Artificial retina implant holds promise for blind (Shooting glasses)
Artificial retina implant holds promise for blind
System that includes tiny camera mounted on glasses aims to restore partial sight to patients with macular degeneraiton.
Hostie tells of Fiennes sex
THE attraction had been immediate and overwhelming from the moment they first made eye contact. But as Qantas stewardess Lisa Robertson, 38, leaned over towards Hollywood star Ralph Fiennes, 44, to offer him a drink, she could not have imagined how the evening would unfold.
EATING STRATEGIES
Brian Wansink, author of "Mindless Eating, was asked to share his strategies for eating healthier for life.
Bionic eye offers light at the end of the tunnel for the blind
Researchers in the United States have been given the green light by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to trial a bionic eye implant in blind patients.
Valentine's gifts - a hallmark of ageing
By MICHAEL LAWS One of the classic signs of ageing is when the Top 20 or TV channel C4 is no longer relevant. Indeed it passes beyond irrelevance and gestates into an irritation.
Allen sings with attitude
British songstress Lily Allen is a study in contrasts. A diminutive 21-year-old with long, shiny black hair who wears fake eyelashes and girlish gowns every chance she gets, Miss Allen also has a penchant for Nike sneaks and "round-the-way girl" gold.
Rural Chinese Families Feel Migration's Strains
GUIHUA, China -- For years now, nearly half the rice, wheat and vegetable farmers in this village in Henan province have been unable to make a living off their land. They have turned instead to more profitable migrant work in large, faraway cities.
Football hooligan ringleader jailed
THE ringleader of a gang of football hooligans who targeted innocent Coventry City fans in a Newcastle pub has been jailed. Craig Heward led a gang of six men in the attack on Sky Blues fans who were in a pub after an FA cup tie between Newcastle United and Coventry in January 2005.
Goreville struggles to beat Cobden
GOREVILLE Todd Tripp's rose-colored glasses didn't stay on too long Friday night after his Goreville High School boys basketball team knocked off visiting South Egyptian Conference doormat Cobden, 78-63.
Europe can do more on climate change: UNEP head
European nations are not doing enough to fight climate change and should show more leadership before they criticize the United States and Asia, the head of the U.N. Environment Program (UNEP) said on Saturday.
