97-year-old daredevil skydives from plane at 10,000ft!

Sunday, April 5th, 2009

London, April 5 (ANI): A 97-year-old man braved a hair-raising jump from a plane at 10,000 feet to raise money for the Royal National Life-Boat Institution. Pensioner George Moyse, Bournemouth, Dorset, succeeded his first skydive with Instructor Mike Jeng at Netheravon Airfield in Wiltshire. "It was lovely, I really enjoyed it, I ...

A large size and a fast bite made some fish go extinct 65 million years ago

Friday, March 27th, 2009

Washington, March 27 (ANI): A new study has unraveled why certain fishes went extinct 65 million years ago, attributing the reason of their decline to a large size and a fast bite. Today, those same features characterize large predatory bony fishes, such as tuna and billfishes, that are currently in decline ...

Earliest feathered dinosaur discovered in China

Friday, March 20th, 2009

London, March 19 (ANI): An analysis of a dinosaur fossil found in China has revealed a primitive form of feather that may have evolved much earlier than was previously thought, as it dates back to 100 million years. The dinosaur fossil was discovered by Xiao-Ting Zheng at the Shandong Tianyu Museum ...

Earliest feathered dinosaur discovered in China

Friday, March 20th, 2009

London, March 19 (ANI): An analysis of a dinosaur fossil found in China has revealed a primitive form of feather that may have evolved much earlier than was previously thought, as it dates back to 100 million years. The dinosaur fossil was discovered by Xiao-Ting Zheng at the Shandong Tianyu Museum ...

SitaGita.com partners with Accentium Web, Compare Infobase

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009

New Delhi, Feb 24 (ANI/Business Wire India): SitaGita Ltd, owner of one of India's oldest women's portals (SitaGita.com), has partnered with two companies Accentium Web Pvt Ltd, and Compare Infobase Ltd, to help take the site to the next level. Both Accentium Web and Compare Infobase have jointly taken a stake ...