An Australian study of ocean salinity over the past 50 years has revealed a "fingerprint" showing that climate change has accelerated the rainfall cycle, a researcher said Friday. The study published in the journal Science and conducted by Australian and US scientists looked at ocean data from 1950 to 2000 and found that salinity levels had changed in oceans around the world over that time. Co-author Susan Wijffels said the figures were revealing …

At speeds even he could barely imagine, Albert Einstein's private papers and innermost thoughts will soon be available online, from a rare scribble of "E=mc2" in his own hand, to political pipe-dreams and secret love letters to his mistress. Fifty-seven years after the Nobel Prize-winning physicist's death, the Israeli university which he helped found opened Internet access on Monday to some of the 80,000 documents Einstein bequeathed to it in …

Harish Shankar and producer Bandla Ganesh have clarified on the on-going rumors regarding Pawan Kalyan’s absence from Racha audio and a possible split in mega family. Harish was reacting to the speculation about the Pawan was in the city and intentionally skipped the Racha audio function, The director said that he was about to start the climax shooting for Gabbar Singh movie and as such he could not make it to the Racha audio. He was filming chasing …

The National Price Monitoring Committee (NPMC) was informed here on Friday that the Consumer Price Index (CPI), which shows the general price trend in the country, decreased and recorded at 10.1% during last month. The NPMC, which met Secretary Finance Abdul Wajid Rana in the chair, was also informed that food and non-food inflation was recorded at 9.3% and 10.6% respectively, while Wholesale Price Index and Sensitive Price Index stood at 8.7% and …

A remote controlled car bomb exploded near the Kohat bus depot on Thursday, killing at least 12 people and injuring 36 others. Almost 15 cars were also badly damaged in the blast. Following the blast, security forces cordoned off the area while the injured people were rushed to Lady Reading Hospital where emergency has been imposed.The condition of five injured persons is critical. According to the police 45 kilograms of explosives were used in …

Western schoolchildren are up to three years behind those in China's Shanghai and success in Asian education is not just the product of pushy "tiger" parents, an Australian report released Friday said. The study by independent think-tank The Grattan Institute said East Asia was the centre of high performance in schools with four of the world's top systems in the region - Hong Kong, South Korea, Shanghai and Singapore. "In Shanghai, the average …

Aamir Khan was here after more than a decade and was so impressed with the breathtaking beauty of the valley that he hopes filmmakers return here “like the good old times”. Aamir arrived here Wednesday and visited the famous floating vegetable gardens in Dal Lake. “I have come to Kashmir after more than 10 years. Last time I came here to shoot ‘Mann’ (1999). The place is wonderful, the people are nice and hospitable,” Aamir told reporters during …

From SOPA to Ellen DeGeneres, protesting keeps getting more social. Thanks to Twitter and Facebook, digital agitation has entered the mainstream allowing people to affect change at a dizzying speed. Going viral is no longer reserved for cute puppy videos. Social networking has moved into new areas of social protest, Tim Stevens, editor-in-chief of the technology blog Engadget, said, shortly after Susan G. Komen Foundation reversed course on pulling …

Iran on Monday test-fired two missiles on the last day of navy war games near the Strait of Hormuz, official media quoted a navy spokesman as saying. A Qader ground-to-ship cruise missile and a short-range Nasr anti-ship missile were launched in the tests, which came after the test-firing on Sunday of a medium-range ground-to-air missile in the area, according to Commodore Mahmoud Mousavi. Another missile, named Nour, was to be fired later Monday, …

The prints for power star Pawan Kalyan’s Panjaa have already being despatched to various locations. Panjaa USA regular 35mm prints were dispatched and will be arriving @ JFK (New York) airport by 7:15AM EST today - Dec 8 and several exhibitors will be pick the prints from the EWR airport to ensure no delay. Also, Pawan Kalyan’s Panjaa movie got the rare distinction of being reported in New York based ‘The Niagara Falls’ magazine before its release. …