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Tornado survivors thanked God, sturdy closets and luck in explaining how they lived through the colossal twister that devastated an Oklahoma town and killed 24 people, an astonishingly low toll given the extent of destruction.

At least one family took refuge in a bathtub and some....
More than half the world’s population are concentrated in urban areas, and this is having an effect not just culturally, but biologically too.

Cities cover just 3% of the planet's land surface, but are already home to more than half of its people. That means cities are bringing....
केटी मागेर जन्तीसहित जग्गेमा बस्न पुगेका एकजना बेहुलाले सोमबार राजधानीमा बेहुली वरिपरि जग्गेमा तीन फन्का....
It would seem that more and more of us are opting for a bit of help to slow the appearance of ageing.

The idea of growing old gracefully - wrinkles and all - seems anathema to a growing number of Britons.

The cosmetic procedures industry is booming. It has undergone an....
Having a glittering career in the public eye may come at the cost of a shorter life, an analysis of obituaries in a US newspaper suggests.

It showed performers and sports stars tended to die a few years younger than people successful in other careers.

The researchers....
A former waitress who swapped her £6-per-hour job to become a £650-per-appearance Duchess of Cambridge lookalike has "become pregnant" to maintain accuracy.

Heidi Agan, 32, now has a "bump made in various sizes", she said.

The single mother-of-two from Corby,....
In what amounts to either a breathtaking breach of privacy or one of the most fascinating sex research artifacts of the year, PornMD (acceptably SFW as long as you don’t search), a porn search engine, has broken down porn searches by country and U.S. state. The system offers a fairly complete....
Sexuality, political leanings and even intelligence can be gleaned from the things you choose to "like" on Facebook, a study suggests.

Researchers at Cambridge University used algorithms to predict religion, politics, race and sexual orientation.

The research, published....
There’s no aphorism that describes successful women more than “damned if you do, damned if you don’t.”

Yet, thankfully we keep doing. As we are Millennial women who’ve worked under plenty of women, and are now on our second female CEO, we’ve reaped the benefits of this....
Thousands of women in Russia die each year as a result of domestic violence, according to official estimates. But despite many years of discussions, domestic abuse is still not recognised as a crime and this hampers help for the victims, reports BBC Russian's Oleg Boldyrev in Moscow.
London, England – Twenty-five-year-old Sam Brattle has never had a job. The chronically unemployed woman has applied for 850 job opportunities and had 50 interviews at bars, offices, child care facilities, and call centers without a single success.

Many jobless individuals have had....
Jessica Cox was born without arms as a result of a rare birth defect.

That has not stopped her from living her life to the fullest. In fact, Ms Cox has experienced and achieved more than most people do in a lifetime.

She can drive a car, fly a plane and play piano - all....
I find statistics absolutely delicious. Pew research released fresh stats on what slice of Americans are addicted to all of the various social networks as of December 2012. There are a few big business and cultural implications.

Pinterest has practically caught up with Twitter, with....
Rio De Janeiro: The Vila Isabel samba school was crowned champion of the 2013 Rio Carnival for its parade highlighting Brazil's agricultural might as "the world&'s breadbasket."
In a feverishly awaited verdict, a 40-member jury gave the Rio school, considered a cradle of samba music in....
When Eric Kandel looks at a beautiful painting he does more than consider its artistic value. The Nobel Prize winner and renowned neuropsychiatrist is also contemplating how the rest of us look at art.

In his book The Age of Insight: The Quest to Understand the Unconscious in Art,....
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