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‘Singer Ozzy Osbourne a Neanderthal’

It’s now official: British singer Ozzy Osbourne is the descendant of a Neanderthal man.

Men brought up with women ‘are less sexy’

You may disagree, but men who grow up with lots of sisters are less sexy, says a new study.

UK’s Clegg asks US for answers on WikiLeaks

Washington on Sunday came under increasing international pressure to investigate the allegations in the leaked Iraq war documents published by WikiLeaks, which Britain’s deputy prime minister Nick Cl

Perfect stylist Austen, or just plain Jane?

Was English author Jane Austen a naturally gifted writer who had an elegant style of writing? Or, was the exquisite and grammatically superior prose all due to a good editor?

Brit siblings are world’s oldest family

A British family is set to enter the record books for having the world’s oldest siblings, with their combined ages almost touching 500-years.
The five Bartletts, Kathleen, 102, Gladys, 100, Lillian, 94, Leonard, 92, and Courtney, 86, were born to Victorian parents in the early 1900s, and they have seen off 19 Prime Ministers, five Monarchs and two World Wars.

William, Kate on secret African safari

New pilot Prince William and his longtime girlfriend Kate Middleton apparently enjoyed a secret safari in Africa.
The couple went for the 10-day trip to Kenya to celebrate William passing his tough RAF helicopter search and rescue course. It came just days after he completed his

Bashir: Kashmir’s voice lost in Indo-Pak scene

Indian director Aamir Bashir, who presented his directorial debut Harud (Autumn) at the London Film Festival, is disheartened about common Kashmiris having no voice at all, especially in light of 20 l

In 20 years, memory to get backup?

A top scientist has claimed that in the next two decades, people will be able to back up the human brain including all of the memories.

New species of malarial mosquitoes evolving

New research has found that the two strains of mosquitoes that cause malaria are branching into individually distinct species, owing to substantial genetic differences they have acquired over time.

Random House signs global rights to Rushdie memoir

Random House has acquired global rights to publish British author Salman Rushdie’s upcoming memoirs, it said on Thursday.

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