Cyberspace Junkies
China could become the first country to classify internet addiction as a clinical disorder and plans to register the condition with the World Health Organisation.
With the world’s largest online population of 253 million people, both China’s urban and rural internet cafés are crowded with people participating in gaming sessions. Research shows nearly half of China’s online population are aged between 18 and 30, with 42 per cent of those claiming to feel addicted to the internet.
Dead ugly
A one-eyed, three-legged, hairless pooch that won the title of World’s Ugliest Dog this summer has recently died.
Gus, a nine-year-old Chinese crested dog, lost his battle with cancer last week, after winning the annual contest in June at the Sonoma-Marin Fair, California.
Tequila - an alcoholic gem
Scientists in Mexico have successfully turned their national beverage Tequila into diamonds.
Researchers from the National Autonomous University of Mexico found that when the heated vapour of ‘tequila blanco’ was deposited on a stainless steel base, it formed diamond films.
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