Houston: More than 6,300 individuals applied to become a NASA astronaut between Nov. 15, 2011 and Jan. 27, the second highest number of applications ever received by the agency. After a thorough selection process, which includes interviews and medical examinations, nine to 15 people will be selected to become part of the 21st astronaut class.

"This is a great time to join the NASA fami...

By Kianti Roman; Visitors to the newest exhibition at the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History will have an opportunity to investigate our origins as hunter-gatherers, explore an interactive timeline on the history of food, and identify popular processed foods by only their ingredients.

"Big Food: Health, Culture and the Evolution of Eating" opens on Feb. 11 and runs through Dec. 2. T...

Dubai: H.H. Sheikh Mohammed Bin Maktoum Bin Juma Al-Maktoum, awarded the USD 14.4 billion Mahindra Group, one of India's leading business houses, with an Appreciation Award during a special ceremony titled '40 Years of Achievements', which was recently held at the Atlantis Hotel as part of the ongoing celebrations commemorating the 40th founding anniversary of the U...

Bangkok: UNESCO affirms its commitment to cooperate closely with the Government of Thailand in restoring the World Heritage site of Ayutthaya after the disastrous 2011 floods. UNESCO is mobilizing world-class expertise and facilitating international collaboration to support the Ministry of Culture's Fine Arts Department in the recovery effort.
"UNESCO is concerned abou...

Singapore:  Dulwich College Management International ("Dulwich"),
a leading provider of international education, plans to set up Dulwich College (Singapore), as a top-tier international school offering an enhanced English National Curriculum leading
to the International Baccalaureate ("IB") Diploma. Dulwich College (Singapore) intends to establish an interim camp...

Bangkok: UNESCO water specialists and experts from four countries are now surveying the Ancient City of Ayutthaya in Thailand to assess the impact to the World Heritage property from the country's most disastrous flooding in decades. 
Yesterday, international experts from Italy, Japan, Netherlands and Thailand headed to Ayutthaya for a three-day mission to survey...

Bangkok: UNESCO Bangkok experts recently met at the Prime Minister's Office with senior government officers along with public and private sector representatives  to discuss possible cooperation for an immediate rehabilitation programme to the country's worst flooding in decades.
 
The floods in Thailand have affected 28 of the 77 provinces nationwide...