SINGAPORE: An accident at Pasir Panjang Terminal Building on Sunday afternoon has left one man dead.The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said its officers were alerted to the incident and found the driver trapped in a crushed cabin of a container truck. It added that Pasir Panjang Terminal Building's in-house emergency response team was already at the scene when its officers arrived.The...
Peek at a Big Game IT 'war room' -- at Domino's Pizza
Label: LifestyleGround zero for the greatest single-day migration of pizza pies in history. (Click to enlarge.)(Credit:Domino's Pizza)On Big Game day today, Domino's Pizza is planning to deliver millions of pizzas (it estimates that a total of 11 million slices will be delivered) and 2.5 million chicken wings. According to Domino's execs, the national game day gorge has become more than just a manner of beefing up...
Pictures We Love: Best of January
Label: HealthPhotograph by Dieu Nalio Chery, APThe magnitude 7 earthquake that struck near Port au Prince, Haiti, in January 2010 so devastated the country that recovery efforts are still ongoing.Professional dancer Georges Exantus, one of the many casualties of that day, was trapped in his flattened apartment for three days, according to news reports. After friends dug him out, doctors amputated his right leg...
Former SEAL Killed at Gun Range; Suspect Arrested
Label: Business A man is under arrest in connection with the killing of two men at an Erath County, Texas, gun range, police said.One of the victims is former Navy SEAL and "American Sniper" author Chris Kyle."We have lost more than we can replace. Chris was a patriot, a great father, and a true supporter of this country and its ideals. This is a tragedy for all of us. I send my deepest prayers...
Feb
02
Two worms, same brains – but one eats the other
Label: World IF TWO animals have identical brain cells, how different can they really be? Extremely. Two worm species have exactly the same set of neurons, but extensive rewiring allows them to lead completely different lives. Ralf Sommer of the Max Planck Institute...
6.9-magnitude quake hits Japan's Hokkaido
Label: Technology TOKYO - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.9 struck off Japan's Hokkaido island late on Saturday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported.The quake hit at a depth of 103 kilometres (64 miles) at 23:17pm (1417 GMT), about 109 kilometres west of Kushiro, Hokkaido, the USGS said. !-- Zone Tag : Channel News Asia In Text innity_pub = "66368270ffd51418ec58bd793f2d9b1b"; innity_zone...
Building better Super Bowl ads by watching you watch them
Label: LifestyleA side-by-side test of Apple and Samsung ads.(Credit:Screenshot courtesy of Affectiva)WALTHAM, Mass.--The makers of Wheat Thins cereal may have a hit Super Bowl commercial on their hands.I believe this because I watched the ad on my computer while another computer watched me watching it over the Internet. The ad combined a box of Wheat Thins, night vision goggles, fear of Bigfoot when there should...
Pictures We Love: Best of January
Label: HealthPhotograph by Dieu Nalio Chery, APThe magnitude 7 earthquake that struck near Port au Prince, Haiti, in January 2010 so devastated the country that recovery efforts are still ongoing.Professional dancer Georges Exantus, one of the many casualties of that day, was trapped in his flattened apartment for three days, according to news reports. After friends dug him out, doctors amputated his right leg...
Ala. Standoff: Students Say Suspect Threatened to Kill
Label: Business A brother and sister who escaped the school bus where a 5-year-old autistic boy was taken hostage by a retired Alabama trucker are speaking out about the standoff and the man who threatened the lives of the children on board."I look up and he's talking about threatening to kill us all or something," 14-year-old Terrica Singletary told ABC's "Good Morning America." "He's like,...
Feb
01
Texas mega-battery aims to green up the grid
Label: World IN A remote corner of west Texas, in the shadow of a sprawling wind farm, one of the world's largest batteries was switched on last week. Deep in oil country, the battery is at the vanguard of efforts to help renewable energy sources realise their potential and, ultimately, oust fossil fuels in the US. ...
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