Berlin - Watch out for geo-tagging. A previously nerdy hobby that aims to map and describe every spot on the Planet Earth may be about to go mainstream, thanks to a rash of new, easy-to-use gadgets.

All the devices use the Global Positioning System (GPS), the network of orbiting satellites which issue signals that are currently best known for guiding satellite navigation (sat-nav) devices in cars.

GPS can also be used to calculate the exact latitude and longitude of a place - a "point of interest" in geo-tagging jargon - or of a route, which simply consists of a series of fixes known as "waypoints."

Washington, September 1 : Scientists have unearthed the remains of a large-scale beekeeping operation at a nearly 3,000-year-old Israeli site, which dates to the time of biblical accounts of King David and King Solomon, thus becoming the oldest known archaeological example of beekeeping.

Excavations in northern Israel at a huge earthen mound called Tel Rehov revealed the Iron Age settlement.

London, September 1 : British sports car maker Lotus has unveiled a new model that runs on biofuel, and can do up to 84mph (135km/h) over snow and ice.

The Concept Ice Vehicle (CIV) is a one-seater that has been installed with a supercharged motorbike engine, and can operate in temperatures as low as minus 72C (minus
98F).

The company has revealed that the new car has been designed for an expedition to the South Pole, organised by the explorers Andrew Moon and Andrew Regan.

Another purpose of this creation is to raise awareness of climate change and to demonstrate the efficiency of biofuel, say the makers.

Canberra, September 1 : An Australian researcher has found that glow worms can switch their prey-caching light on and off to a daily biological rhythm.

According to a report by ABC News, the researcher in question is Dr David Merritt of the University of Queensland, who has reported his findings in the current issue of the journal Biological Rhythms.

Glow worms are larvae of a particular type of fly that only lives in Australia and New Zealand.

Special cells in the rear end of the animal produce light that is used to attract prey.

The larvae use strings of silk, beaded with sticky drops of mucus, to snare their victims that are attracted to the light.

“It’s like a spider with its web,” said Merritt.

Bangkok - The Asia-Pacific region is the world's largest broadband market with 39 per cent of the total, the largest mobile phone market with 1.4 billion subscribers and claims 42 per cent of the world's internet users, a UN report revealed Monday.

By mid-2008, China and India alone had over 600 and 280 million mobile phone subscribers respectively, representing nearly a quarter of the world's total, said a report on telecommunications and information communication technology indicators by the International Telecommunication Union released in Bangkok.

The Asia-Pacific region, covering a vast and disparate area from West Asia to the Pacific Islands, notched up several "superlatives" in this year's report.

London, September 1 : Lead might have been banned from petrol in many parts of the globe, but millions of people will grow old faster than they should because of past exposures to the toxic metal, according to a new study.

Two studies conducted at Johns Hopkins University in Maryland and the University of Michigan have revealed that lead accelerates ageing by up to six years, and can remain in the body for years after the exposure.

The harmful effects of exposures to the metal include memory loss and difficulties with language.