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The co-founder of which social networking site will be joining The Huffington Post?

The co-founder of which social networking site will be joining The Huffington Post?

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The co-founder of which social networking site will be joining The Huffington Post?
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1. The co-founder of which social networking site will be joining The Huffington Post?
Facebook
Hi5
Twitter
 
Biz Stone, co-founder of Twitter, is joining The Huffington Post Media Group and AOL as Strategic Adviser for Social Impact to enhance innovation around social impact and cause-based initiatives.
2. Which primitive race was aware of meteorites thousands of years before modern science came to know of them?
Native Americans
Aborigines
Eskimos
 
While the night skies play an important role in many traditional cultures around the world, a new study has found that Aboriginal folklores linked meteorites to impact craters and the origins of life on earth.
3. What human quality may be a trait retained from our evolutionary predecessors?
Altruism
Spirituality
Prejudice
 
In a series of ingenious experiments, Yale researchers led by psychologist Laurie Santos showed that monkeys treat individuals from outside their groups with the same suspicion and dislike as their human cousins tend to treat outsiders.
4. What female hormone may hold the key to making a contraceptive drug for men?
Relaxin
Progesterone
Estrogen
 
Sperm senses progesterone, a female sex hormone that is released by cells surrounding the egg. The hormone may guide the sperm towards the egg and give it a final push to get there. This may be used, in the future, to design a new class of contraceptive drug for men.
5. The first letters of what, according to psychiatrists, influences our life choices?
Address
Name
Religion
 
Psychologists have posited that the letters-particularly the first letter of our names-can influence decisions, including whom we marry and where we move. The effect is called "implicit egotism."
6. Which channel’s name was used in an SMS to spread rumours of the Fukushima nuclear plant radiation leaking beyond Japan?
CNN
NDTV
BBC
 
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has rubbished the text message circulating in Asian countries, warning them that the radiation from the Fukushima nuclear plant had leaked beyond Japan and could hit them. The text claims to base its information on a BBC report.
7. What myth about the elephant might just be true?
Fear of mice
Huge memory
Ability to fly
 
A study of African elephants found that older ones are the best at making crucial decisions about predators because they've experienced similar peril before, reports the Daily Mail.
8. What technology is being used to scan Stonehenge?
Laser technology
Nano technology
Particle physics
 
Stonehenge, the prehistoric monument located in Britain, is being scanned with modern laser technology, which could reveal the reason for its existence.
9. How many British women use bribery to get their partners to do chores?
Six out of ten
Nine out of ten
Four out of ten
 
A survey has found that six out of ten women in Britain use bribery to get their boyfriends and partners to do their bit around the house.
10. What used objects, according to scientists may be harmful for health?
Beds
Furniture
Musical instruments
 
According to the study, used woodwind and brass instruments were found to be heavily contaminated with a variety of bacteria and fungi, many of which are associated with minor to serious infectious and allergic diseases.
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