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The Trappist monk whose calligraphy inspired Steve Jobs - and influenced Apple's designs 10 Mar 2016 - 05:44 pm

Robert Palladino, circa 1978. (Courtesy of Reed College) By Niraj Chokshi Robert Palladino's name appears nowhere in Steve Jobs's lengthy authorized biography, but...

Chocolate is brain food. Who knew? 10 Mar 2016 - 04:16 pm

By Roberto A Ferdman In the mid 1970s, psychologist Merrill Elias began tracking the cognitive abilities of more than a thousand people in...

AI beats human Go grandmaster... again 10 Mar 2016 - 11:44 am

South Korean Go champion Lee Se-dol makes a move during his match against AlphaGo, an artificial intelligence system developed by Google, at a...

First US uterus transplant fails 10 Mar 2016 - 09:55 am

FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016, photo provided by Cleveland Clinic Center, a team of Cleveland Clinic transplant surgeons and gynecological...

Ikea's billionaire founder a frugal fan of flea markets 09 Mar 2016 - 04:37 pm

The founder of Swedish furniture giant IKEA is worth billions, but still chooses to live frugally. Stockholm: Frugal billionaire Ingvar Kamprad, founder of...

Human vs machine Go showdown kicks off in Seoul 09 Mar 2016 - 11:31 am

A South Korean elementary student watches the historic match between South Korean Go champion Lee Se-dol and the AlphaGo, an artificial intelligence system...

Go champ recalls defeat at hands of 'calm' computer 09 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

European Go champion Fan Hui shakes hands with Demis Hassabis, CEO of DeepMind an artificial intelligence company under Google parent Alphabet. Photo courtesy:...

A scientist is hotwiring the brain to treat depression 08 Mar 2016 - 06:43 pm

Susumu Tonegawa, a neuroscientist, has used fiber optics to switch on male mice's happy memories with a stream of blue light in his...

Vietnam finds twins with different fathers: doctor 08 Mar 2016 - 01:37 pm

Hanoi: Vietnam has identified an extremely rare case of bi-paternal twins -- twins with different fathers -- a professor at a DNA testing...

Ransomware aimed to shake down Mac users 08 Mar 2016 - 10:13 am

San Francisco: The bane of "ransomware" used by hackers to hold data hostage was expected to begin striking a small number of Mac...

Email inventor Ray Tomlinson dies at 74 07 Mar 2016 - 11:35 am

Washington: Ray Tomlinson, the US programmer credited with inventing email in the 1970s and choosing the "@" symbol for the messaging system, died...

Paris fashion bows before 'geriatric starlet' Iris Apfel, 94 07 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

"Someone once told me, 'You are not pretty, and you never will be,'" Iris Apfel joked to reporters as she was whisked with...

Russian firm to build suborbital tourist spacecraft 06 Mar 2016 - 11:29 am

The moon is pictured above Earth in this handout photo courtesy of Col. Chris Hadfield of the Canadian Space Agency. Reuters/CSA/Col. Chris Hadfield/Handout ...

Owner of 'Big Lebowski’ house hopes to inspire with LA museum gift 06 Mar 2016 - 11:11 am

A foggy view of Downtown Los Angeles as seen from James Goldstein residence, designed by modernist architect John Lautner in California. Reuters/Piya Sinha-Roy ...

Manage your weight to lead a healthy life 05 Mar 2016 - 06:05 pm

By Fatima Nabil Today, in our society many people face the difficulty of increase in weight. According to 2015 World Health Organisation statistics,...

Closing the generation app 05 Mar 2016 - 03:57 pm

Residents at Westminster at Lake Ridge, a senior living community in Prince William County, listen as Christian Magnuson, 16, teaches them to use...

Italy unions attack 'Star Wars' palace head for overworking 05 Mar 2016 - 02:40 pm

Rome: Italy's Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has defended the director of a UNESCO World Heritage Site after unions filed an official complaint accusing...