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Galaxy Round (9 October 2013) The Galaxy Round is the world's first smart phone with a curved display. The phone's curved screen is a major step closer to achieving wearable devices with flexible or even unbreakable screens. With its curved screens, users can enjoy a range of exclusive experiences, such ... -
Charlize Theron (30 June 2011) Born in Benoni, South Africa in 1975, Charlize is an actress and film producer living in the United States, famous for her roles in films like The Devil’s Advocate and Monster, which she won an Academy Award for, the first ever awarded to a South African. -
Tom Hanks (19 September 2011) (1956- ) Tom Hanks is an American actor, producer, writer, and director. He achieved success as a dramatic actor in several notable roles, including Andrew Beckett in Philadelphia, the title role in Forrest Gump, Commander Jim Lovell in Apollo 13, Captain John H. Miller in ... -
Operation Green Fence (4 October 2013) China's first major campaign to enforce its stringent waste quality legislation and to protect its environment by making economy cleaner and more efficient after three decades of breakneck growth that fouled rivers and left China's cities choking on smog. Announced in ... -
Shanghai Free Trade Zone (27 September 2013) A 29-square-kilometer area located in the eastern suburbs of Shanghai that has been designated as the "testing ground" for China's major financial, trade and investment liberalization policies. Officially commencing on September 29, 2013, the free trade zone is part of the ... -
sea sponge (25 September 2013) Sea Sponges look like plants but are animals found at the bottom of the sea. They are the simplest form of multi-cellular animals that attach to the sea floor or reefs. Their bodies are full of pores and channels allowing water to circulate through them. Sea sponges feed by ... -
BlackBerry (21 September 2013) The BlackBerry is a brand of wireless handheld devices and services produced and marketed by BlackBerry, formerly known as Research In Motion. Pioneered in 1999, the BlackBerry was the dominant smartphone for on-the-go business people that needed to send and receive emails ... -
parbuckling (18 September 2013) Parbuckling is an engineering operation to right capsized ships by rotating them to their intended vertical upright position. The term literally means a rope sling used for rolling cylindrical objects up or down an inclined plane. It is a technique for rotating a large load ... -
Nina Davuluri (17 September 2013) Nina Davuluri is the 2014 Miss America winner and the first Miss America of Indian descent. Prior to winning the Miss America contest, she was named Miss New York 2013. During her individual talent show at the Miss America contest, she performed a classical Bollywood fusion ... -
circovirus (15 September 2013) A genus of the family circoviridae that infects swine, pigs and dogs. The virus causes bloody diarrhea, vomiting, and lethargy in dogs. If not treated promply, the disease can progress to vasculitis which causes inflammation of the blood vessels, a serious illness that can ...