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by Ursula Hyzy Agence France-Presse TARA, Japan (AFP) — The key to the survival of the world’s threatened coral reefs may lie in the waters surrounding a small volcanic island off the coast of Japan, scientists say. The seabed of Shikine island is a “living laboratory” for researchers aboard the schooner Tara, a French-led scientific expedition, who are looking for clues to help protect coral from the damaging effects of climate change. While coral reefs […]
LONDON, England (Reuters) — Small transparent spheres filled with natural or flavored water could help provide a solution to London’s plastic waste problem, according to the start-up company based in the British capital that manufactures them. With many cities around the world struggling to dispose of vast numbers of used plastic water bottles, the biodegradable ‘Ooho balls’ have begun quenching the thirst of consumers at special events in San Francisco and London. The balls, which […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — An asteroid as big as the Rock of Gibraltar will streak past Earth on April 19 at a safe but uncomfortably close distance, according to astronomers. “Although there is no possibility for the asteroid to collide with our planet, this will be a very close approach for an asteroid this size,” the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said in a statement. Dubbed 2014-JO25 and roughly 650 meters (2,000 feet) across, the asteroid […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — France and Japan want to recover pieces of a Martian Moon and bring them back to Earth, the head of France’s National Center for Space Studies (CNES) said Thursday. The Martian Moons Exploration project would launch a probe in 2024 destined for Phobos, the largest and closest of two moons circling the Red Planet. Paris and Tokyo signed a preliminary agreement on Monday, and will make a final decision before the […]
CALIFORNIA, United States (Reuters) — Researchers at California’s Stanford University are studying how birds morph their wings during flight in the hopes of engineering more versatile drones in the future. The scientists use a projector to beam patterns of overlapping light on the bird, a parrotlet. A camera, synced with the projector, then records its flight. Using a set of algorithms, the researchers can then create a 3D reconstruction of the bird’s movement. Already the […]
BELFAST, Northern Ireland (Reuters) — Renata Rojas has longed to visit the wreck of the Titanic since she was a girl, decades before the ill-fated passenger liner was discovered on the seabed three decades ago. Next year, the 49-year-old New York banker and diving enthusiast should finally realize her dream, and she is shelling out more than $105,000 (USD) for the privilege. “I don’t own an apartment. I don’t own a car. I haven’t gone […]
by Jean-Louis SANTINI / Maggy DONALDSON Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — An ice-encrusted moon orbiting Saturn appears to have the conditions necessary for life, NASA announced Thursday, unveiling new findings made by its unmanned Cassini spacecraft. Cassini has detected hydrogen molecules in vapor plumes emanating from cracks in the surface of Enceladus, a small ocean moon coated in a thick layer of ice, the US space agency said. The plumes have led […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — The more toddlers play with touchscreen devices the less they sleep, according to a study released Thursday that suggests the findings could be cause for concern. For every additional hour using a touchscreen phone or tablet during the day, children aged six months to three years slept nearly 16 minutes less in each 24 hour period, researchers reported in the journal Scientific Reports. But the study could not determine if the […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Toyota Motor Corporation unveiled Welwalk WW-1000 on Wednesday (April 12) , a robot designed to assist in rehabiliation of patients who have lower limb paralysis. Dozens of journalists gathered at Toyota Motors Tokyo headquarter office to observe a demonstration of the new robot, which comes with a wide variety of rehabilitiation functions that adjusts itself to the user. The robot consists of a treadmill, a monitor, and a robotic leg that […]
(Eagle News) — Pinag-aaralan na ang posibleng pagbubukas sa publiko sa umaabot na apat na pung kuwebang nadiskubre ng mga dayuhang mananaliksik sa Region 2. Ito ay matapos isumite ng Bristol Exploration Club na nakabase sa United Kingdom ang kanilang natuklasan na karagdagang apat na pung kweba sa rehiyon na karamihan ay matatagpuan sa Cagayan. Kaugnay nito, dadaan sa klasipikasyon ang mga naturang kuweba batay sa nakapaloob sa Cave Conservation Act bago ito buksan sa […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Facebook on Wednesday said it has started weeding out bogus accounts by watching for suspicious behavior such as repetitive posts or torrents of messages. The security improvement was described as being part of a broader effort to rid the leading social network of hoaxes, misinformation, and fake news by making sure people are who they claim to be. “We’ve found that when people represent themselves on Facebook the same […]
Geneva, Switzerland (AFP) — Dramatic improvements are needed in ensuring access to clean water and sanitation worldwide, the World Health Organization said Thursday, warning that nearly two billion people currently use faecal-contaminated water. Hundreds of thousands of people die each year because they are forced to drink contaminated water, the WHO said, urging large investments to help provide universal access to safe drinking water. “Today, almost two billion people use a source of drinking-water contaminated with […]
