World's Oldest dog Dies

Mish Whalen writes Pusuke, who was listed as the oldest living dog in Guinness World Records, died on Dec. 5, 2011 in Sakura, Japan. He reached the ripe old age of 26 years and 9 months. A male cross-breed dog Pusuke is seen in this file photo from Dec. 24, 2010. Pusuke was certified for the Guinness title last December. The previous record was held by a 28-year-old beagle from the U.S. who died in 2003. Quoted from MS...

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NASA finds alien planet in 'habitable zone'

NASA finds alien planet in 'habitable zone' Closed captioning of: Planet found in 'habitable zone' story of course has to do with our current earth but we learned today there may be another one out there. astronomers report the discovery of what they are calling an earth-like planet 600 light years away from here. while it is very big it looks like us and they believe it has a temperate climate, perhaps in the 70s all the time. now imagine what we could do with this new place. it could be our chance to start fresh. a place where the chicago cubs always win, where there is always free parking, productive lawmakers and uninterrupted cell phone service. it's called kepler 22-b. while we can work on the name it doesn't hurt to dream. A...

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Some Asians' college strategy: Don't check 'Asian'

Lanya Olmstead was born in Florida to a mother who immigrated from Taiwan and an American father of Norwegian ancestry. Ethnically, she considers herself half Taiwanese and half Norwegian. But when applying to Harvard, Olmstead checked only one box for her race: white. "I didn't want to put 'Asian' down," Olmstead says, "because my mom told me there's discrimination against Asians in the application process." In this Nov. 18 photo, Harvard University student Lanya Olmstead stands in front of an entrance to the school's quad. For years, many Asian-Americans have been convinced that it's harder for them to gain admission to the nation's top colleges. Studies show that Asian-Americans meet these colleges' admissions standards far...

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Garut Pyramid Older than the Pyramids of Egypt

This after an intensive study and carbon dating tests, the staff said Yudhoyono, Andi Arief Ancient catastrophic team discovered startling facts in connection with the mystery of the pyramid Garut, West Java. From the results of carbon-intensive research and testing confirmed that the life of the building is buried in the mountain area of ​​Garut older than the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt. Sadahurip Mount, Garut Ancient catastrophic team had previously conducted intensive research over an alleged pyramid-shaped building in the Village Sadahurip, near Wanaradja, Garut, West Java. "From a mountain in which there is a building resembling a pyramid, having studied intensively and carbon dating tests, certain age older than the Giza Pyramids,"...

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Allegedly Has Three Other Pyramids in Garut

The three pyramids are buried in Mount Princess, Mount Kaledong and Haruman, Garut Ancient catastrophic team formed the Special Staff of President of the Field of Natural Disasters, Andi Arief said the alleged pyramid building not only in Mount Sadahurip, Garut, West Java. The team is declared the building pyramids allegedly also found in three other mountain in Garut. Sadahurip Mount, Garut "The survey results in Gunung Putri, Mountain and Mount Haruman Kaledong can already be concluded that there was a" man made "strongly suspected pyramid," said Tim. This assumption is made based on georadar cross section, geoelectric, photos and images IFSAR contours of the mountain in the distance of 5 meters. "All parties rather...

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