10 illegal Somali immigrants killed while escaping to S A

Morogoro Regional Police Commander, Adolphina Chialo Ten Somali nationals said to be illegal immigrants have suffocated in a heavy-duty truck they were traveling in along Mikumi-Iringa highway and their bodies dumped in Ruaha River. Reports of the dumped bodies were confirmed yesterday by Morogoro Regional Police Commander, Adolphina Chialo, who said the incident occurred on

Healthy diet keeps brain sharp

Eating a diet rich in certain vitamins and omega-3 fatty acids and low in trans fats can help keeping brain healthy and prevent Alzheimer’s disease. A new US research has found a direct link between healthy diet and slower brain aging and shrinking process in elderly people. A team of researchers from Oregon Health and

NASA’s Grail probes set to orbit Moon

Reflections – Issue #13‏

  Reflections Issue # 13    December 2011   The Reflections are thoughtful insights into everyday matters that affect the spirituality and progress of believers. Believers are continuously growing, like the tree described in the Quran, like as seed-produce that puts forth its sprout, then strengthens it, so it becomes stout and stands firmly on its

Reflections – Issue #13‏

Reflections Issue # 13    December 2011   The Reflections are thoughtful insights into everyday matters that affect the spirituality and progress of believers. Believers are continuously growing, like the tree described in the Quran, like as seed-produce that puts forth its sprout, then strengthens it, so it becomes stout and stands firmly on its stem

More time at school ‘boosts IQ’

Education changes in Norway meant pupils left school at 16 instead of 14 – and IQs also went up Spending more time at school may increase intelligence, according to a study of Norwegian men. The research, in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, suggested that an extra year in the classroom could boost IQ

Raspberry Pi PC gets ready to launch

Many developers are keen to get their hands on the bare bones Raspberry Pi computer. The eagerly anticipated Raspberry Pi home computer is about to go into production. The $25 (£16) machine is being created in the hope that it will inspire a new generation of technology whizz kids. The Pi uses an Arm chip

Overweight kids at higher asthma risk

Overweight kids who keep their extra weight as they reach the age of seven are more likely to develop childhood asthma compared to those who have reduced weight. Researchers at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm followed more than 2,000 Swedish children to the age of eight to study a possible link between the growing obesity

Twitter users less happy

A review of internet posts by users of the social networking service, Twitter has revealed that they are not as happy as they used to be. Scientists at the University of Vermont analyzed more than 4 billion tweets posted in English over nearly three years by 63 million users. They analyzed the posts based on

Fossils shed light on animal evolution

Discovery of a 570 million-year-old fossil has provided evidence for the theory that life on Earth first evolved from a single-celled universal common ancestor. The new research published in the journal Science, suggest that the new fossil rocks are not embryos or animals. The microscopic fossils examined in the study were recovered from rocks collected