Provides the latest RSS feeds for Science News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Brazil Sun.com http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/cat/a9927dde6777aafc/ en-us Sun, 19 May 2013 22:56:07 -0400 Sun, 19 May 2013 22:56:07 -0400 30 Britain's first "official" astronaut, 41-year-old Major Tim Peake, has been selected to go on a five-month mission to the International Space Station in 2015, a media report said Sunday. Peake, a former army helicopter pilot, graduated as a European Space Agency astronaut more than two years ago and has been waiting for a space mission since then, the Guardian daily said. However, Peake has ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214613611/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Sun, 19 May 2013 07:40:01 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214613611/scat/a9927dde6777aafc The returnable capsule of a biological research satellite landed in Russia Sunday, bringing mice, Mongolian gerbils, geckos and various micro-organisms and plants back to Earth after their month-long flight, the Mission Control said. The capsule landed in Orenburg region near the border with Kazakhstan. The descent vehicle separated from the equipment module of the Bion-M spacecraft at 6.32 ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214612785/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Sun, 19 May 2013 05:50:01 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214612785/scat/a9927dde6777aafc NASA has revealed that a boulder-sized meteor slammed into the moon in March, causing an explosion so bright that it was visible to the naked eye on Earth. Though about 300 lunar impacts have been logged over the years, NASA scientists consider this latest impact, from March 17, much brighter than anything else observed, News.com.au reported. "We have seen a couple of others in the 'wow' ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214611890/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Sun, 19 May 2013 03:30:01 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214611890/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Fair skinned people are known to be at higher risk for skin cancer and other problems associated with too much exposure to the sun, but experts say people of color also are vulnerable to the harmful effects of ultraviolet (UV) rays emitted by the sun and indoor tanning beds. Darker skin has more pigment-making cells, which provide some inherent protection against UV rays, but not enough, said ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214610673/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Sun, 19 May 2013 01:40:02 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214610673/scat/a9927dde6777aafc (28 mins ago) South Korea's Bae Sang Moon won his first US PGA title yesterday, firing a one-under par 69 to win the US$6.7 million Byron Nelson Championship by two strokes over American Keegan Bradley in Irving, Texas, in the US. In windy conditions at the TPC Four Seasons Resort course, the 26-year-old South Korean finished on 13-under 267 to hold off 2011 PGA Championship winner ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214622146/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Sun, 19 May 2013 21:34:25 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214622146/scat/a9927dde6777aafc MONTREAL - Candidates vying to replace departing Liberal MP Denis Coderre have been jostling for position ever since it was only a rumour he was going to run for the Montreal mayor's job. Coderre made his mayoral bid official Thursday and won't leave his MP office until June 1, however, the Liberal party has already received at least 25 resumes from interested candidates, according to ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214621629/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Sun, 19 May 2013 20:26:01 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214621629/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Most of the mice, gerbils and other animals Russia sent to space a month ago died in the flight meant to test the effects of extended periods of time in ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214620664/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Sun, 19 May 2013 20:02:54 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214620664/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Satellite imagery can serve as a time machine, revealing dramatic change in just a few seconds - but can you imagine documenting almost three decades' worth of all that change, across most of our planet's land mass? A team of imaging experts, computer scientists and journalists did. Now they've unveiled the result: a global database of zoomable, animated satellite views known ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214620553/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Sun, 19 May 2013 19:56:26 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214620553/scat/a9927dde6777aafc A view of fog over the New York skyline. (REUTERS/Lucas Jackson) NEW YORK - Greenwich Village, the birthplace of the U.S. gay rights movement, remained in shock on Sunday over the shooting death of a gay man by a gunman who police said uttered anti-gay slurs before targeting the victim. Mark Carson, 32, was shot dead in Greenwich Village around midnight on Friday in what police are calling a ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214620532/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Sun, 19 May 2013 19:55:00 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214620532/scat/a9927dde6777aafc and was delivered to an invited audience at The Institution of Engineering and Technology on 13 May.To find out more about Cory Doctorow's writings go to his ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214620444/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Sun, 19 May 2013 19:13:21 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214620444/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Two more bodies were found Sunday near a sunken lobster boat that went down after hitting a sandbar in rough water. Three crewmen were missing after the boat hit a sandbar about 5:30 a.m. Saturday and took on water. Hours later, the body of a 23-year-old man was recovered on the shoreline near where the boat sank. A 35-year-old man and a 32-year-old man remained missing but were located about ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214619594/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Sun, 19 May 2013 18:16:50 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214619594/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Andrea Rebello. (Instagram) A 21-year-old university student who was taken hostage in her apartment and then shot to death during a police standoff with an armed robber on New York’s Long Island was killed by a bullet fired from an officer’s gun, investigators said on Sunday. Andrea Rebello was shot in the head on Friday by one of eight rounds fired at Dalton Smith, who had the woman ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214618999/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Sun, 19 May 2013 17:27:45 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214618999/scat/a9927dde6777aafc subculture.And now the stars have truly aligned, at least in Hollywood, with science fiction's two most storied screen franchises orbiting one creative mind: director J.J. Abrams. The 46-year-old pop culture savant is slated to unveil the seventh ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214618923/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Sun, 19 May 2013 16:53:55 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214618923/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Vladimir Sychov, deputy director of the Institute of Medical and Biological Problems and the lead researcher for the Bion-M project, talks to reporters Sunday while others examine the "space ark" capsule in the ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214618185/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Sun, 19 May 2013 15:59:12 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214618185/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Laurent Koscielny, right, the Arsenal goalscorer, celebrates the 1-0 defeat of Newcastle United with Kieran Gibbs, left, and Per Mertesacker. Photograph: Richard Sellers/Sportsphoto/Sportsphoto ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214618429/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Sun, 19 May 2013 15:56:24 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214618429/scat/a9927dde6777aafc U.S. President Barack Obama adjusts his tie before receiving an honorary Doctor of Laws degree at the graduation ceremony of the class of 2013 at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia May 19, ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214618198/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Sun, 19 May 2013 15:43:38 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214618198/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Coastal residents added their voices to those calling for the end of energy policies that hurt the environment. The Hands Across the Sand demonstrations took place on beaches around the world on ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214617976/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Sun, 19 May 2013 15:13:27 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214617976/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Area near Ware creek in Kananaskis Country. Photo courtesy Mike Koppang CALGARY -- Six lost hikers were rescued Sunday morning after a short stroll turned into an overnight stay in the Kananaskis Country wilderness. The group of friends from Black Diamond, Alta., were random camping along the Gorge Creek Trail and decided to go for a short walk about 11 a.m. Saturday, Kananaskis public safety ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214617659/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Sun, 19 May 2013 14:54:57 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214617659/scat/a9927dde6777aafc A biological research satellite capsule returned to Earth Sunday with its mice, gerbils, geckos and plants after a 30-day flight, Russian space officials said. The capsule landed shortly after 7 a.m., and officials immediately opened its hatches to bring the animals out of the capsule, RIA Novosti reported. Russia launched the biological satellite April 19 with eight Mongolian gerbils, 45 mice, ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214617649/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Sun, 19 May 2013 14:40:48 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214617649/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Vatican Astronomer Brother Guy Consolmagno Speaks at TEDx ConferenceBy Junno Arocho EstevesROME, April 19, 2013 (Zenit.org) - The TEDx: Via della Conciliazione Conference taking place today in Rome brought an array of scientists, artists, musicians, and scholars together to discuss the subject of Religious Freedom in their respective fields.Among the speakers present was Brother Guy Consolmagno, ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214617967/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Sun, 19 May 2013 14:38:46 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214617967/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Minister Steven Joyce is sure the 10 new National Science Challenges are a turning point for Kiwi science. Yet a prominent professor thinks it's too middle-of-the-road, Jamie Morton ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214617223/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Sun, 19 May 2013 14:05:55 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214617223/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Thousands of people witness a spectacular fireworks show to cap off the 11th annual Rotary Victoria Day Fireworks and Family Night on Saturday, May 18, 2013 at Del Crary Park in Peterborough, Ont. (Clifford Skarstedt/QMI AGENCY) A group of prominent Canadians is asking Prime Minister Stephen Harper to change the name of Canada’s national Victoria Day holiday to Victoria and First Peoples ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214617165/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Sun, 19 May 2013 14:03:04 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214617165/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Humanity has a second chance to stop dangerous climate change. Temperature data from the last decade offers an unexpected opportunity to stay below the agreed international target of 2 C of global ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214617444/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Sun, 19 May 2013 13:57:57 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214617444/scat/a9927dde6777aafc MOSCOW – A Russian capsule carrying mice and lizards has returned to Earth after spending a month in space. Scientists say the experiment is intended to test the effects of weightlessness and other factors of space flight on cell structure. Russian state television showed the capsule and some of its inhabitants after it landed safely Sunday in a planted field near Orenburg, about 1,200 ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214617448/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Sun, 19 May 2013 13:56:12 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214617448/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Women need to be encouraged into studying the field of computer science where they are well under-represented, a top computer scientist says. It is estimated that in New Zealand women make up less than 30 per cent of technical roles in the computing industry. University of Canterbury (UC) computer scientist Professor Tim Bell says that needs to change, given the "huge demand" for graduates in the ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214622145/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Sun, 19 May 2013 13:30:00 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214622145/scat/a9927dde6777aafc '); A "Blue Marble" image of the Earth taken from the VIIRS instrument aboard NASA's Earth-observing satellite -- Suomi NPP. This composite image uses a number of swaths of the Earth's surface taken on Jan. 4, ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214616900/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Sun, 19 May 2013 13:08:41 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214616900/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Mike Duffy given $90Gs by PMO Chief of Staff Nigel Wright to pay back housing expenses OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Stephen Harper's chief of staff has resigned his post after helping Sen. Mike Duffy to repay $90,000 in improperly claimed expenses. "In light of the controversy surrounding my handling of matters involving Senator Duffy, the prime minister has accepted my resignation as ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214616901/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Sun, 19 May 2013 12:52:17 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214616901/scat/a9927dde6777aafc MOSCOW - A Russian capsule carrying mice, lizards and other small animals returned to Earth on Sunday after spending a month in space for what scientists said was the longest experiment of its kind. Fewer than half of the 53 mice and other rodents who blasted off on April 19 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome survived the flight, Russian news agencies reported, quoting Vladimir Sychov, deputy director ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214616192/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Sun, 19 May 2013 12:14:04 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214616192/scat/a9927dde6777aafc climate change on amphibians living in the ponds and swamps of the southeastern United States has discovered that changes in rainfall patterns can cause short-term declines ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214615273/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Sun, 19 May 2013 10:53:23 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214615273/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Residents of the Gulf Coast are in the midst of an invasion – an ant invasion. An invasive and ecologically dominant species of ant is reportedly displacing the ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214615272/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Sun, 19 May 2013 10:53:23 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214615272/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Rosalind Franklin ,a British biophysicist who also studied DNA. Her data were critical to Crick and Watson's work, but as several commenters noted, Franklin was robbed of recognition. (See her section below for details.) She wasnot the first woman to have endured indignities in the male-dominated world of science, but Franklin's case is especially egregious, ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214615267/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Sun, 19 May 2013 10:38:49 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214615267/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Moscow: A Russian capsule filled with 45 mice and 15 newts along with other small animals returned from a month's mission in orbit on Sunday with data scientists hope will pave the way for a manned flight to Mars.Russian Mission Control said the Bion-M craft landed softly with the help of a special parachute system in the Orenburg Region about 1,200 kilometres (750 miles) southeast of ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214615274/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Sun, 19 May 2013 10:37:28 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214615274/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Police in Florida said they arrested a man twice within a 12-hour period, once for driving his car naked and a second time for allegedly stealing a motorcycle. Brian Blake Bienvenu, 24, of Delray Beach, Fla., began his alleged crime spree at 2:20 a.m. local time Thursday, when a security official at Highland Beach Club observed him parking his vehicle in the nude, police said. Bienvenu tried to ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214615237/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Sun, 19 May 2013 10:26:22 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214615237/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Russian Federation A Russian capsule containing mice, newts and other small animals has returned from a month's mission in orbit.Russian mission control said the Bion-M craft landed softly with the help of a special parachute system in the Orenburg Region about 1,200 kilometres south-east of Moscow.The capsule was also carrying snails and gerbils as well as some plants and ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214614264/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Sun, 19 May 2013 09:03:00 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214614264/scat/a9927dde6777aafc You might think an inquiry into the nature of courage a trumped-up excuse for a book but Polly Morland loses no time in persuading you otherwise. She approaches her subject with energy, tenacious curiosity and, however much she may protest that she is lily-livered, courage. ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214613869/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Sun, 19 May 2013 08:17:15 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214613869/scat/a9927dde6777aafc MEET Sara and Sanja Krneta - the identical twins recruited by the RiAus Science Exchange to help peak their peers' interest in science as an area of study. The Year 12 Australian Science and Mathematics School students, who came to Adelaide as Bosnian refugees in 2001, are producing a series of online videos to promote science as fun and exciting. "What we've found is that children ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214614255/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Sun, 19 May 2013 08:00:00 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214614255/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Dr. Eyal Pe'er , Carnegie Mellon psychologist, believes that this shows the interrupted group learned from their experience the first time and their brains adapted. Helping them to focus more on what they were doing, the On High Alert group was able to marshal the extra brain power to prepare for an interruption. So, digital multitasking does have an effect on people's work ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214613727/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Sun, 19 May 2013 07:30:51 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214613727/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Compiled by an ardent bibliophile, this week's report includes The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians; Megafauna: Giant Beasts of Pleistocene South America; and a Photoalbum of the Birds of Uzbekistan; all of which were recently published in North America and the ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214613728/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Sun, 19 May 2013 07:26:06 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214613728/scat/a9927dde6777aafc In today's business world, disruption is a constant force that never lets up. At the annual WIRED Business Conference: Disruptive by Design, we celebrate the creative power of bold new ideas and the people that make them happen. See the event ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214613548/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Sun, 19 May 2013 07:15:14 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214613548/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Reuters © North Korean soldiers look at a Chinese tourist boat as they work on the Hwanggumpyong Island, located in the middle of the Yalu River, near the North Korean town of Sinuiju, opposite the Chinese border city of Dandong, May 19, 2013. REUTERS/Jacky ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214613263/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Sun, 19 May 2013 06:43:41 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214613263/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Martha Brockenbrough, the founder of National Grammar Day and the Society for the Promotion of Good Grammar, tells host Rachel Martin about what she has referred to as an "apostrophe catastrophe." The U.S. Board on Geographic Names has a policy against possessive apostrophes in the names of places. The ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214613420/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Sun, 19 May 2013 06:39:17 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214613420/scat/a9927dde6777aafc The winning Powerball numbers are shown after being drawn at the Florida Lottery studio in Tallahassee May 18, 2013. The winning numbers are 22, 10, 13, 14, 52, and the Powerball number is 11. The Powerball jackpot is a record-setting $590.5 million. (REUTERS/Philip ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214612803/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Sun, 19 May 2013 05:35:35 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214612803/scat/a9927dde6777aafc The objects scientists think are black holes could instead be wormholes leading to other universes, a new study says. If so, it would help resolve a quantum conundrum known as the black hole information paradox, but critics say it would also raise new problems, such as how the wormholes would form in the first ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214613056/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Sun, 19 May 2013 05:22:01 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214613056/scat/a9927dde6777aafc MOSCOW - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon voiced concern on Sunday over North Korea's launch of short-range missiles, urging Pyonyang to refrain from further launches and return to stalled nuclear talks with world powers.Ban, who spoke to Russian state news agency RIA Novosti during a visit to Moscow, called North Korea's launch of three short-range missiles from its east coast on ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214612486/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Sun, 19 May 2013 04:54:00 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214612486/scat/a9927dde6777aafc USA After spending more than $200 million, the Pentagon's advanced research branch has decided to scrap one of its key space projects, System F6, which aimed to distribute functions of a big satellite into several small ones orbiting in a tight formation. The project, fully named Future, Fast, Flexible, Fractionated Free-flying Spacecraft United by Information Exchange, was expected to go ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214612384/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Sun, 19 May 2013 03:56:44 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214612384/scat/a9927dde6777aafc MOSCOW, May 19 (RIA Novosti) – The returnable capsule of a biological research satellite has landed in the Russian Orenburg Region near the border with Kazakhstan, bringing mice, Mongolian gerbils, geckos and various microorganisms and plants back to Earth after their month-long flight, Mission Control said on Sunday. "The descent vehicle separated from the equipment module of the ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214612220/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Sun, 19 May 2013 03:55:49 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214612220/scat/a9927dde6777aafc As Britain steels itself for the prospect of yet another washout summer, strawberry growers are finding themselves forced to come up with increasingly sophisticated ways of assessing the threat posed to their livelihoods by inclement weather.For fruit growers, predicting the weather is vital. It causes fruit yields to vary by as much as 70%, making for an erratic growing season if poor conditions ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214611582/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Sun, 19 May 2013 03:11:19 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214611582/scat/a9927dde6777aafc PC storage space is cheap these days, and if you've just bought one of the latest 4TB drives then the chances are you won't be worried about filling it any time soon. It's still important not to waste hard drive space, of course: the more clutter you have, the longer your file searches, virus scans, defrags and other system-wide operations will take. Understanding what's ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214611939/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Sun, 19 May 2013 03:07:18 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214611939/scat/a9927dde6777aafc More than 40 million people globally take an SSRI antidepressant, among them many writers and musicians. But do they hamper the creative process, extinguishing the spark that produces great art, or do they enhance artistic ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214611182/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Sun, 19 May 2013 02:21:20 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214611182/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Crisil has pitched for urgent reforms in policy and regulatory areas to ensure that benefits of the progress achieved reach the bottom of the pyramid. "Infrastructure segments like power, road and ports have significantly evolved over the years mainly due to reforms, private sector interest and strong investment flows. Today, they are at a point which calls for the next level of initiatives ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214611072/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Sun, 19 May 2013 01:13:32 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214611072/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Dellen Millard, left, has been charged with the first-degree murder of Tim Bosma. Cops are also probing possible between Millard and Laura Babcock's disappearance. (Handout/Facebook ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214610186/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Sun, 19 May 2013 00:31:57 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214610186/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Murder probe underway after Malcolm X's grandson dies Two men arrested in the fatal beating of the grandson of US civil rights activist Malcolm X were sent to prison on Saturday to await trial, a Mexico City court spokesman said. David Hernandez and Manuel Perez, waiters at the Palace nightclub near Mexico City's popular Garibaldi Square, face charges of murder and robbery, the ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214609301/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Sat, 18 May 2013 22:52:05 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214609301/scat/a9927dde6777aafc (Fotolia) The owner of a Milwaukee bowling alley and bar who was recently told to remove hundreds of bras hanging from the ceiling due to it being a fire hazard has been allowed to put them back ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214608706/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Sat, 18 May 2013 21:54:53 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214608706/scat/a9927dde6777aafc The highly respected Nature Scientific Reports journal has just published a map of the world's leading science cities and it looks pretty bad for emerging countries: It shows the planet's Northern Hemisphere full of lights and the south almost solidly ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214608721/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Sat, 18 May 2013 21:48:36 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214608721/scat/a9927dde6777aafc 1 of 4. Passengers wait to be picked-up after two commuter trains collided in Bridgeport, Connecticut causing one to derail injuring numerous passengers, May 17, 2013. Some 20 to 25 people were injured on Friday in a train accident near Fairfield, Connecticut, a Fairfield Police spokesman said on ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214608707/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Sat, 18 May 2013 21:47:24 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214608707/scat/a9927dde6777aafc (File Photo) RICHMOND, Va. - A car driven by an elderly man who may have lost consciousness plowed through a small-town parade of hiking enthusiasts in southwestern Virginia on Saturday, injuring dozens of people, nine seriously enough to be sent to hospitals, authorities said. The incident occurred in the Appalachian town of Damascus at the start of the annual Trail Days festival, as the main ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214608223/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Sat, 18 May 2013 21:01:15 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214608223/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Canadian Flag and Quebec Flag are seen over looking the Ottawa River from the Civilization Museum behind Parliament Hill in Gatineau, Que. Sept 19, 2012. (ANDRE FORGET/QMI AGENCY) MONTREAL - The Quebec government claims to be listening to the concerns of anglophones regarding a new language bill, but its actions don't reflect its words, two prominent Montreal anglo-rights activists say. ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214608300/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Sat, 18 May 2013 21:01:13 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214608300/scat/a9927dde6777aafc "We had a lot of good depth. We had a lot of good juniors who didn't get a lot of playing time because we had so much depth this year. They'll all be back next year," Hobaugh said. "We'll be OK next year. We'll be in the thick of it again, I ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214608594/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Sat, 18 May 2013 20:54:17 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214608594/scat/a9927dde6777aafc European Space Agency astronaut more than two years ago and has been waiting for a space mission since then.It was feared the former army helicopter pilot might be given a short-duration mission because the UK only makes modest contributions to Esa's manned space programme. Major contributors such as France, Germany and Italy were expected to have priority.However, ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214607044/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Sat, 18 May 2013 19:20:07 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214607044/scat/a9927dde6777aafc , a maths fellow at Queen Mary, University of London, who moonlights as a stand-up comedian. "In my new show I'm going to be showing my all-time favourite. It's pretty spectacular. You may have your own favourite spreadsheet, I don't ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214607425/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Sat, 18 May 2013 19:20:06 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214607425/scat/a9927dde6777aafc The time we have at our disposal each day is elastic, Proust claimed. It sounds an odd remark. Surely we have precisely 24 hours, no more and no less. Even the occasional leap second - introduced to keep calendars accurate - hardly changes the fixed time we have every day on ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214607029/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Sat, 18 May 2013 19:20:05 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214607029/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Cognitive scientist and philosopher Daniel Dennett is one of America's foremost thinkers. In this extract from his new book, he reveals some of the lessons life has taught ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214607030/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Sat, 18 May 2013 19:20:04 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214607030/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Angelina Jolie who has revealed she had decided to have a preventive double mastectomy after testing for the ''faulty'' gene BRCA1. Photograph: Dan ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214607035/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Sat, 18 May 2013 19:20:01 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214607035/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Arctic frontier town of Salekhard, in Siberia. I was there to film an expedition to recover a new mammoth specimen with a crew from the BBC. We were keen to head north into the tundra of the Yamal peninsula, where we'd heard that new mammoth carcasses had been discovered. After sharing a large Mi-8 helicopter with a load of Siberian hunters, we landed at a reindeer herders' camp, ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214607426/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Sat, 18 May 2013 19:20:00 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214607426/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, left, speaks in front of his brother Coun. Doug Ford at City Hall in Toronto on February 25, 2013. (DAVE ABEL/QMI ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214606959/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Sat, 18 May 2013 19:11:54 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214606959/scat/a9927dde6777aafc A 20-year-old spectator is dead after a stunt went wrong at a show and shine event in Edmonton. (DAVID BLOOM/QMI Agency) ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214607104/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Sat, 18 May 2013 19:11:54 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214607104/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Paul Godfrey speaks with the media about being fired as the head of the OLG in Toronto on May 16, 2013. (DAVE THOMAS/QMI Agency) TORONTO - ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214607103/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Sat, 18 May 2013 19:11:53 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214607103/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Play video OTTAWA - Tory MPs may not be in the mood for fireworks and barbecues over the Victoria Day weekend, amid a Senate expense claim scandal that forced Senators Mike Duffy and Pamela Wallin to leave the party caucus. "I'm getting calls from loyal Conservatives furious over the Senate," one MP told QMI Agency on condition of anonymity. "And I'm mad with rage, ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214606555/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Sat, 18 May 2013 18:18:00 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214606555/scat/a9927dde6777aafc ABU DHABI // The wait for the start of Ramadan is always an anxious one. After weeks of guesses and rumours about what the date will be, astronomers haul their telescopes to the highest point in their emirate and watch for the new crescent moon to usher in the Holy Month. But last week the French Muslim Council voted to do away with that, basing the start of Ramadan on astronomical calculations ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214606007/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Sat, 18 May 2013 17:38:46 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214606007/scat/a9927dde6777aafc The Large Hadron Collider was built in the pursuit of pure science, but research into quantum mechanics might soon yield enormous benefits for computing. Photograph: Rex ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214606337/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Sat, 18 May 2013 17:30:51 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214606337/scat/a9927dde6777aafc A male elephant seal opens wide at sea. Scientists have found the H1N1 virus strain in northern elephant seals off the coast of California, the first such detection in marine ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214605866/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Sat, 18 May 2013 16:38:13 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214605866/scat/a9927dde6777aafc News from the biggest beat in the cosmos, going out 13.7 billion light-years and taking in everything from astronomy to zoology. Join the adventure ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214605334/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Sat, 18 May 2013 16:38:13 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214605334/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Members of the military police and security gather at the scene of an explosion in front of the Greek embassy, right, in Tripoli on May 18, 2013. (REUTERS/Ismail Zitouny) OTTAWA - Greek foreign affairs officials report no injuries following a small explosion Saturday outside the Embassy of Greece in Libya's capital Tripoli. Officials say a "low power explosive device" was placed ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214605318/scat/a9927dde6777aafc Sat, 18 May 2013 16:26:49 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214605318/scat/a9927dde6777aafc