Washington, March 19: An American company has successfully tested its “flying car”, which took flight and landed at an upstate New York air strip recently.

According to a report in Boston Herald, the “roadable aircraft” was made by Terrafugia Inc., which is based in Woburn.

“This breakthrough changes the world of personal mobility. It’s what aviation enthusiasts have been striving for since
1918,” said Carl Dietrich, CEO of Terrafugia Inc.

Media members were not present to witness the test flight, the culmination of six months of testing.

But, Dietrich will show a video of the flight and display the Transition aircraft at the Museum of Science.

Washington, Mar 19: One-time events—like a marriage proposal, a wedding toast, a baby’s birth—always hold that special place in our memory, and scientists have now found how brain remembers such events without them being repeated over time.

In a study on rats, UC Irvine scientists have found that a single brief experience was as effective at activating neurons and genes associated with memory as more repetitive activities.

Washington, March 19: Lady Gaga may still have been doing drugs had her father not stepped in and made her kick the serious habit.

The pop sensation, whose real name is Stefani Germanotta, revealed that she had had a drug past while she was younger.

She thanked her father for helping her realise where she was headed.

The 22-year-old also insisted that she had maintained her distance from the banned substance ever since she gave up the deadly habit.

Washington, Mar. 19 : British Defense Minister John Hutton has said that the key to success in the `War on terror' in Afghanistan lies in rooting out the command and control centers of Al-Qaeda and other extremist groups operating from Pakistan.

Talking to media persons before meeting with US Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, Hutton said: "The Taliban and al-Qaeda have got to know there is no safe haven."

Washington, Mar 19 : Kids' heightened liking for sweet-tasting foods is linked to their physical growth, according to a new study.

The study has been conducted by researchers at the University of Washington and the Monell Center.

"The relationship between sweet preference and growth makes intuitive sense because when growth is rapid, caloric demands increase. Children are programmed to like sweet taste because it fills a biological need by pushing them towards energy sources," said Monell geneticist Danielle Reed, PhD, one of the study authors.

Kids prefer higher levels of sweetness in their foods as compared to adults, a pattern that declines during adolescence.

Washington, March 19 : An Indian-origin researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has shed some light on why autistic people fail to recognise faces as effectively as their normal counterparts, by studying why they often fail to recognise faces in photographic negatives.

Pawan Sinha, an associate professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, says that a person''s eyes appear darker than the forehead and cheeks in nearly every normal lighting condition.