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MELBOURNE, Australia (Reuters) — Australian teen Sam Kanizay is recovering in hospital after being severely bitten by marine creatures on Saturday (August 5). The 16-year-old was icing his feet in the waters at Melbourne’s Dendy Street beach after a rugby match when he was attacked by what experts believe to be amphipods, a type of sea scavenging crustacean, commonly known as sea lice. When his legs wouldn’t stop bleeding, Sam’s parents took him to hospital […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (Reuters) — If you’ve ever needed an extra pair of hands, a team of researchers in Tokyo, Japan might have the solution – a set of wearable robotic arms controlled by the motion of the wearer’s feet. The scientists from the University of Tokyo and Keio University showed off the proof-of-concept prototype for their “MetaLimbs” project at the SIGGRAPH Emerging Technologies showcase in Los Angeles, where it was awarded the “Best […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Average United States temperatures have risen dramatically and fast, with recent decades the warmest of the past 1,500 years, according to a draft federal government report cited by The New York Times on Tuesday. “Americans are feeling the effects of climate change right now,” said the report by 13 federal agencies not yet released or approved by President Donald Trump’s administration. The report “directly contradicts claims by President Trump and […]
ENGLAND, United Kingdom (Reuters) — It brings an entirely new meaning to the words ‘Chicken Run,’ but the annual World Hen Racing Championships brought some extra excitement to England’s Peak District on Saturday (August 5). Hens have been in strict training for the past couple of months preparing for their annual World Championships. The venue for this event is a rural pub called the Barley Mow Pub in small village called Bonsall. Every year about […]
MADRID, Spain (Reuters) — The second lunar eclipse of the year was seen around Madrid’s “Four Towers” skyscrapers on Monday (August 7) evening at the moment the moon rose and the sun set. Due to the eclipse the moon acquired a reddish brown color that lasted two hours and slowly receded afterwards. The effect is generated when the sun, earth and moon become aligned and the moon crosses the shadow projected by the earth which […]
EINDHOVEN, Netherlands (Reuters) — Researchers say they have developed a new polymer material which can ‘walk’ when a single fixed light source shines upon it. Co-lead author Dirk Jan Mulder, of Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) told Reuters: “The special type of plastic is made of a liquid crystalline polymer, which means they are built out of compounds like liquid crystals that we see in (LCD) displays. They have a certain order in them which […]
TENERIFE, Spain (AFP) — Microalgae blooms proliferating in hot weather in Spain’s Canary Islands are irritating beachgoers, who should avoid direct contact with them, local authorities said Monday. Tenerife in particular is awash with visitors at this time of year but some of those having an Atlantic dip have come out scratching themselves after brushing up against the tiny algae. The spreading algae have produced a greenish brown hue in the waters off some beaches […]
TOKYO, Japan (CCTV) — The proverb “rarity brings high prices” has proven universally true and lastingly so. Thirty years since its invention, square watermelon still fetches some $150 per fruit in its birthplace of Japan. But some salesmen argue that square watermelon was invented as an indoor ornament rather than fruit. “Square watermelons are not meant for eating in fact. They are sold as ornamental items for household decoration. They are good for at least […]
by Karyn Nishimura-Poupee Agence France Presse FUJISAWA, Japan (AFP) — When 82-year-old Masako Wakamiya first began working, she still used an abacus for maths. Today, she is one of the world’s oldest iPhone app developers, a trailblazer in making smartphones accessible for the elderly. Frustrated by the lack of interest from the tech industry in engaging older people, she taught herself to code and set about doing it herself. The over 60s, she insists, need […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — Enterprising internet users in China fear the tools they use to tunnel through the country’s “Great Firewall” may soon disappear, as Beijing tightens its grip on the web. Tens of millions of people are estimated to use Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) to bypass Chinese internet restrictions — getting access to blocked websites such as Facebook and Twitter. Beijing has for years turned a blind eye to these holes in its Great […]
MANCHESTER, United Kingdom (CCTV) — China’s bike-sharing operator Mobike is gaining traction in UK’s Manchester just a few weeks after its arrival in the city. Steve Pyer, general manager of Mobike’s UK division, while expressing the service’s popularity, said each bike gets used nine times a day. “There were 20 bikes there 10 minutes ago, and the last two are about to disappear. So they are being used every day, up to nine times a […]
SAINT-AIGNAN-SUR-CHER,France (AFP) — There was joy and pain for French zookeepers Friday as their female panda gave birth to twins, but one died soon afterwards. Huan Huan, on loan to Beauval zoo in central France from China, delivered the first cub at 10:18 pm (2018 GMT) and the second at 10:32. But soon after birth, the first, which weighed just 121 grams (4.2 ounces), began having problems breathing and died despite the best efforts of […]
