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BBC Children who increase the number of hours of weekly television they watch between the ages of two and four years old risk larger waistlines by age 10. A Canadian study found that every extra weekly hour watched could add half a millimetre to their waist circumference and reduce muscle...

BBC Research by academics at two universities have concluded that the common belief of lying eyes is a myth. Many psychologists think when a person looks up to their right they are likely to be telling a lie and glancing up to the left is said to indicate honesty. However, the experts...

Discovery News - July 12 Continuing its increasingly active trend, the sun erupted with another X-class solar flare on Thursday. Only last week, another active region (AR1515) delivered an impressive parting shot -- an X1.1 flare -- as it rotated toward the solar limb. Today's more energetic...

BBC US athletes at the forthcoming London Olympics will wear stylish uniforms designed in the US - but made in China. The news prompted a rare outbreak of bipartisan agreement, with Republican and Democratic leaders highly critical of the US Olympic Committee. "I think the Olympic...

BBC The biggest survey of Native American DNA has concluded that the New World was settled in three major waves. But the majority of today's indigenous Americans descend from a single group of migrants that crossed from Asia to Alaska 15,000 years ago or more. Previous genetic data have...

US planemaker Boeing has announced an "historic" order from United Airlines for 150 Boeing 737s, in a deal worth $14.7bn (£9.5bn). The order comprises 100 of the new Boeing 737 Max 9 planes and 50 Boeing 737-900ER aircraft. Boeing said the deal meant it had now received more than 10,000...

BBC The Hubble Space Telescope has discovered a fifth moon circling the dwarf planet Pluto. The new moon, visible as a speck of light in Hubble images, is estimated to be irregular in shape and between 10km and 25km across. Scientists are intrigued that such a small world can have such...

BBC Cat video film festival to celebrate web's furriest virals The internet phenomenon of sharing cute videos of cats is to be celebrated in the "world's first" film festival dedicated to viral felines. The Internet Cat Video Film Festival is set to take place on 30 August in...

The Lookout Scranton mayor slashes pay for all city workers—including police and firefighters—to minimum wage Cash-strapped Scranton, Pa., has slashed pay for all city employees—including police and firefighters—to minimum wage, sparking furor among unions that now say they plan to sue...

Discovery News Since its first appearance on the original "Star Trek" series in 1966, the starship Enterprise has become a symbol for space travel. Recently, an anonymous engineer claimed that an approximation of this iconic ship could be built in the next two decades. But just how close is...

BBC Oscar-winning actor Ernest Borgnine, whose career spanned more than 60 years, has died, his spokesman has said. He died of renal failure in a Los Angeles hospital with his family by his side, his spokesman Harry Flynn told the Associated Press. Mr Borgnine, who was 95 years old...

Yahoo News Police officers in Darwin, Australia, were accosted in a highly unusual incident during which attendees at a local bachelorette party mistook the cops for male strippers. Australia's ABC News reports that the peace officers were called in to respond to a disturbance at the...

Conor Skelding - The Lookout Every summer it seems like a different kind of out-of-control weather pattern decides to strike. In the past month alone, we've experienced deadly Colorado wildfires, early-season heat waves and a wind-whipping hurricane, convincing formerly dubious Americans that...

BBC The United States has given Afghanistan the status of "major non-Nato ally". The designation, which includes countries such as Australia, Egypt and Israel, gives preferential access to US arms exports and defence co-operation. The announcement was made by US Secretary of State...

BBC Singer Susan Boyle has received an honorary doctorate for her contribution to the creative industries. She was honoured by Edinburgh's Queen Margaret University, where she studied for a certificate in caring. The degree is for work in society at large, which the university said...

BBC Its a pretty interesting article actualy LOL :p Worm lifetime 'longer in space' Spacefaring worms undergo genetic changes associated with longer lives in their Earth-bound cousins, research has shown. A number of Caenorhabditis elegans worms were carried aboard a mission to the...

:confused: BBC The captain of the Costa Concordia ship which ran aground killing more than 30 people has said a "divine hand" guided him, preventing greater tragedy. Francesco Schettino has released a letter, published in Italy's La Corriere della Sera newspaper, explaining his version of...

BBC Oscar Pistorius is set to be the first double amputee runner at the Olympic Games after being picked by South Africa for the 400m at London 2012. The 25-year-old has also been selected for the 4x400m relay squad. "Today is truly one of the proudest days of my life," said...

BBC A copy of a rare 16th century map known as "the birth certificate of America" has been discovered in Germany. The map, by the famous cartographer Martin Waldseemueller, is credited with being the first to document and name the newly-discovered land of America. It had been thought...

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