...
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Olympic Swim Against the Tide
Fatima Abdeljamid of Bahrain is setting a trend. She is among the few women from the Middle East countries to take part in the Olympics. Will other female athletes follow? Read on ...
The Big Meltdown
Is the earth heading for a catastrophic meltdown of its ice as a result of global warming? Two scientific studies suggest it could well be, given the fact that the earth has heated up in these 50 years like never before. Read on ...
Fungus Threatens Chinese Warriors
China's prized cultural treasure, a spectacular 'army' of terracotta warriors, horses and charioteers, is facing threat from 40 species of fungus. Specialists are working round the clock to cure these historic figures. Read on ...
Homing in on Prisons
The Iranian government is converting military centres and prisons into housing units for newly weds in Iran. This could hold a lesson for India. Read on ...
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