Assange (of Wickleakes) loses appeal against extradition to Sweden from UK

London, - In a setback to Great Jouranlist Shri Julian Assange,
the controversial WikiLeaks founder today lost a legal battle
to stay in the UK, with the High Court here ruling that he
should be extradited to Sweden to face rape and sexual assault
charges there.
However, the lawyers of the founder of the
whistle-blower website said they will make a final appeal in
the Supreme Court within 14 days.
At the High Court, Justice John Thomas and Justice Duncan
Ouseley decided that a previous ruling in favour of his
extradition must be upheld after rejecting the arguments by
lawyers on behalf of Assange, who is an Australian national.
Swedish authorities want him to answer accusations of
raping a woman and sexually molesting and coercing another
in Stockholm last year.
Assange denies the allegations and says they are
politically motivated.



'It's your brain playing tricks'
London, Have had an out-of-body experience?
It's just your brain playing tricks on you, according
to a new study.
Researchers from the universities of Edinburgh and
Cambridge claim that common spooky scenarios, such as floating
above a hospital bed or walking towards the light at the end
of a tunnel, can be explained by human brain trying to make
sense of the process of death.
For their study, the researchers reviewed studies into
changes in the brain that cause certain sensations associated
with near-death experiences.
Lead researcher Caroline Watt said one common vision --
that of people seeing a bright light which seems to be drawing
them into the afterlife - is probably produced by the death
of the cells we use to process the light picked up by our eyes
and turn it into pictures.
"The most parsimonious explanation is not that you
are travelling to some spiritual realm - it is simply your
brain trying to make sense of the unusual experiences you are
having," the 'Daily Mail' quoted Dr . Watt as saying.
Feelings of being out of the body can also be explained
by the brain's behaviour, say the researchers.
"If you put on a virtual reality headset showing an image
of yourself three feet in front, you can trick your brain
into thinking that is you over there, and get the sense you
are outside your body.
"The scientific evidence suggests that all aspects of the
near-death experience have a biological basis," said Dr Watt
whose findings have been published in the 'Trends in Cognitive
Sciences' journal.