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Now, genes hitchhike on viruses to fight cancer

A Mayo Clinicresearchteam has devised a new virus-based gene therapy delivery system to help fight cancer. The approach relies on 'therapeutic hitchhikers',particles derived from retroviruses......

Tribute: Shrilal Shukla's work shocked India, left it naked

Shrilal Shukla, author of the iconic Raag Darbari and winner of the Sahitya Akademi Award, passed away last week. In a touching tribute, Sidharth Monga revisits Shukla's most famous work, in which......

Star trek of the hare and the tortoise

One way to understand a facet of Albert Einstein's theory of relativity is through the contention that all objects in our universe travel at the speed of light. To shed light on this, he yoked......

Search for life on Mars: NRI spearheads NASA study

A team of scientists from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, led bynon resident IndianDr Kasturi Venkateswaran, is spearheading a study that will advance the search for possible......

Encounter/New Age musician Patrick Bernard

Recitation of mantras and healing prayers could have profound and calming influence on anyone, says Patrick Bernard whose meditative journey started in India more than three decades ago. One of the......

Do public sector boards serve any purpose?

The English lexicon says conundrum is a paradoxical, insoluble, or difficult problem; a dilemma. Talking of conundrums, a celebrated example of a conundrum appears in Alice in Wonderland.When Alice......

Life lessons from Narayana Murthy

N R Narayana Murthy, chief mentor and chairman of the board, Infosys Technologies, delivered a pre-commencement lecture at the New York University (Stern School of Business) on May 9. It is a......

Narayana Murthy wants to teach now

N R Narayana Murthy, who stepped down as executive chairman of Infosys last month, says he is keen to take up a professorship so that he could be with younger people. "A professorship appeals very......

Hitchhiker's Guide beats xXx2

Science fiction comedy The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy flew to the top of the box-office chart in North America over the weekend, but while its $21.7 million gross was decent, it was far from......

Hitchhikers is worth the ride

Not everyone who hasn't devoured Douglas Adams' science fiction adventures and enjoyed their eccentric humour and crazy situations will easily embrace the movie adaptation ofThe Hitchhiker's Guide......

First look: Hitchhiker's Guide

AsHollywood continues to adapt everything into a movie, celluloid blasphemy gets increasingly painful.On Wednesday night, Disney premiered its latest release, The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy,......

Bollywood's legendary obsession with cars!

In films, cars are not mere means of transportation. They take a life of their own. Whether the hero is taking his ladylove on a long drive while crooning Choori nahi yeh mera dil hai (Gambler) or......

Road, Movie is a fun drive that goes nowhere

All roads lead to roam. Dev Benegal's new film, armed with a syntax-challenging title, is one of those wonderfully shot ruminations of a young clueless man trying to find himself. He -- by which we......

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Q. in which cult book series would one meet marvin the paranoid android ?
Stalin: A. more

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Q. What is the name of the Paranoid Android in Douglas Adams Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy?
Rajan: A. douglas Adam's Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy series more

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Q. no one of us will go to moon in our entire life...we born on earth & will die on earth
Nilesh: A. Titanic written by Terry Jones ( not sure) more

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Q. Three Zimbabwean women have appeared in court charged with indecent assault for a spree of sex attacks on male hitchhikers - Comment
Nilesh: A. it does happen though in less number but its generally not reported because people don't believe women can do such things.But now law will take its own course. more

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Charmed by transcendental magic

A rendezvous with Ashish Avikunthak, director of Nirakar Chhaya, a Bengali film based on the award winning Malayalam novel Pandavapuram, written by... ...

http://newindianexpress.com/entertainment/interviews/Charmed-by-transcendental-magic/2013/05/21/article1598631.ece

Man The Machine

Truly intelligent machines need to be able to understand their environment, and have some autonomy. Simple tasks require understanding — how... ...

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/333557/man-amp-machine.html

Google-built media player hits the FCC, reveals only a Hitchhiker's Guide reference

Speculation Of A Nexus Q Replacement Swirls After An Unannou... techcrunch.com: (9 Hours ago) Google is prepping... something. An announced Google... ...

http://news.taaza.com/technology/1137392-google-built-media-player-hits-the-fcc-reveals-only-a-hitchhikers-guide-reference.html

States to get initial money from Japanese gift

The five West Coast states affected by debris from the 2011 tsunami in Japan are about to receive an initial $250,000 each from a $5 million gift... ...

http://www.sify.com/news/states-to-get-initial-money-from-japanese-gift-news-environment+and+nature-nfsfJgbfdcg.html

Pa. coffee run leads to hatchet hitchhiker arrest

Life on the run for the Internet sensation known as Kai the hatchet-wielding hitchhiker ended when he asked for a cup of coffee. An employee at a... ...

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