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QUEZON City, Philippines (June 15) – Raise your hand if your mom always reminds you to bring your “foldable” umbrella. Chances are, though, we do not follow our mom’s advice. While you’re in the middle of your commute, the sky darkens and a thunderstorm comes out of nowhere, leaving you drenched and stranded. As always, the start of the Philippine school year coincides with the start of the rainy season. Unlike the bygone days, today’s […]
MEDAN, Indonesia (AFP) — Indonesian authorities have seized hundreds of critically endangered pangolins and scales in a haul worth $190,000 after uncovering a major smuggling operation, an official said Wednesday. Two men were also arrested after navy officers raided a warehouse near a port on Sumatra island late Tuesday, acting on a tip-off that it was being used to store the creatures which are also known as “scaly anteaters.” They discovered 223 live pangolins, 24 […]
Vaccines work by exploiting the immune system’s memory. Vaccination simulates an infection, training the immune system and enabling it to develop weapons to fight back. See the videographic explaining how the body fights infection and how vaccination works. (AFP)
LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) — VR, 4K and Nintendo Switch are among the hot topics as gaming convention E3 gets underway, allowing the public in to explore the convention for the very first time this year. Until now, the annual event had been exclusively for those in the industry and the media. This year, the event sees thousands of gamers joining the professionals on the floor to get a sneak peak at upcoming releases and […]
AMBLETEUSE and BOULOGNE-SUR-MER, France (Reuters) – French pilot Bruno Vezzoli performed on Tuesday (June 13) the final checks for a cross-Channel flight attempt on Wednesday (June 14) aboard a flying car aptly named ‘Pegasus’ (‘Pegase’) – a winged horse in Greek mythology. He said he felt confident the flight attempt would be a success, unlike another Greek hero, Icarus, whose endeavor failed when he flew too near to the Sun. Vezzoli is expected to take […]
TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) — One restaurant in Tokyo’s shopping district of Ginza has teamed up with art collective company to provide diners with an interactive virtual art and food full course feast. Called “Worlds Unleashed and then Connecting,” it uses the latest technology in sensors, projection mapping and sound, to give a maximum of eight diners per day experience a multi-sensory digital art space paired with their 12 course fusion meal. It is a feast […]
Worldwide obesity has doubled since 1980. More than 2 billion people are overweight. Of these, more than 700 million are obese. (AFP)
by Anne Chaon A rare Afghan marsh that was once a royal hunting ground is set to come under the official protection of the United Nations environment agency, with the aim of saving hundreds of migratory bird species. On the long, arid journey to the Caucasus and Siberia, across the Hindu Kush massif, the Kol-e-Hashmat Khan wetlands outside Kabul provide sanctuary for the thousands of storks, egrets, pelicans and flamingos that head north every spring from southern […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — An anti-diabetic drug that lowers blood sugar levels for type 2 diabetes sufferers also significantly cuts the risk of cardiovascular and kidney disease, according to a study published Monday. The findings, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, came in a clinical trial of more than 10,000 patients in 30 countries, using canagliflozin. It found the drug reduced the overall risk of cardiovascular disease by 14 percent and reduced […]
LUND, Sweden (Reuters) — A Swedish-based professor who became famous by pioneering the art of customised 3D printed instruments has unveiled his latest invention – a 3D-printed aluminium electric guitar. Olaf Diegel, a professor at the University of Lund, has already made around 70 guitars using polyamide – a nylon powder – one of which is used by United States rock legends The Steve Miller Band. But the New-Zealander was intrigued by the idea of […]
LOS Angeles, California (Reuters) — Gaming fans at E3 2017 in Los Angeles over the weekend saw Microsoft present their new console, which they say is ‘the world’s most powerful.’ On stage at the annual gaming conference the computer giant revealed the Xbox One X, a fully featured 4K player, formerly code-named ‘Project Scorpio’. In a press release Microsoft said the Xbox One X ‘was designed to be the best console to create and play […]
CHINA (Reuters) – The newest outcome of the third expedition to the South China Sea may rewrite the textbooks of plate tectonics, according to a press conference co-hosted by Chinese Office of the International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) and Tongji University in Shanghai on Monday. The Chinese-led international scientific team wrapped up their research on the US drilling ship JOIDES Resolution on Sunday, with much of the new findings pointing towards some interesting discoveries about […]
