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Dracula Park to Open in 2005

March 18th, 2004 at 10:31 pm » Comments (0)

Diehard Dracula fans may be able to sate their thirst for jelly-and-blood puddings by May 2005 when a theme park dedicated to the infamous count is expected to open.



Woman Gives Birth to Two Sets of Identical Twins

March 18th, 2004 at 10:18 pm » Comments (0)

After struggling through three years of fertility treatments, Jeffery and Sheryl McGowen were blessed with identical twins. Twice.



World’s First Robot Olympics

March 18th, 2004 at 10:13 pm » Comments (0)

The first International Robot Games, or ROBOlympics, organized by the Robotics Society of America, will take place on March 20th and 21st, 2004 in San Francisco, California. There will be competition for combat and non-combat robots, a World Cup Soccer game, and even a robo-triathlon. More than 400 robots are registered for this robotics competition. […]



NASA Creates System to Read Our Minds

March 18th, 2004 at 10:03 pm » Comments (0)

A computer program which can read words before they are spoken by analysing nerve signals in our mouths and throats, has been developed by NASA.



Introducing the Nano-Elevator

March 18th, 2004 at 10:00 pm » Comments (0)

Nanoscale elevators made of two interlinking organic molecules have been built and operated by US and Italian scientists.



Number of People Connected to Web Hits 75 Percent

March 18th, 2004 at 9:53 pm » Comments (0)

Nearly three of four people in the United States have Internet access at home, Nielsen/NetRatings said on Thursday.

In a February telephone survey, an estimated 204.3 million people, or 74.9 percent of the population above the age of 2 and living in households equipped with a fixed-line phone, had Internet access, up from 66 percent in […]