SCIENCE

Babies Born to Asian Fathers Underweight – Study

A newborn baby waits for attention at Lima's maternity hospital, May 8, 2014.
A new study by St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto has found that a father's ethnic background can significantly influence a child's weight at birth, and in this case, babies born to Asian fathers were found to be underweight.

Update: El Niño Patterns Start to Emerge – Australia BoM

A farmer holds a bundle of paddy seeds at a rice field in Cianjur, West Java province June 12, 2014.
Patterns pointing to an El Niño weather phenomenon happening this year have started to emerge, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) said on Tuesday. At present, ongoing surface temperatures at the Pacific Ocean point to levels of a weak El Niño.
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Aussies are Living Longer, Healthier and Happier Lives

Australians will be proud of the national health report released in 2014. The report, title Australia's Health 2014, by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare showed that Australians are living longer, healthier and happier lives.
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E-Cigarettes Turning into a Harmful Addiction

Like every coin has two sides, e-cigarettes, too, have two sides to it, in which one side suggests that it helps smokers quit smoking, and the other suggests that these devices may be seen as a portal for nicotine addiction by teen smokers.
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A National Park in the Moon, Hope Americans

A national park wil be established on the landing sites in the Moon, used by missions between 1969 and 1972 by Apollo, proposed legislation in the House of Representatives.

Younger Teens See Sexting as a Substitute for Real Sex

A study done in a Los Angeles middle school shows that students sending and receinving "sext" messages were more likely to be sexually active than the non-sexting students. Younger teens see sexting as a substitute for real sex.
Maria Sharapova

Nutritionists Criticise 'Sugarpova Candy Lounge'

On Wimbledon High Street, Sharapova opened 'Sugarpova Candy Lounge' to sell treats during the Wimbledon championships on June 16. The world's richest female athlete, Russia's tennis champion, Maria Sharapova opened in 2012 a sweet firm called Sugarpova, a premium candy line.
NASA Discovers Mysterious X-Ray Signal from Deep Space

NASA Discovers Mysterious X-Ray Signal from Deep Space

A mysterious X-Ray signal has been discovered by NASA. The discovery was made using the Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA’s XMM-Newton. Scientists are of the opinion that the X-ray may be coming from dark matter, a substance that is not fully understood by scientists yet.
A worker unloads a sack of rice at the central rice market in Jakarta

El Niño 80% Between Oct and Nov – UN’s WMO

The World Meteorological Organisation, the UN's weather agency experts, has placed at 80 per cent the chances of an El Niño weather event recurring in the Pacific Ocean by year-end, between October and November.
A banner that reads "Fukushima" is placed in front of a giant symbolic Japan's national flag to mark the third year anniversary of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami, at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, March 11, 2014. REUTERS/

Investors of Japan's Tepco Slam Atomic Restarts

Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO), operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant that got crippled by a tsunami in March 2011 after a magnitude 9 earthquake struck Japan's shores, has voted down motions to permanently close all its atomic plant projects during its annual general meeting on Thursday.
Smartphones

Touchscreen phones Provides a Glimpse of Germs in the Body

A new study by the University of Oregon in the U.S. suggests that the smartphone contains thousands of micro-organisms and these can be a mirror to the bacteria, fungi and virus that are present in our body and in the surroundings.

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