 Activist filmmaker Michael Moore said on Tuesday he offered 20,000 dollars to help WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange post bail in London, and his own website and servers to help WikiLeaks keep disclosing government secrets. In a statement, Moore said a British court on Monday was presented with “a document from me stating that I have put up 20,000 dollars of my own money to help bail Mr Assange out of jail.” “All I ask is that you not be naive about how the |
 NEW YORK: The brain, which has been humans' biggest advantage in surviving catastrophes and subjugating other species throughout history, is the focus of a new exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History."Brain: The Inside Story," which run until August 14, 2011, shows how the human brain evolved over millions of years and uses molecular, chemical and electrical signals to interpret information, weigh decisions and learn at every stage of life. It allows humans to not just react to the world, but to imagine how it could be and to plan to make those dreams a reality. "Visitors should take away from the |
They said raising levels of CREB-binding protein (CBP) -- a protein needed to create long-term memories -- improved memory in mice bred to develop Alzheimer's, a fatal brain-wasting disease that affects memory, thinking, behavior and the ability to handle daily activities. "We can reverse the learning and memory deficits by increasing the level of this protein called CBP," said Salvatore Oddo of the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, whose study appears in the in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. He said boosting CBP in |
 LOS ANGELES: Hollywood stars Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds have called it quits after two years of marriage, they said in a statement on Tuesday."After long and careful consideration on both our parts, we've decided to end our marriage. We entered our relationship with love and it's with love and kindness we leave it," their statement said. Johansson, the 26-year-old star of movies such as "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" and "He's Just Not That Into You," married Reynolds in September 2008. The 34-year-old Canadian native, whose credits include "Van Wilder" and the upcoming "Green Lantern," was previously engaged to singer Alanis Morissette. US Weekly cited a source as |
LAHORE: Aftab Gul, the counsel of cricketer Salman Butt, has said that corruption and fixing is very common in international cricket, adding that he had threatening and unbelievable evidences relating to corruption.
WASHINGTON: Career civil servant Frank Ruggiero has replaced his late boss Richard Holbrooke as the acting special representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan, the State Department said Tuesday.
