Washington, Mar 29 : The space shuttle Discovery and its crew of seven have safely returned to Earth. But the one thing pilots can’t get out their noses is space’s “weird” smell.

"One thing I''ve heard people say before, but it wasn''t so obvious, was the smell right when you open up that hatch," Live Science quoted Discovery pilot Dominic "Tony" Antonelli, as saying after a March 21 spacewalk.

"Space definitely has a smell that''s different than anything else,” Antonelli added.

Washington, Mar 29 : They say people with opposite traits make for loving couples, but a new study is not obliging with the belief.

The research, published in the journal Evolutionary Psychology, says when it comes to personality, people seek partners with their same qualities — but say they want someone who is different.

To reach the conclusion, researchers quizzed 760 members of an online dating site to answer questionnaires regarding their personality traits, as well as the traits they would want in an ideal long-term partner.

Washington, Mar 29: The space shuttle Discovery and its crew of seven have safely returned to Earth. But the one thing pilots can't get out their noses is space's "weird" smell.

"One thing I''ve heard people say before, but it wasn''t so obvious, was the smell right when you open up that hatch," Live Science quoted Discovery pilot Dominic "Tony" Antonelli, as saying after a March 21 spacewalk.

"Space definitely has a smell that''s different than anything else," Antonelli added.

Washington, Mar. 29 : Top advisers to President Barack Obama are rehearsing etiquette and debating what gifts the President will give to Queen Elizabeth during their meeting in London next week.

The gifts have been selected with extra care, protocol lessons on royal etiquette are being delivered and a week''s wardrobe of casual and formal attire set aside for a first lady who is also an international style icon.

Washington, March 29 : A University of Illinois at Chicago biblical scholar will co-host "Who Was Jesus?," a new Discovery Channel documentary series that explores the life of Jesus and life in the first century.

The documentary, co-hosted by University of Illinois at Chicago biblical scholar Rachel Havrelock, premieres on April 5, Palm Sunday.

It will air in three consecutive one hour segments, 7 - 10 p. m. CDT, that cover Jesus' childhood, mission, and last days.

Washington, Mar 29: US National Security Adviser General James Jones has said the new US policy is focused more intensively on Pakistan than in the past, because it's a newer problem and the American strategy to stop al Qaeda operators in their tracks in the Pak-Afghan region.

General Jones called the regional approach the cornerstone of a revamped strategy, and said for the first time, "we will treat Afghanistan and Pakistan as two countries, but as with one challenge in one region."