London, Nov 4: A dazzling display of cosmic ‘fireballs’ will light up the sky this week, in the form of an unusually good Taurid meteor shower.

Meteors are bits of dust or rock that plunge into Earth’s atmosphere at high speed, producing a glowing trail as they heat up gas particles.

The Taurid meteors originate in a stream of cometary debris that encircles the Sun. The debris was probably shed by a large, ancient comet that disintegrated to create the Taurid stream, as well as an existing comet called 2P/Encke.

According to a report in New Scientist, the Earth began cutting across the broad dust trail in October, but it will cross the densest parts of the stream on November 5 and 12.

London, Nov 4 : Hollywood actress Kate Winslet, who struggled with her weight as a teenager, has graced the cover of the December issue of Vanity Fair magazine.

The ‘Revolutionary Road’ actress posed for one of the most authentic picture for the upcoming issue of ‘Vanity Fair’, and can be seen flaunting a buttery complexion and an incredible figure.

However, in the accompanying interview, the mother of two children, Mia, eight, and Joe, five, has accentuated the fact that her attractive picture will definitely cause hullabaloo among other mums.

London, Nov 4 : Lefties not only find it difficult dealing with a world designed for right-handers, but are also prone to inhibition and anxiety, a new research suggests.

According to Lynn Wright, a behavioural psychologist at the University of Abertay Dundee, UK, who led the study, when left-handers start doing something, they tend to dither.

“Right-handers tend to jump in a bit,” New Scientist quoted the expert, as saying.

The research team came to the conclusion, after conducting tests of behavioural inhibition. They found 46 left-handed men and women scored higher than 66 right-handers. Women, too, tended to rack up higher scores on the tests of reticence.

Fernando Gomez, 35, a resident of east London and a drum maker by profession, who had been admitted in Homerton University Hospital after falling ill from inhaling anthrax spores while handling imported animal skins at his workshop, has died after more than a week in intensive care unit.

Ankara - Turkey's minister for women's affairs on Monday lashed out at a British television documentary in which the Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson, bluffed her way into state-run orphanages in Turkey and reported being disgusted by conditions there.

Women's Affairs Minister Nimet Cubukcu said the reports, which showed Ferguson entering the orphanages without permission, had damaged diplomatic relations. Cubukcu disputed Ferguson's claims and said the orphanages in question were open to visits by diplomats and non-governmental charities.