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  • Fish and chips to help predict sea life future

    2010-09-14 09:03

    British scientists will implant fish with sensors similar to those used in computer game consoles to better understand their movements under water.

  • Walking helps keep body and brain young

    2010-09-14 09:03

    Everyone knows that walking limbers the aging body, but did you know it keeps the mind supple as well?

  • Want to live longer? Get a grip!

    2010-09-14 08:55

    A firm handshake could be a sign of a longer life expectancy, according to British researchers.

  • Study finds IVF babies are cost-effective

    2010-09-14 08:54

    Babies born as a result of IVF fertility treatment are cost effective and can actually result in a net economic gain as long as society only pays for the treatment up to the age of 44, Dutch scientists have found.

  • Soul got swept up with trash in Qianmen

    2010-09-13 10:08

    You can go to the Qianmen area, but you can't go back. At least, not if your first visit was four or five years ago, or earlier. Not if you want to see again the glorious, chaotic warren of hutong that wound away on either side of the main street, Qianmen Dajie.

  • Tongzhou getting 'balance'

    2010-09-13 10:08

    Tongzhou district, which is well known for its large population of commuters and its relatively low rents, is likely to transform itself from a homogenous residential area into a more commercial center with the upcoming sale of vast tracts of land.

  • Steam trains reappear on Swiss mountain pass

    2010-09-13 10:01

    After a gap of 60 years, steam trains are again chugging over the historic Furka Pass in the Swiss Alps thanks to an army of rail enthusiasts and a rescue mission into the jungles of Vietnam.

  • Travel Picks: Top 10 things to do at Oktoberfest

    2010-09-13 09:40

    Every autumn, millions of people head to Munich to celebrate that hoppy concoction that we all know as beer.

  • Saigon sight-seeing by bike

    2010-09-12 10:08

    Scared off the pedestrian walkways by the masses of motorbikes, D J Clark decides to join the two-wheeled throng for an alternative way to sightsee in Ho Chi Minh City.

  • Decoding your airline ticket

    2010-09-12 10:08

    There are a few bits of information to pay close attention to on an airline ticket: the flight number, gate number and boarding time. Fare basis code? Not a common concern.

  • Departure Gate

    2010-09-12 10:08

    Your passport to the latest destinations and airline promotions.

  • Bags pour homme

    2010-09-12 09:56

    Bags are no longer exclusively for the fashionable female.

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