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Making food out of “rubbish”

Commercialising crocodile conservation

Honda introduces ‘seat on wheels’

Facebook to fix mobile strategy

Rhino horns in demand

Highlights

Almost 1 in 3 in US have sleepwalked – study

Close to one in three people in the United States may sleepwalk during their lives, according to a US study…

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• » Jamali demands Rs100bn for science, technology
• » Nepal winning battle against rhino poachers
• » 2.3mn mw solar energy potential in Pakistan
• » Women more interested in Facebook: Researchers
• » Google gets first self-driven car license in Nevada

Earth

April 2012 heats up as 5th warmest month globally

April’s average temperature was nearly 0.7 degrees Celsius above the twentieth century normal.

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• » ‘Low’ expectations from new round of climate talks
• » Pacific plastic soup grew 100-fold
• » Alarm as Peru pelican and dolphin deaths rise
• » Gassy dinosaurs helped warm Earth

Health

HIV/AIDS patients at higher risk of cardiac death: study

The patients of AIDS are more vulnerable to sudden cardiac death, said the study.

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• » Botswana makes new pitch for circumcision in AIDS fight
• » Preventable diseases still ravage children: study
• » Fish tied to lower colon cancer risk
• » Deep belly fat may increase after liposuction
• » Thalassaemia brings slow death to children