Archive for ‘August, 2011’

Yet Another Jackie Chan Death Hoax

Yet Another Jackie Chan Death Hoax

Contrary to the latest buzz on social networking sites on Wednesday, Hong Kong actor and martial arts star Jackie Chan is alive and as they say, kicking. A new Facebook page titled RIP Jackie Chan emerged today and was ‘liked’ by 50,000 people. A picture of the Rush Hour actor wearing a tux appeared on [...]

Salma Hayek Thanks Grandmum for Hair

Salma Hayek Thanks Grandmum for Hair

Mexican actress Salma Hayek credits her thick dark hair to her grandmother who was a beautician and made potions for government officials and their wives. She says when she was younger, her grandmother would put eggs on her hair and even shaved it to help it grow luxuriant. Hayek, 44, says, “She started working on [...]

Google Doodle Celebrates Fermet and the Last Theorem

Google Doodle Celebrates Fermet and the Last Theorem

A lot of people were taken by surprise when the Google Doodle chose to celebrate Pierre de Fermet’s 410th birthday with his last theorem. Not many are familiar with this lawyer whose passion for mathematics led to multiple discoveries and developments, including this last theorem. Fermet formulated this theorem in 1637 at age 36, stating [...]

Bladder Cancer Rates Of Women Equals Men

Bladder Cancer Rates Of Women Equals Men

Toronto, Aug 17, (PRINTWORDS NEWS) The researchers of US National Institutes of Health came up with a recent study that says that women smokers are likely to face higher risk of bladder cancer than previously estimated. The whole study has been published in the Journal of the American Medical Association on Tuesday. The researchers, however, [...]