17 Mar 09 -
AFTER a successful liftoff, the US space shuttle Discovery headed for the International Space Station (ISS) early Monday, carrying a final pair of solar panels due to be installed ahead of the arrival of an expanded space crew. The...
6 Jan 09 -
MOVIES "Wall-E" and "Kung Fu Panda" were critical and commercial hits last year, making them near shoo-ins for Oscar nominations in the best animated film category. The feature that might capture the third slot when...
5 Nov 08 -
A MECHANICAL snake that can enter the body through natural orifices — not an incision — to perform operations is just one futuristic device researchers believe will transform traditional surgical techniques. With a world recession...
28 Oct 08 -
THE people of Brunei must be thankful not only for their gas and oil but also their forests. For one, while over the past half century the earth's vast green mantle of forests has been reduced to tattered remnants, Brunei's forests are...
21 Oct 08 -
AMAN WALIA, 21, dreamed of flying. Armed with a student loan, he enrolled in flight attendant school and snatched himself a dream job with Jet Airways, India's largest private carrier, six months ago. In short order, he bought his first...
13 Oct 08 -
IF SMOKE gets in your eyes, do you die? You may cry but when the smoke gets to your nose, yes, you may die. It was reported that some two million people do, especially housewives from developing countries who inhale smoke from cooking. ...
26 Aug 08 -
THIS month a novel titled The Jewel of Medina by Sherry Jones was due for release by the US publishing giant Random House. The publisher decided not to release the novel on August 12 because they were afraid it "could incite acts of...
15 Aug 08 -
IT WAS the evening of August 8. We were rushing home after a relative's pre-wedding ceremony to eagerly catch up with the world-epic opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, which has been billed to be the best ever. Earlier during the...
15 Aug 08 -
A-LEVEL results were released today. JIS students' performance has continued to strengthen, while candidate numbers have increased by a further seven per cent. The percentages of students who achieved A grades, A to B grades and A to C...
1 Aug 08 -
THE origins of the Mahkota or 'Crown' can be traced all the way back to the Seriwijaya Empire of Nusantara, which is said to have flourished between the seventh and 13th century in the Malay Archipelago. The rule of this empire is...
