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Armadillo-T: A car that folds in half for easy parking

Armadillo-T: A car that folds in half for easy parking

Rediff.com11 Aug 2014

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology has developed the car.

Photos: FIFA World Cup mascots of the decade

Photos: FIFA World Cup mascots of the decade

Rediff.com31 Oct 2012

Spain had Naranjito, the smiling orange in 1982; France, Footix, the football-playing rooster in '98. Now Brazil have chosen the endangered armadillo as the mascot for the 2014 World Cup.

PHOTOS: Messi named world's best player again

PHOTOS: Messi named world's best player again

Rediff.com8 Jan 2013

Lionel Messi, still only 25, was named the world's best player for the fourth time in a row on Monday after a year in which finally produced his best form for Argentina as well as Barcelona.

Football: Brazil's World Cup mascot named 'Fuleco'

Football: Brazil's World Cup mascot named 'Fuleco'

Rediff.com26 Nov 2012

FIFA has named the mascot for the 2014 Brazil World Cup Fuleco, a word which organisers say transmits a message of environmental awareness.

Private firms gear up for Moon flights

Private firms gear up for Moon flights

Rediff.com23 Sep 2009

If a NASA based competition is anything to go by, then private firms seem all eager to conceptualize flights to the Moon. According to a report in Discovery News, the first $1 million prize for demonstrating a lunar landing system is due to be awarded at the end of October. The front-runner is Texas-based Armadillo Aerospace, which this month made back-to-back flights of a vehicle named Scorpius.

Coronavirus a natural evolution, not lab made: Study

Coronavirus a natural evolution, not lab made: Study

Rediff.com18 Mar 2020

Using this sequence data, the researchers traced the origins and evolution of SARS-CoV-2 by focusing on the tell-tale features of the virus.

After hitting a six in IPL, Sony channels eye big sponsors for FIFA World Cup

After hitting a six in IPL, Sony channels eye big sponsors for FIFA World Cup

Rediff.com3 Jun 2014

The event will be telecast on MSM's sports channels -- Sony Six and Sony Six HD in English - and Sony Aath, the network's only regional channel, in Bengali.