Sci-Tech

Tumblr founder leaving Yahoo-owned blogging platform

SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) -- Tumblr founder and chief David Karp on Monday announced he is leaving the nearly…

Origami-like soft robotic muscles lift 1,000 times their weight

Reuters -- US researchers have developed strong origami-inspired artificial muscles that can allow soft robots to lift objects 1,000 times…

Indonesia: the world’s volcanic hotspot

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) -- Indonesia, where more than 40,000 people have been evacuated over fears of an imminent volcanic eruption…

Intelligent Vehicle Future Challenge opens in east China city

CHANGSHU, China (Reuters) -- The 2017 China Intelligent Vehicle Future Challenge opened Saturday in Changshu City of east China's Jiangsu…

Burn victim saved by skin grafts from identical twin

by Brigitte Castelnau Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- A man doomed to die after suffering burns across 95 percent…

Citizen scientists asked to record rather than repel mosquitoes

CALIFORNIA, United States (Reuters) -- When you next hear the high pitched whine of a mosquito, researchers from Stanford University…

Skype joins list of apps on China blacklist

SHANGHAI, China (AFP) -- Skype has apparently joined the lengthening list of internet communication tools on China's blacklist, with Apple…

Brain activity shows dogs learn in their sleep, say Hungarian scientists

BUDAPEST, Hungary (Reuters) -- Scientists in Hungary say they have measured brain activity in dogs which shows they learn during…

‘Augmented reality’ brings art alive in Vienna

VIENNA, Austria (AFP) -- Vienna's Albertina art gallery unveiled on Tuesday a new mobile phone application that "brings to life"…

Cigar-shaped asteroid came from another solar system: study

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- A rocky cigar-shaped object detected in space last month came from another solar system, astronomers said Monday as…

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