WORLD CUP : Ringside View

Die Welt zu Gast bei Freunden FRANKFURT:Like drinking and driving, Politics and sport don’t mix, but it’s totally different when it comes to the World Cup. World leaders are trying to cash in politically on the feel-good factor fuelled by success...

28 Jun, 2006

WORLD CUP : Peter Crouch no longer feels like dancing

Baden-Baden, June 13 :England striker Peter Crouch has sent the ‘robot’ into retirement and will only revive it if England win the World Cup.The gangling Liverpool forward emerged as a cult figure amongst fans with his bizarre goal celebrations...

13 Jun, 2006

In quest of human bonding

Tokyo, April 16:Playtime over, a toddler says nighty-night and spreads a blanket on the floor on top of his silver-colored friend.It is an everyday scene at one US nursery school, where robots are immersed among children to find out what it takes for...

16 Apr, 2006

PEOPLE SPEAK: Mother of all inventions

Our readers (most of them) have voted for electricity and the telephone (cells, landlines, et cetera). A few have given different answers and voted for other amenities like the car, camera, television, among others. The electricity-voters have argued...

Travel Abroad 08 Apr, 2006

KU holds science exhibition

Kathmandu, March 17:The Kathmandu University and the Russian Centre of Science and Culture jointly organised today a science exhibition along with a talk programme on ‘Global trend in science and technology: Application in the local context’ at the...

Horoscopes 18 Mar, 2006

DUBBY’S DVDISCUSSION: Hollywood ‘05 and Wedding Crashers

Kathmandu:It was a bad year for Hollywood, which likes money more than it does good films or Oscars. Says Ann Donahue, Hollywood writer, “At times last year, movie companies were knocked down and badly bruised. By November they were eight per cent...

Travel Abroad 10 Mar, 2006

Magic called kids

Kathmandu:With a smile, they can steal one’s heart, and one is ready to forgive them anything so as not to see a tear in their eyes. And they never fail to amaze one by the way they talk, look at you, question you and even irritate you at times.Yes,...

Travel Abroad 24 Feb, 2006

Live learning website for kids

A new website aimed at helping children learn school subjects has been launched, called BBC Jam. The free broadband service for five to 16-year-olds uses video games, sound and animation, allowing you to learn what, when, where and how you want....

Travel Abroad 03 Feb, 2006

Tiny robots made for surgery

Scientists are working on a family of tiny robots that could be used to perform minor internal operations. Each is about 15 millimetres wide and doctors are testing them in operations on animals. One has a camera attached so surgeons can see what’s...

Travel Abroad 27 Jan, 2006

Emotions on net

This is a great, fun, simple way to chat with your Internet buddies — send them a little face. Turn the shape 90 per cent clockwise to see the picture face.• Baby ~:- O • Fat Boy :- })) • Chef C=:- ) • Frog 8 ) • Viking ] :- [ ...

Travel Abroad 25 Jan, 2006

Listen up, parents

Why did Chicken Little cross the road? To get away from his disapproving dad.Chicken Little revisits a theme seen in recent animated movies: being mad at a disapproving parent.Pushy or overprotective parents have become fixtures in recent animated...

Travel Abroad 23 Jan, 2006

Making it personal

Do you feel less than enthused about going to work? Is it getting harder to climb out of bed and face the day?It’s common to sometimes feel work-related depression. All of us can feel stressed out and a little fed up with our jobs. We want to stay...

Travel Abroad 12 Jan, 2006