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According to the research conducted by scientists, the arctic frozen sea bed situated in north of Siberia is emitting powerful greenhouse gas, methane, raising the risks that could incline the danger level of global warming.

However, it is quite difficult to assert on the fact whether the methane emission is something that has occurred just in the recent times or is it something which has been creeping for many decades, going un-noticed. Scientists are not sure if the gas release issue has suddenly cropped up, leading to a change in the climatic conditions.

As say the trade analysts it was worth a long wait when AT&T finally featured Motorola's Backflip in its network at a price of $100 USD and a two year contract.

The 3.1-incher equipped with a HVGA display , a touch screen UI plus an additional QWERTY keyboard is loaded with a solid 5.0 mega-pixel camera, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity, social network synching through MOTOBLUR, an on-board GPS navigation, a full HTML browser, and a 3.5mm headphone jack. This is a device which serves as a storehouse with its expandable 32GB memory via microSD card.

According to Informer magazine reports, the FPS game Portal 2 has been made compatible for the Mac2 platform.

Apart from Xbox360 and PC, this game's actual version -Portal was released in 2007 as a part of Orange box's compilation of Valve games.

Portal is a riddle which allows players to create portals in game, to teleport and thus solve the puzzle. The physics centric game allows in-game teleporting which enables the player moving to next level.

Geoffrey Fletcher has become the first African American to bag an 'Oscar' award for screenwriting.

The 39-year-old Fletcher, an adjunct professor of film at Columbia University and NYU, shocked some by defeating favorite Jason Reitman, writer/director of "Up in the Air".

The screenwriter of "Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire", of "Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire," is the first African American screenwriter to take home an Academy Award.

A new research has claimed that the breadth of cheekbones can help knowing man's trustworthiness.

The research has been issued in the journal Psychological Science.

In the study, lead scientist Michael Stirrat of the University of St. Andrews in Scotland discovered that in a computerized game, broad-faced men were more likely to take advantage of others for personal monetary benefit.

And other performers expected this behavior.

While broad-faced men were more oppressive in this research's perspective, "it is difficult to generalize to real life," Stirrat added.

The research did not cover female trustiness.

All rounder Shahid Afridi has been described the 'best man to lead' the team in the forthcoming T20 World Championship in the Caribbean by former Pakistan captain Ramiz Raja. He further said that the flamboyant cricketer should be appointed skipper for all the three forms of the game.

Raja said," I'll go with Afridi as captain. In fact, I'll recommend Afridi for all three formats."