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Interesting Facts And Myths About Lunar Eclipse

While sky gazers eagerly wait to witness the first total lunar eclipse of 2014, many superstitious people are also busy preparing to counter the bad omens and dangers that this celestial event may bring.

IVF Baby Switch: Woman Pregnant with Someone Else's Embryos

A baby stroller is seen as mothers play with their children at a public area in downtown Shanghai November 19, 2013.
A woman who became pregnant after IVF has been found to be carrying the twins of another couple. The clinic in Rome had caused a mix-up with the embryos. According to Italian Health Ministry, it will start an investigation into the rare IVF error. The wrong embryos were only discovered when the woman three months into the pregnancy. The error was made on December 4 when four couples were receiving fertility treatment at the same time in the fertility unit at Rome's Sandro Pertini Hospital.
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Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO)'s handout shows an image taken by a gamma ray camera showing the bottom of a ventilation stack standing between Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant's No.1 and No.2 reactors, where radiation exceeding 10 sieverts (10,000 m

Fukushima’s Tepco Slapped with US$1B Lawsuit by 79 US Sailors Over Radiation Claims

Financially strapped Tokyo Electric Power Co, operator of the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, has been slapped a US$1 billion lawsuit by the 79 US sailors who were the first respondents to the crisis three years ago. The sailors claimed the operator lied about the high level of radiation in the area as they carried out their humanitarian mission.

UFO Sightings: Strange Lights Captured on Deer Cameras in Mississippi

The automated hunting cameras that were set up on the property of couple Edith and Rainer Shattles in Jackson County, Mississippi recorded the strange UFO lights that appeared close to the Cumbest Bluff hunting area. The UFO sighting footage captured on the evening of February 16, 2014 showed a deer outlined by the strange lights coming from the unidentified flying object.

Astronomical Events 2014: Watch the ‘Biggest’ and the ‘Brightest’ Mars on April 8 and April 14; When and Where to View it Live

Planet Mars will take spotlight in the night sky of April, this week. In one of the much awaited astronomical events, Mars will align with Earth and Sun on Tuesday night, April 8, 2014. On this day, Mars will reach what is called “opposition,” according to io9.com. It doesn’t end here, because in the following week the Earth will move closer to the Red Planet. Its proximity will be more than it has been in over six years.

German Advisor Warns Another Haiyan-Strong Typhoon Could Hit Philippines; Tropical Storm Peipah Enters Country’s Area of Responsibility

This early, Filipinos have been told to prepare for another typhoon whose strength could be as strong as Haiyan (Yolanda) which hit the Philippines in November 2013. The strongest typhoon on record, Haiyan killed about 6,000 people and destroyed a lot of homes and infrastructure in the Visayas region, and until now, families are still rebuilding their lives and homes.

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