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Fruit-flavored tobacco sheesha is the newest trend in social (non) smoking in Melbourne. While it has previously packaged as a less harmful alternative experience to actually smoking, more studies show it is almost exactly like smoking. The fruit flavor is not just an added factor, but actually masks the effects of tobacco.

Eco-activists has proven here is nothing like a common cause to unite people in making their governments to stand up and take pride.

Three factors contribute to a comet's brightness: it must be large, fairly close to both the sun and the Earth and have a good-sized dust-to-gas ratio. The comet ISON has all of these in spades, causing quite a stir with astrological experts.

Despite the rain, tens of thousands of Australians attended climate change rallies across the country to urge Prime Minister Tony Abbott to retain the carbon tax. The Australian Labour Party and Greens politicians, together with environmental groups and volunteer firefighters took turns to criticise the Coalition government at the Climate Action Day, one of the largest rallies in support of climate change action.

The latest report on the 2013 Comet ISON claims that the “Comet of the Century” may be observable during daylight hours in Australia. The Sydney Observatory suggests that interested sky gazers can view Comet ISON early in the morning before the crack of dawn in late November.

A recent viral video has proved that the sense and the need of humans to bond with each other is something that is inherent and not learnt. A video of sleeping newborn twins bathing together brings forth a heart-warming moment of bonding. Watch the viral video of sleeping newborn twins taking bath and hugging each other to witness a moment that will make your heart melt.

Thousands of protesters from more than 130 communities all around Canada staged rallies to protest Enbridge's proposed Northern Gateway pipeline project.

The death toll from the Category 5 super typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) has breached the 2,500 maximum head count estimated by Philippine President Benigno Aquino. As of 6am local time on Monday, Philippine authorities said the official number of the dead has been counted at 3,976 people.

The Sex Roles academic journal published a study entitled “My Eyes Are Up Here: The Nature of the Objectifying Gaze Toward Women” which confirms that men look at bodies of women more than their faces. University of Nebraska-Lincoln researchers led by psychologists Michael D. Dodd, Arianne M. Holland and Sarah J. Gervais reportedly conducted a research study on how much time participants (male and female) look at women. The research paper can be found online at Springer Science+Business Media gl...

With disasters brought about by natural calamities occurring more frequently these past few years including the recent Super Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) that destroyed homes, livelihood and towns in the Philippines, it is nice to know how much help the said country is getting from different parts of the world. Any kind of help is welcome from anyone. However, there are things being donated that aren’t exactly ideal for survivors of such calamities. In fact, there are things being donated after dis...

Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) has already left the Philippines for days but the devastation is still felt up to now. Even the destruction left by the 7.2 magnitude earthquake in Bohol that happened on October 15, 2013, almost a month before Typhoon Haiyan hit is not yet over. And, it will probably be felt not only in the coming days, but for the next few months as well. As the Philippines struggles with the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan and the earthquake in Bohol, it looks like millions of Filipinos m...

China has been reported mulling to send a medical team to assist the victims of Typhoon Haiyan.

A mighty 7.8 magnitude undersea earthquake has occurred in the Scotia Sea on Sunday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Scotia Sea is a distant region in the far south Atlantic near Antarctica.

Typhoon-battered Philippines have felt the impact of super storm Haiyan (Yolanda) as the 315-kph Category 5 Hurricane-equivalent massively destroyed homes, crops and infrastructure in the central part of the country, particularly provinces located in the Visayas.

In the early part of 2013, outrage was sparked by reports that Tesco and other British grocery stores were selling hamburger patties with was 29 per cent made of horsemeat. Over the weekend, a similar public uproar was recorded over the suggestion of Princess Anne of Britain for the country to consider eating horsemeat.

British doctors from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) are putting their foot down on government funding through the National Health Service (NHS) of designer vagina surgery.

"Pokemon X and Y" has become so popular that it has even spawned parody games from the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) called "PETA's Pokemon Black and Blue: Gotta Free 'Em All!" and "Pokemon Red, White and Blue: An Unofficial PETA Parody." The parody games from PETA were made and released to the public as part of an awareness campaign about the plight of animals, including how it is used in media like videogames and toys.

Auckland officials are bent on capturing live an Asian bird notorious for damaging fruit and vegetable crop as well as chasing and attacking other winged creatures.

China will send nearly 10 million yuan ($1.64 million) worth of aid to the Philippines for the Typhoon Haiyan disaster relief effort, reported the Wall Street Journal on Thursday, after the government changed its mind of pledging just $100,000 initially.

China has bowed down to international pressure and has decided to give an additional $1.4 million worth of relief supplies for the victims of the Category 5 super typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) in the Philippines. China's humanitarian assistance now totals $1.6 million.

In the wake of super typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) and the destruction it has ravaged the Philippines and Vietnam comes another storm headed for Asia Pacific, this time in Australia's Brisbane, Queensland.

The Philippines has launched a Web site where people searching for loved affected by Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) can look into.

The excitement for the 2013 Comet ISON increased after NASA’S Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) predicted that the comet could shine as bright as the Full Moon and even become visible during broad daylight. The latest update on the “Comet of the Century” reveal that Comet ISON is now visible in binoculars as it heads towards a close flyby with the Sun and Earth.

Ian Somerhalder of “Vampire Diaries” is reportedly looking for a very special girl as soon as possible (ASAP). He is specifically searching for a girl who impacts the world by proposing solutions to environmental issues or creating awareness about it through the use of film. These environmental issues should tackle the subject of how it impacts women or girls.

If it can be helped, China's netizens don't want any part of their country's money donated to the victims of super typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines.

It takes a natural disaster of major catastrophic proportions like Category 5 super typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) for the world to literally stop, forget its selfish cares and unite for a common good.

Storm surge is a popular term in the Philippines now mainly because of the devastating aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan which wreaked havoc in its path particularly in the Leyte province and the surrounding areas. But, what exactly is it? Most Filipinos haven’t even heard of that term and don’t know what it actually means because it is not used often in weather reports. Filipinos are more familiar with other terms such as tsunami, hurricanes, tornadoes, storm signals and floods.

After Typhoon Haiyan left the Philippines with thousands dead, 600,000 people displaced and devastation in worse-hit areas, metereologists warn of increasingly violent typhoons and cyclones due to rising ocean temperatures. Scientists have yet to announce a formal link between typhoons like Haiyan and global warming but they believe there the behaviour of cyclones change with the climate.

A new and positive development with an HIV/AIDS herb under its final stages before being declared as official cure to the deadly virus has treated 90 patients without suffering from side effects.