A 2,000-year-old mechanical computer salvaged from a Roman shipwreck has astounded scientists who have finally unravelled the secrets of how the sophisticated device works. The machine was lost among cargo in 65BC when the ship carrying it sank in 42m of water off the coast of the Greek island of Antikythera. By chance, in 1900, a sponge diver called Elias Stadiatos discovered the wreck and recovered... 

   Groups of angry Serbs destroyed checkpoints on the Kosovo-Serbia border in arson attacks on Tuesday, Feb 19, prompting NATO peacekeepers to intervene for the first time since Kosovo’s declaration of independence. Groups of angry ethnic Serbs set fire to offices at the Jarinje and Banja border crossing stations between Kosovo and Serbia, forcing NATO troops to intervene for the first time... 

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Non-Hispanic whites will become a minority in the United States by 2050, with immigrants and their children driving 82 percent of U.S. population growth in coming years, a new study said on Monday. The U.S. population will grow to 438 million in 2050 from 296 million in 2005 if current population trends continue, the Pew Research Center study found. Non-Hispanic whites would account for 47 percent... 

One of the little-known and least studied effects of diversity and multiculturalism is the way in which the First World is quietly sliding back into the past, a past we once thought we’d pulled our way up out of. Parts of our lives are literally beginning to go back in time. Increasingly, our work conditions are less stable than those of our parents or grandparents. Working conditions in... 

  JOHANNESBURG: South African schools were the most dangerous in the world with only 23% of pupils saying they felt safe, the SA Institute of Race Relations said yesterday. An institute spokesman, Thomas Blaser, said a Progress in International Reading Literacy study had ranked South Africa last in terms of school safety. “In that study South African school pupils were asked whether they felt... 

SOUTH AFRICA’S POWER CRISIS COULD TRIGGER RECESSION With its strategic mining industry, which is dependent on cheap power and labour, its long distance from export markets and its inherent political instability, South Africa is a place where crises always wait just around the corner.  Nevertheless, over the past three-quarters of a century, the country experienced only three real crises. First... 

Have GOP Voters forgotten that just a few months ago, John McCain stood hand-in-hand with liberal icon Ted Kennedy pushing for the largest amnesty for illegal aliens in American history? While Rasmussen polling showed that Americans following the legislation very closely opposed it 3 to 1 (69% to 23%), McCain ignored the massive public outcry! The angry calls rolling into the Senate offices,... 

South Africa is on the brink of a water contamination crisis, potentially as bad as the electricity fiasco of the past few weeks, the Business Times reported today. In an alarming report, the National Nuclear Regulator (NNR) has confirmed evidence of contaminated crops and water, and has acted to protect people and livestock, the newspaper said. The report – in the possession of the newspaper... 

South Africa’s reverse discrimination policy cause electrical blackouts several hours a day. Restaurants, theatres, clubs and cinemas across Cape Town lost millions of rands in Friday night’s city-wide blackout, which has been blamed on “a lack of maintenance and continued neglect” of antiquated machinery and transmission lines. The untimely blackout that hit Cape Town... 

Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital: Scene of the religious feud A hospital porter has been fired after rowing with Muslim patients over a crucifix in a prayer room.Roman Catholic Joseph Protano, 54, was offended when he entered Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital’s prayer room to find the crucifix and Virgin Mary statue covered up. When he asked the three Muslims – two... 

Scientists: Blue Eyes Are A Recent Genetic Mutation According to a recent study, people with blue eyes have a single, common ancestor. A team of scientists claim to have tracked down a genetic mutation that leads to blue eyes. They say the mutation occurred between 6,000 and 10,000 years ago and that before then there were no blue eyes. “Originally, we all had brown eyes,” said Hans Eiberg from... 

The U.S. Congress mandates Holocaust education in grades K-12; science and math requirements to be dropped. Thus making Our children less educated in math and science. New legislation would also replace arts and crafts in senior citizens’ homes with workshops on Holocaust denial. With more than 62 years having passed since the Shoah, local and state lawmakers are working to give Holocaust education... 

Spot the differences between the Nokla N95 and the Nokia N95 As if buying cell phones on ebay wasn’t annoying enough already, with a bajillion things that you should know, it’s about to get a lot worse – at least if you’re thinking of purchasing a Nokia N95 phone. Learn how to spot the fake Nokia N95 in this How-To. Behold the “Nokla N95” touch-screen smartphone.... 

What seemed like a pipe dream may soon become reality as Frenchman Guy Negre hopes versions of his compressed air car will be produced in India this year by Tata Motors Ltd after a 15 year quest for backers for his invention. Negre believes the time is right for his design with oil prices at record highs and pressure on carmakers to improve the fuel efficiency of their vehicles. “It is clear...