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Los Angeles mayor declares April 25 “La La Land Day”

(Reuters) — Brightly dressed dancers abseiled down the facade of Los Angeles City Hall on Tuesday (April 25) as Mayor Eric Garcetti declared the day to be ‘La La Land Day’ in the city. The declaration honors the Oscar-winning musical romance that tells the story of a struggling actress who falls in love with a jazz musician, set against the backdrop of a dreamy Los Angeles. “A day when you can celebrate your dreams, you […]

Scientists develop fluid-filled artificial womb to help premature babies

(Reuters) — Scientists in the United States have developed a fluid-filled womb-like bag known as an extra-uterine support device that could transform care for extremely premature babies, significantly improving chances of survival. In pre-clinical studies with lambs, details of which were published on Tuesday (April 25) in the journal Nature Communications, the researchers were able to mimic the womb environment and the functions of the placenta, giving premature offspring a crucial opportunity to develop their […]

Little Facebook could do amid rise in live murders – expert

LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) — For the second time in two weeks, a murder, this time showing a Thai man filming himself killing his 11-month-old daughter was posted on Facebook before committing suicide. The murder-suicide, filmed in two parts, was online roughly 24 hours and viewed more than 360,000 times on the father’s Facebook page. Last week, Facebook said it was reviewing how it monitored violent footage and other objectionable material after a posting of the […]

More Antarctic protections urged on World Penguin Day

by Martin Parry Agence France-Presse SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — The world needs to do more to protect the Antarctic wilderness and its wildlife, scientists warned Tuesday, as they marked World Penguin Day. The flightless seabirds — a favorite with children for their clumsy, waddling gait — offer a useful yardstick for researchers to judge the health of their habitat. “Penguins are great ambassadors for understanding the need to conserve Southern Ocean resources,” Christian Reiss, an Antarctic […]

DIGITAL NEST Feature: Cherry Blossoms in Newark New Jersey?

DIGITAL NEST|Newark, New Jersey By: Tennie Sumague, New York Bureau April is known as cherry blossom season and the best place to see a plethora of trees in its splendor? Not in Washington D.C. but in Newark, New Jersey. Only 40 minutes away by train from New York Penn Station, one can travel to Newark Penn Station and take the New Jersey Light Rail to Branch Brook Park, the first county park and home to […]

Watch: Magnificent sight of Hukou Waterfall (courtesy CCTV)

JIXIAN COUNTY, China (CCTV) — A section of the Hukou Waterfall on the Yellow River in Jixian County, north China’s Shanxi Province, has turned the water from yellow to clear, presenting a magnificent sight that attracts crowds of visitors. Water flows of the Yellow River usually become low in the period from April to June every year, when minor waterfalls have disappeared, leaving only the major one, with the water turning from yellow sandy into […]

Samsung to update software over ‘red screen’ smartphone

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — Electronics giant Samsung will this week offer an unusually early software update for its newly released Galaxy S8 phone, it said Monday, after some consumers complained of red-tinted screens. The launch of the device is a key step for the South Korean tech firm as it seeks to move on from last year’s humiliating withdrawal of the Galaxy Note 7 over exploding batteries, which hammered the firm’s once-stellar reputation. The Galaxy S8 […]

Rare green Sakura, namulaklak sa east China; Milyong tulips namukadkad naman sa US

Sikat ang mga sakura flower sa China, pero ang mas agaw pansin ngayon sa lugar ay ang paglutang ng mga green Sakura na syang bihira lamang at syang nagpadagdag sa ganda ng iba pang bulaklak. Kaya naman agad itong dinayo ng mga residente at turista sa lugar upang makapagpa-litrato sa unique green flowers na ito. Ayon sa residente sa lugar,  ang nasabing puno ng sakura ay nasa edad na ng 30s O 40s na syang […]

“Better you than me,” Trump tells record-breaking astronaut

by Jean-Louis Santini / with Kerry Sheridan in Miami Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — United States President Donald Trump congratulated National Aeronautics Space Administration astronaut Peggy Whitson for setting a new space record on Monday, but expressed disdain for a particular rigor of space life — drinking recycled urine. Whitson, 57, marked 534 days in orbit and counting on Monday, beating NASA’s previous record-holder Jeff Williams, but remains still far short of the world […]

Fossils may be earliest known multicellular life: study

by Marlowe Hood Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — Fossils accidentally discovered in South Africa are probably the oldest fungi ever found by a margin of 1.2 billion years, rewriting the evolutionary story of these organisms which are neither flora nor fauna, researchers said Monday. If verified as both fungal and multicellular, the 2.4 billion-year-old microscopic creatures — whose slender filaments are bundled together like brooms — could also be the earliest known specimens of […]

Virtual training for dentists

(Reuters) — A Japanese dental equipment manufacturer has developed a prototype mixed reality (MR) dental treatment simulation system. J. Morita Co. demonstrated the technology to Japanese media last Friday (April 21). The company says its technology is the world’s first dental treatment simulation to use MR, combining augmented reality (AR) with virtual reality (VR) technologies. The system is devised to help dentists learn much of their trade without the need to practice on real patients. […]