June 18, 2009 Thursday
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PARIS - A YOUNG dinosaur that fatefully wandered into a mudpool around 155 million years could help explain the mysterious evolution of birds, says the world's most famous fossil-hunter.

 
2 engineers win top honour

MADRID - TWO US engineers have been honoured for their work in email and mobile phone technology with this year's Prince of Asturias award for scientific and technological research, the organisation said.

Whole-cooked carrots better

LONDON - THE anti-cancer properties of carrots are enhanced 25 per cent if they are cooked whole rather than chopped up beforehand, a study has found.

Britain tries for 'digital capital'

LONDON - BRITAIN declared a goal to become the world's 'digital capital' on Tuesday by building cutting-edge broadband, telecoms and media infrastructure to cement its role as a 'global economic powerhouse'.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown compared the digital revolution to the 19th century construction of roads and railways which laid the foundations for the Industrial Revolution in Britain.

   
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