Washington, Nov 1: The loser of the looming Barack Obama-John McCain contest is entitled to a consolation prize: An all-expenses-paid, one-way ticket back to the United States Senate.

An Obama loss would shake American politics to its core, but the candidate said that he’d adapt to life as a high-profile foot soldier in the Senate’s Democratic majority.

McCain hasn’t said whether he’d return to the Senate if he loses his White House bid - and his campaign is bristling at the very suggestion.

London, Nov 1: Forget the Atkins and the Cambridge diet – and give way for WI – the newest way to reduce waste and waistlines in the UK.

National ‘Love Food’ campaign by Women''s Institute campaign turned out to be such a success at weight-loss that its now been touted as the perfect diet for shedding extra pounds.

In the campaign, women are encouraged to plan meals, reuse leftovers and buy local produce, for reducing the amount of waste produced by households.

But apart from reducing waste, the scheme turned out to be an effective scheme in boosting health and saving money, and is thus being considered as the ultimate solution to the problem of childhood obesity and surviving the credit crunch.

London, Nov 1 : While analysing a liquid, which was being sold on the streets of Utrecht, Netherlands, as a "marijuana adulterant", researchers have discovered Viagra-like compounds in it.

The team led by Dries de Kaste from National Institute of Public Health and the Environment in Bilthoven has identified compounds called homosildenafil (HS) and thiohomosildenafil (THS) that belong to the in the same class of compounds called sildenafil, sold as Viagra.

These compounds obstruct the breakdown of an enzyme that dilates blood vessels in the penis, increasing blood flow, reports New Scientist.

It was certainly a good day for India as two of its top players, Saina Nehwal and RMV Gurusaidutt reached to the semi-finals at the World Junior Badminton Championship.

In a close encounter match, fifth seed Guru Sai Dutt defeated second seed Park Sung Min (Korea) 21-16, 14-21, 21-19. With this win, the 17-year-old Gurusaidutt has became the first Indian male shuttler to reach the semi-finals of the men’s singles.

Washington, Nov 1: Astronomers have probed the collision of two large clusters of galaxies, using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and Compton Gamma Ray Observatory, to search for evidence of primordial antimatter.

Antimatter is made up of elementary particles, each of which has the same mass as their corresponding matter counterparts - protons, neutrons and electrons - but the opposite charges and magnetic properties.

When matter and antimatter particles collide, they annihilate each other and produce energy according to Einstein’s famous equation, E=mc2.

According to the Big Bang model, the Universe was awash in particles of both matter and antimatter shortly after the Big Bang.

Melbourne, November 1: A British couple accused of supplying cocaine and ecstasy to singer Amy Winehouse has pleaded guilty to drugs charges and could face jail time.

Johnny Blagrove, 34, and Cara Burton, 22, whose sentence is set to be pronounced on November 28, admitted offering drugs to the 25-year-old, reports News. com. au.

The Londoners had sold a video footage of the Grammy winner smoking cocaine to a Brit newspaper that later published the singer’s drug-taking pictures.