White House lockdown: Security alert sparked by souvenir truck catching fire

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• Secret service chiefs were also searching a nearby suspect car when a loud bang was heard just as President Obama was due to fly to Selma, Alabama

  
  
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• Destroyed: The souvenir truck apparently belonged to a Korean couple.
• The incident happened just as other security agents were examining a suspect car nearby after they were alerted to it by bomb sniffer dogs.

Part of Einstein's general theory of relativity has finally been proved - by accident

Astronomers have proved an effect predicted by Albert Einstein’s general relativity theory 100 years ago – completely by accident.

They captured the moment a far off star exploded, not once but four times.

The exploding star, or supernova, was directly behind a cluster of huge galaxies whose enormous mass warped space-time, creating a cosmic magnifying glass.

 

Are smartphones making us STUPID?

'Googling' information is making us mentally lazy, study claims.

Smartphones are making us less able to think for ourselves, researchers have claimed.

A study has shown that people who have strong cognitive skills spend less time on their devices than those with less brain power.

Those who think in an analytical way also pick up their phone less frequently because they remember things or are able to work problems out for themselves.

Smartphones are making us less able to think for ourselves, researchers have claimed. Gordon Pennycook, a PhD candidate and co-lead author of the study, said that heavy smartphone users may look up information that they actually know ‘but are unwilling to make the effort to actually think about it’ (stock image shown)

         The study said that smartphones were making people lazier than ever as we saw them as an ‘extension of our mind’.

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Distinct stages to chronic fatigue syndrome identified

Distinct changes in the immune systems of patients with ME or chronic fatigue syndrome have been found, say scientists.

Increased levels of immune molecules called cytokines were found in people during the early stages of the disease, a Columbia University study reported.

It said the findings could help improve diagnosis and treatments.

UK experts said further refined research was now needed to confirm the results.

Many South Sudan boys 'kidnapped to be child soldiers'

The UN believes 12,000 children were used as child soldiers across South Sudan last year

Hundreds of boys in South Sudan have been kidnapped and forced to become child soldiers, the United Nations children's agency says.

The figure is a big increase on the 89 child abductions reported by Unicef last month.

Their latest statement blamed a militia group allied to the government.

South Sudan is in a state of civil war with forces loyal to President Salva Kiir pitted against rebels led by former Vice-President Riek Machar.

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