US scientists scrap major AIDS vaccine test   US scientists have scrapped plans for a large trial of a HIV vaccine due....   more	Sleepiness can make you sound drunk   A lack of sleep alters the brain to such a degree that a person sounds drunk when they speak....   more
WHO urges Asian nations to tackle tuberculosis threat   The failure of Asian nations to fight the spread of highly lethal...   more	Vaccine kick-starts immune response to cancer   Researchers have developed a plant-based cancer vaccine capable of kick-starting the body's...   more
Facebook gets a facelift to help users share   The popular online hangout Facebook is sporting a new look to reflect changes in how its members communicate with each other and how they share photos and updates about their lives...   more	Astronauts handle explosives on daring spacewalk   In a daring spacewalk, two space station astronauts cut into the insulation of their descent...   more
Yellow submarine is trying to slip from current to current   Far out in the Atlantic, a little yellow submarine is trying to slip from current to current...   more	'World's oldest blogger' dies in Australia   An Australian woman described as the world's oldest Internet blogger has died at the age of 108.....   more
Eco progress to continue despite economic woes: IPCC chief   Progress in the battle against climate change will continue despite economic woes around the world....   more	Smoking among US teenagers holds steady   Cigarette smoking among US teenagers is no longer declining, after dropping steadily from 1997 to 2003, the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Sunday...   more
Facebook settles ConnectU idea-theft lawsuit   Facebook said on Thursday it is 'chapter closed' on a ConnectU lawsuit accusing the hot social-networking website's founder of swiping the idea from fellow Harvard University students...   more	Mumbai's deadly trains claim a dozen daily   Every morning college student Siddhi Sarangdhar squeezes herself onto a Mumbai train and hopes she will survive the journey to school on the world's busiest...   more
French school and cultural centre closed in Islamabad   France decided to close down its French school and renowned cultural centre for an indefinite period due to security reasons, diplomatic sources said on Tuesday...   more	KU announced BDS results   University of Karachi (KU) has announced the results for the B.D.S. Final Professional annual examination-2008...   more
IT training, scholarships in Benazir Youth Development Scheme   Sindh Minister for Information Tech-nology Mohammad Raza Haroon has said that 7,000 students would be given IT...   more	New source of heart stem cells found: study   Researchers in the United States have discovered a new group of stem cells that can give rise to heart muscle cells, known as cardiomyocytes...   more