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Rambodagalla Ornamental Fish Breeding and Training Centre will breed cat fish (Pangasius Suchi) locally to save large sum of money spends annually to import them. They have taken measures to introduce the cat fish breeding technology for those who engage in ornamental fish industry. The Ornamental Fish Breeding and Training Centre has also taken measures to increase aquatic plants production and exports by using tissue culture method.

Renowned physicist Stephen Hawking has given a vote of no confidence to continued life on Earth.The famed scientist, known for his mind-bending theories on space, time, and black holes, says the human race must flee this planet and colonize space within the next century if it hopes to survive.The website BigThink.com lays out his case, outlining a number of apocalyptic scenarios in which humans would become extinct.With the human population reaching unsustainable levels and natural resources continuing to dwindle, the Earth is becoming less and less of a habitable place, the site says.

A group of seventh graders in California, USA has discovered a mysterious cave on Mars as part of a research project to study images taken by a NASA spacecraft orbiting the red planet. The 16 students from teacher Dennis Mitchell's seventh-grade science class at Evergreen Middle School in Cottonwood, California, found what looks to be a Martian skylight - a hole in the roof of a cave on Mars.

Sri Lanka’s younger generation is becoming increasingly computer savvy with the 15 to 19 age group topping the literacy ratio with 47.6 percent followed by the 20-24 age group 40.6 percent and the least literate being the 60-69 age group with 2.8 percent, a Census and Statistics Department survey revealed. The survey which shows an appreciable overall growth of over 25 percent in all key sectors such as ownership, awareness and literacy, added that the overall literacy rate in the country has increased from 16.1 percent in 2006-2007 to 20.3 in 2009. Computer awareness too has gone up from 37.1 percent to 43.8 percent

G. P. A. Weerasuriya Badulla South group corr. One of the goals of the Mahinda Chintana program is improving information and communication technology which paves the way to face future global challenges, Badulla Mayor U. N. Gunasekara said. He was speaking at the inauguration of the 601 ‘Nenasala’ branch at the Senerath Paranavithana Library, Badulla. This was organized by ICTA Sri Lanka. The Mayor said from today all citizens in Badulla can learn and improve knowledge of ICT from this lab. This place is yours.

Apple is to sue mobile phone manufacturer HTC in a suit that claims the Taiwanese company has infringed 20 of the iPhone-maker’s patents.

HTC, which makes a range of handsets including Google’s flagship Nexus One, has declined to comment on the action until it has investigated the details of the filing.

Steve Jobs, Apple’s chief executive, issued a statement saying “We can sit by and watch competitors steal our patented inventions, or we can do something about it. We've decided to do something about it.”

The Sri Lanka Science and Engineering Fair (SLSEF) 2009 took place on the 19th of February 2010 at the Institution of Engineers Sri Lanka (IESL) auditorium. The event showcased the country’s most innovative science and research talent and also served as a platform for the selection of the local finalist who would travel to the International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) which will be held in San Jose, California in USA in May 2010.

Going about their day-to-day business, bees have no need to be able to recognise human faces. Yet in 2005, when Adrian Dyer from Monash University trained the fascinating insects to associate pictures of human faces with tasty sugar snacks, they seemed to be able to do just that. But Martin Giurfa from the University de Toulouse, France, suspected that that the bees weren't learning to recognise people. "Because the insects were rewarded with a drop of sugar when they chose human photographs, what they really saw were strange flowers. The important question was what strategy do they use to discriminate between faces," explains Giurfa.

If you think that iPhone is the latest, coolest phone out there on the market, then think again. The awesomeness, the look and feel and the uniqueness of the iPhone is dead. Who are we suppose to blame? Nexus One the new iPhone killer. The main feature I like about this phone is the fact that it comes unlocked, not bundled with blood sucking wireless carriers like iPhone does. I remember the days when iPhone first came out in 8GB. There were lot of websites,

Sri Lanka has the best IT potential growth prospects in South Asia, says a reputed international organisation. The "Sri Lanka Information Technology Report Q 1 2010" from Business Monitor International recommended by Fast Market Research last Thursday (18) says that the Sri Lankan IT market indicates the best potential growth prospects in South Asia.

We'd like to think of ourselves as dynamic, unpredictable individuals, but according to new research, that's not the case at all. In a study published in last week's Science, researchers looked at customer location data culled from cellular service providers. By looking at how customers moved around, the authors of the study found that it may be possible to predict human movement patterns and location up to 93 percent of the time.

Laser weapons aren't just the realm of science fiction. The military just completed the first airborne test of a futuristic energy weapon, simulating defense against a missile attack. This could be the answer to a rapidly arming Iran -- if the government can afford it.

In the test, a modified Boeing 747 jet took off from Edwards Air Force Base carrying a Northrop Grumman designed laser in its nose. The plane used built-in infrared sensors to find and destroy an in-flight missile.

A joint venture between Boeing and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, the tests mark the first time a laser weapon has engaged and destroyed an in-flight ballistic missile, and the first time any system has accomplished it in the missile's "boost" phase of flight.

The grand event in the Sri Lankan construction industry “The ARCHITECT 2010 Exhibition” will be held at the BMICH from the 17th to the 21st of February.The exhibition organized by the Sri Lanka Institute of Architects (SLIA) is been held for the 28th consecutive year. The Annual Sessions of SLIA comprises several key components – the Inauguration, the National Conference, the Member’s Work and Trade exhibition, the Annual General Meeting as well as the Fellowship Night

Even simple insects can generate quite different movement patterns with their six legs. The animal uses various gaits (manner of walking)depending on whether it crawls uphill or downhill, slowly or fast. Scientists from Gottingen have now developed a walking robot, which depending on the situation can flexibly and autonomously switch between different gaits. The success of their solution lies in its simplicity: a small and simple network with just a few connections can create very diverse movement patterns.

The Annular solar eclipse due on January 15th 2010 is visible to the whole country. The eclipse begins in Africa and streams through Sri Lanka to China leaving the central line of the solar eclipse close to Jaffna. This is the first time that a centre line of a solar eclipse crosses Sri Lanka since the total eclipse of June 20th, 1955 and no living person in the country has seen such annular eclipse inside Sri Lanka during their life time. Therefore, this eclipse is considered as a very important eclipse.