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Wolves are surprisingly cleverer than dogs!

London, October 26 : A new study conducted by researcher at the University of Florida suggests that wolves, not dogs, are the clever ones.

Study leader Monique Udell and her colleagues worked with a mixture of pet dogs, dogs from animal shelters that had had minimal interaction with people, and wolves raised by humans.

The researchers exposed their animals to an experiment in which they were shown two upside-down cups, one of which covered food. A human would then gesture in some way at the cup covering the food.

The experiment was conducted with the presumption that if the animal being tested was properly interpreting the gestures, it should have been lured to the object that the experimenter was indicating.

PM concerned about ongoing financial crisis

Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan SinghOnboard Air India One, Oct 26 : Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh while talking to reporters on board his special aircraft on his way back to New Delhi from Beijing, has expressed concern about the ongoing inflation and financial crisis.

Dr. Singh said: "To say that I am not worried would not be correct. Being a Prime Minister, it is my duty to be worried when things don''''t move as planned."

'Political parties should realise gravity of situation fanning regional tensions'

Onboard Air India One, Oct 26 : Speaking on recent violence in Maharashtra and its backlash in Bihar, Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has appealed to all political parties and all men and women to realise the gravity of the situation fanning regional tensions.

"I don''t want to criticize any government while I am on foreign soil, but it is very unfortunate that these incidents have taken place. Tribal animosities are an act of disservice to our country. All of us have an obligation regardless of our political affiliations to do nothing, which will work against the unity, integrity and social cohesion of our country," Dr. Singh said while talking to reporters.

Similarities between media coverage of Palin and Ferraro uncovered

Similarities between media coverage of Palin and Ferraro uncoveredWashington, October 26 : An ongoing study by members of “the Palin Watch” at The University of Alabama suggests that the media coverage given to the first Republican vice-presidential candidate is quite similar to that received by her Democratic counterpart Geraldine Ferraro, who became the first ever female candidate representing a major party in 1984.

New high-performance steel may be useful for ITER fusion project

Washington, October 26 : An American research team has created a new cast stainless steel that is 70 percent stronger than comparable steels.

Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the U. S. ITER Project Office, the minds behind the innovation, are currently evaluating the new steel for use in the huge shield modules required by the ITER fusion device.

ITER as a multibillion-dollar international research and development project, aimed at determining the scientific and technological feasibility of fusion power and enabling studies of self-heating burning plasmas.

YouTube Co-Founder says ratings violate ‘freedom of speech’

Washington, October 26 : YouTube CEO Chad Hurley has opposed the probability of introducing a rating system to the content uploaded on the popular video sharing website.

He said that it was unlikely that YouTube would ever introduce a ranking system since they did not want to come in the way of a viewer’s freedom to select a video he/she wished to see.

"I''m not sure it is our job to solve the world''s problems," Wired News quoted him as saying.

"I''m not trying to hide from responsibility but we also have to respect freedom of speech," he added.

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