See more in our gallery: "Prophylactic progress: The story of the condom's rise" IF I didn't already know what they were, I would have difficulty identifying the objects in front of me. There are about 20, mounted on a rack of vertical wooden pegs and illuminated into ghostly shadows by a light box beneath. They resemble elaborate sculptures in translucent resin. One looks like a thin, hollow lemon...
PM Lee says he is aware of childcare concerns
Label: Technology SINGAPORE: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has written on his Facebook page that he is aware many couples and parents are worried about childcare for their young children, especially when both adults are working. He noted that they had raised their concerns and commented on this when he posted on the Marriage & Parenthood Package on Monday. Mr Lee added that the government is increasing...
Google shares soar as analysts chime in on earnings
Label: LifestyleGoogle's shares are on the rise following a strong earnings report yesterday.In early trading, Google's shares jumped more than 5 percent to $740.37. The company's stock price closed the day at $702.87 yesterday.Google's share jump is due in part to Google's strong fourth quarter. The company beat analyst expectations during the period and posted a $2.9 billion profit on $14.4 billion in revenue....
The Promise and Perils of Mining Asteroids
Label: Health Encouraged by new space technologies, a growing fleet of commercial rockets and the vast potential to generate riches, a group of entrepreneurs announced Tuesday that they planned to mine the thousands of near-Earth asteroids in the coming decades.The new company, Deep Space Industries (DSI), is not the first in the field, nor is it the most well-financed. But with their ambition to become...
Te'o Tells Couric He Briefly Lied About Girlfriend
Label: Business Manti Te'o briefly lied to the media and the public after discovering his online girlfriend did not exist and was a part of an elaborate hoax, he admitted in an exclusive interview with ABC News' Katie Couric.The star Notre Dame linebacker, who has been hounded by the reporters since the story broke Jan. 16, told Couric in a taped interview Tuesday that he was not lying up until...
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Sacrificing Einstein: Relativity's keystone has to go
Label: World COINCIDENCE is not generally something scientists have much truck with. If two things are genuinely unrelated, there is little further of interest to be said. If the coincidence keeps turning up, however, there must be some deeper underlying link. Then it is the job of science to tease out what it is and so explain why there was no coincidence in the first place. That makes it rather odd that a large...
There is scope for more opposition voices in Parliament: WP
Label: Technology SINGAPORE - The Workers' Party (WP) held its second rally for the Punggol East by-election on Tuesday evening.Several WP members including party MPs Png Eng Huat and Chen Show Mao as well as NCMP Yee Jenn Jong took to the stage.Party leaders Low Thia Khiang and Sylvia Lim as well as WP candidate for Punggol East, Lee Li Lian, were the last few to speak.The speakers told the audience that...
Former Microsoft exec does some Ballmer bashing
Label: LifestyleMicrosoft CEO Steve Ballmer at the Windows 8 launch in New York last October.(Credit:Microsoft)There are plenty of critics of Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer out there. Some think Ballmer's been too slow to react to market changes. Others think he's been too slow to get rid of problem employees. And then there are some who were the problem employees themselves...Meet the latest Ballmer critic: Joachim...
Attack at Algeria Gas Plant Heralds New Risks for Energy Development
Label: Health The siege by Islamic militants at a remote Sahara desert natural gas plant in Algeria this week signaled heightened dangers in the region for international oil companies, at a time when they have been expanding operations in Africa as one of the world's last energy frontiers. (See related story: "Pictures: Four New Offshore Drilling Frontiers.")As BP, Norway's Statoil, Italy's Eni, and...
Obama's Inauguration: A Night to Remember
Label: BusinessPresident Barack Obama dances with first lady Michelle Obama at the Commander-in-Chief Ball, Jan. 21, 2013, in Washington, DC. Pres. Obama was sworn-in for his second term as president during a public ceremonial inauguration earlier in the day. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Imag...
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