Copenhagen, Apr. 12 (ANI): Web tools and social media are our key sources of information when we make decisions as citizens and consumers, but these information technologies can mislead us by magnifying social processes that distort facts and make us act contrary to our own interests.

London, Apr 3 (ANI): German scientists had seriously planned to build a "sun gun", a big mirror in space which would focus the sun's rays to a scorching point at the earth's surface.

Washington, March 8 (ANI): The earthquake zones off of certain coasts-like those of Japan and Java-make them especially vulnerable to tsunamis, a new study has revealed.

Washington, December 18 (ANI): By fitting a "smart" mobile phone with magnifying optics, bioengineers at the University of California, Berkeley, have created a real "cell" phone, a diagnostic-quality microscope that can be used by clinics in developing countries and inside - and outside - American biology classrooms.

Washington, April 13 (ANI): Abraham Lincoln had said, "If you want to test a man's character, give him power."