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Google and a team of staff members have partnered with a Delaware-based brewery, Dogfish Head Craft Brewed Ales, and are brewing an exclusive, limited edition beer called Urkontinent.

The astounding discovery that the expansion of the universe is speeding up won the Nobel physics prize on Tuesday for three astronomers whose observations of exploding stars transformed our view of the world, and of how it may end.

Three American physicists walked away with the Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for discovering that our universe's expansion is accelerating.

Only a couple of hours left for Apple Inc.'s Let's talk iPhone event where the company is expected to launch its most awaited iPhone 5 and a cheaper version of iPhone 4 (iPhone 4S). But it doesn't appear to be a smooth sail for iPhone 5 in Korea since Samsung is getting ready with all the legal weapons it has got to block iPhone 5 sales in that country.

Typically, Japanese whaling vessels sail to the Antarctic in late autumn and return the following spring.

The CME Group raised trading margins on platinum and copper futures, hoping to tame volatility in products that have fallen sharply as markets witness what is turning out to be the worst rout since the 2008 financial crisis.

Cornell University scientists in New York have just completed a social behavior study focusing on Twitter. Published in the journal Science, the research was based on a two-year period of observations recording 509 million tweets from 2.4 million users. Scientists gathered participants from 84 different countries to determine whether there were any trends or correlations to people's moods across regions.

South Korea-based Samsung Electronics Co.'s hopes of launching its Galaxy range of tablet computers in Australia, for the Christmas holiday season, suffered a big blow on Tuesday, when rivals, California-based Apple Inc. refused its offer to settle the legal dispute on tablet technology.

The 2011 Nobel Prize for Physics will be shared by three scientists, for the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the universe through observations of exploding stars, according to the Nobel Prize Committee.

Apple Inc rejected an offer from Samsung Electronics Co to settle their tablet computer dispute in Australia, possibly killing off the commercial viability of the South Korean firm's new Galaxy tablet in that market.

California-based technology giant Apple Inc. has rejected an offer from rivals, South Korea-based Samsung Electronics Co., that would have allowed the latter to release its Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet in Australia, according to Appleinsider.

Anyone hoping that recent falls in commodity prices would provide a boost to powerhouse Asian economies and help lift the developed world out of recessionary danger will be disappointed. The region's focus remains firmly on inflation.

South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co denied on Tuesday that it was close to reaching a settlement with Apple over their tablet-computer patent dispute.

A few weeks ago, Australia implemented similar rules for its passports.

Growth in its consulting business helped PwC increase revenue 10 percent in fiscal 2011, allowing it to regain its position as the world's largest accounting and consulting firm.

Last year, when there were rumors of Hollywood star couple Ashton Kutcher, 33, and Demi Moore, 48, breaking up, the couple was seen making a religious trip to Israel. This time around, amid yet more rumors of a break-up, the couple was spotted attending a spiritual session at the Kabbalah Center in Los Angeles, on Friday, together, according to a report on Allvoices.com

Afghanistan was the venue for a live rock 'n' roll music festival Saturday for the first time in three long decades.

Live rock returned to Afghanistan after three long decades on Saturday as young men and women cheered and leapt into the air to the sound of heavy bass beats and punk rock.

The 2011 Ig Nobel prize for Biology has gone to Darryl Gwynne and David Rentz for discovering that a certain kind of beetle mates with a certain kind of Australian beer bottle. Research was titled Beetles on the Bottle: Male Buprestids Mistake Stubbies for Females (Coleoptera).

Every year, just before the Nobel Prizes are announced and the list is issued for the National Medals of Science and Technology, the Ig Nobels are handed out.

Hate mornings, especially on Mondays? You may be surprised to know that much of the world doesn't share that grumpy feeling.