Samsung’s new jumbo phone unlocks with iris scanner
NEW YORK (AP) — You'll be able to unlock Samsung's new phone by just looking at it. The Galaxy Note…
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‘Elephantiasis’ virus may boost AIDS risk: study
PARIS, France (AFP) -- People infected with a common parasitic worm may be twice as likely to acquire the HIV…
8 years ago
Videographic explaining how hurricanes form
(AFP) Hong Kong shut down Tuesday as Typhoon Nida brought violent winds and torrential rain, with hundreds of flights cancelled…
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Dutch activists sue government over air pollution
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP) - Dutch environmentalists said Tuesday they are suing the government over poor air quality, saying people's "fundamental"…
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China’s ‘mosquito factory’ aims to wipe out Zika, other diseases
GUANGZHOU, China (Reuters) - Every week, scientists in southern China release 3 million bacteria-infected mosquitoes on a 3…
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Sao Tome and Principe eyes tourism boost to economy
Situated off the Atlantic coast of Africa, the twin archipelago Sao Tome and Principe was once the world's leading producer…
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Mexican inmates use tattoo skills for purse designs
Using homemade tattooing equipment, inmates of six Mexican prisons take part in a rehabilitation project called Prison Art, which pays…
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Rare ‘corpse flower’ blooms again in New York after 80 years
Visitors flood into New York Botanical Garden to see a blooming "corpse flower", a rare, gigantic plant famous for its…
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Palestinian designer for rich and famous pops up in W.Bank
by Shatha Yaish RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories(AFP) -- Rami Kashou's designs are worn by Hollywood stars and royalty but for the…
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Underwater microscope shows corals competing for space on reef
REUTERS -- A new underwater microscope designed and built by researchers from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of…
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