Genetically altered mice are “superathletes”

Friday, November 2, 2007 Researchers at Case Western University in Cleveland, Ohio have announced the creation of transgenic mice with substantially improved athletic endurance, which live and breed longer and are more aggressive than genetically unmodified siblings, and are leaner despite consuming 60% more food. The mice have been dubbed “mighty mice” or “supermice” by […]

Online Reputation Management: What You Need To Know

Click Here To Find Out More About: Behaviour Change Campaign Sydney By Ryan Pauline Online reputation management (ORM) is defined as the act of addressing, mitigating and monitoring of search engine result pages (SERPs) mentioned in web sphere content or online media. ORM usually involves the tracking of what is written on the internet regardless […]

Sweden’s Crown Princess marries long-time boyfriend

Monday, June 21, 2010 Sweden’s first royal wedding since 1976 took place Saturday when Crown Princess Victoria, 32, married her long-time boyfriend and former personal trainer, Daniel Westling, 36. The ceremony took place at Stockholm Cathedral. Over 1,200 guests, including many rulers, politicians, royals and other dignitaries from across the world, attended the wedding, which […]

Princess Beatrice’s unlocked BMW stolen

Thursday, January 8, 2009 British royal Princess Beatrice, age 20, has become the victim of thieves, who stole her prized £17,000 black 1 Series BMW while she and her police bodyguard were shopping in Devonshire Place in Kensington — leaving the vehicle’s keys in the ignition. The luxury car, which has a personalised number plate […]

Ariel Sharon’s brain shows activity

Saturday, January 14, 2006 Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon remains in a coma after 10 days. Medical experts on the outside say that Sharon’s failure to regain consciousness does not look well for his recovery. On Wednesday, doctors began reducing the level of sedatives with the intent of drawing Sharon out of an induced coma. […]

Israeli PM Ariel Sharon briefly opens eyes

Monday, January 16, 2006 Israeli media is reporting that Prime Minister Ariel Sharon opened his eyes for the first time since he suffered a major stroke on January 4, 2006. However, hospital officials said the reports were generated by the Sharon family’s “impression of eyelid movement, whose medical significance is unclear.” “He was listening to […]

Afghan women’s rights official shot dead

Tuesday, September 26, 2006 Safia Ahmed-jan, the director of the Afghan Ministry of Women’s Affairs for the Khandahar province and an advocate of women’s rights and a strong critic of the Taliban‘s repression of those rights, was shot dead by unidentified gunmen outside her home in Khandahar city in southern Afghanistan on Monday. Safia Ama-jan, […]