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Electric shocks ‘improve’ dried herbs taste

LUND, Sweden (Reuters) -- Giving brief electric shocks to fresh herbs before drying them could vastly improve the taste of…

Britain’s “Iron Man” breaks his own jet-suit speed record

ENGLAND, United Kingdom (Reuters) -- The British inventor of an "Iron Man"-style jet suit has lofty hopes for powering his…

Australian zoo welcomes first baby Asian elephant in seven years

SYDNEY, Australia (Reuters) -- Sydney's Taronga Zoo welcomed the arrival of an Asian elephant calf on Friday (May 26), the…

Neuroscientists predict ‘brain age’

LONDON, United Kingdom (Reuters) -- British researchers say their newly revealed method of predicting people's 'brain age' could act as…

US Navy uses virtual reality to simulate combat

NEW YORK, United States (AFP) -- Brace yourself, you are about to experience military combat. Using virtual reality, civilians can…

New spacecraft data re-writes the books on Jupiter

Reuters -- Jupiter's atmosphere features colossal cyclones and rivers of ammonia welling up from deep inside the solar system's largest…

Rare wildlife population on rise in northeast China

JILIN, China (Reuters) - Siberian tigers and Amur leopards are wild animals that are rarely seen, even in pictures. But with…

The ‘fidget spinner’ that has spun teachers into a tizzy

  by Catherine Triomphe Agence France-Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) - It was supposed to calm nerves, relieve stress and…

Learning to read in adulthood transforms brain: study

MIAMI, United States (AFP) -- A study of women in India who learned to read in their 30s shows the…

Wearable device to straighten out slouches

TEL AVIV, Israel (Reuters) -- Slouching over screens could be a thing of the past thanks to a wearable gadget…

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