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CT scanning shown to cause DNA damage, study finds
Computerized tomography (CT) scans may cause cellular damage— a finding that further encourages doctors to use the lowest radiation dose possible as a precaution, according to preliminary research from the Stanford University School of Medicine. “[CT scans] are good in terms of helping doctors manage…
Aamir Khan praises 'Bajrangi Bhaijaan'
Superstar Aamir Khan has hailed Salman Khan's latest film "Bajrangi Bhaijaan" as "outstanding".The 50-year-old actor took to micro-blogging website Twitter to praise the film, which minted Rs.63.75 crore within two days of its release."Just came out of Bajrangi Bhaijaan. OUTSTANDING! Salman's best film…
Burundi: UN experts urge Security Council action amid mounting violence
New York, July 17 (IBNS) The escalating pattern of politically motivated violence in Burundi demands a response from the United Nations Security Council before the hostilities can evolve into wholesale atrocities, a group of the Organization’s independent experts have warned.The international community must not…
NASA releases first Pluto flyby images
NASA has released the first images taken during New Horizons’ historic flyby of dwarf planet Pluto.“We have got a whole bunch of high-resolution observations safely on the spacecraft,” said New Horizons’ Geology, Geophysics and Imaging Team Leader John Spencer, during a press conference at…
Spacecraft achieves flyby of Pluto, then calls home
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft got humanity's first up-close look at Pluto on Tuesday, sending word of its triumph across 3 billion miles to scientists waiting breathlessly back home.Confirmation of mission success came 13 hours after the actual flyby and, after a day of both…
Dismay in US over Guzman's escape from Mexican prison
CHICAGO – Reactions in the United States to the escape from Mexican prison of a reputed drug lord ranged from disbelief to outrage, with some observers saying it dramatically illustrated the need for captured cartel kingpins to be promptly extradited to the U.S.A former…
Iraq launches operation against ISIS in Anbar province
The Iraqi government -- supported by Shiite militias from Iran -- launched a large-scale military operation to take out Islamic State militants from Iraq’s western Anbar province Monday.The operation is under way to recapture Fallujah and Ramadi, a senior defense official at the Pentagon…
5 surprising things you can control with your phone
In the last 10 years, the smartphone has taken over the worlds of communication, entertainment, productivity, photography and more. It was only a matter of time, then, until the smartphone absorbed the typical remote control as well. And I'm not just talking about replacing the…
The Impossible Dream: Obama, Israel, and Iran
Early in Ally, a memoir of his tenure as Israel’s ambassador to the United States between 2009 and 2013, Michael Oren, who was born and raised in the US, recounts playing the title role in his New Jersey high school’s production of Man of La…
Is Obama Moving Too Fast with Vietnam?
Vietnam’s Communist Party chief, Nguyen Phu Trong, met with President Obama at the White House on July 7th. Trong’s visit is historic, the first to the United States by a Vietnam Communist Party chief, and a big step in a relationship that has been transformed…