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by Roberto CORTIJO Agence France Presse LIMA, Peru (AFP) — Amadeo Garcia has no one left to talk to in his mother tongue, Taushiro. Neither does Pablo Andrade, the last living speaker of Resigaro. The two indigenous languages are among 17 that are critically endangered in Peru, where modern life’s advance into the isolated Amazon basin region has wiped out many native peoples’ way of life, and their languages along with it. Garcia, 67, is […]
NEW YORK – Whether you’re an aspiring or experienced globetrotter, the New York Times Travel Show at the Jacob Javits Center in New York City is the place to be at. The largest travel exhibition in North America invites travel professionals and the public to explore over 500 vendors from 170 different countries around the world. In its 14th year, the Travel Show recorded its highest attendance this year with 30,099 participants during the three […]
by Marlowe HOOD pARIS, France (AFP) — Drought has sharply boosted the intensity of deadly West Nile virus epidemics, which are set to worsen with global warming, scientists reported Wednesday. Their research, published in the Royal Society journal Proceedings B, offers the best explanation of why the disease’s impact has varied so much from year to year since arriving in the United States nearly two decades ago. “We thought epidemics would coincide with the most […]
DIGITAL NEST | New York If you love food, traveling, and all the adventures in between, the New York Times Travel Show was definitely the place to be. Hosted at the Jacob K. Javits Center during the weekend of January 28th, only a few minutes from the last stop on the Manhattan-bound 7 train, thousands of people who shared the common love and interest in traveling attended this event. It was such a perfect event […]
(Reuters) — Sometimes the best science is found right in nature. Engineers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) have developed a new aerial drone based on the intricate wing anatomy of bats. Called “Bat Bot,” the robot is the brainchild of Caltech associate professor Soon-Jo Chung, who said he wanted to find a another means for drone flight that did not involve rotor blades, which most drones use […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — As the planet warms due to climate change and hot days become more common, the US electrical grid could be unable to meet peak energy needs by century’s end, researchers warned Monday. The cost to upgrade the US electrical grid so it could cope with peak demands may be on the order of $180 billion, said the report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. “As the electricity grid […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Long before European settlers arrived in the Americas in 1492, the Amazon rainforest was transformed for thousands of years by indigenous people who carved mysterious circles into the landscape, researchers said Monday. While the purpose of these hundreds of ditched enclosures, or geoglyphs, remains unclear, scientists say they may have served as ritual gathering places. Modern deforestation — coupled with aerial photographs of the landscape — helped reveal some 450 […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — An experimental Japanese mission to clear ‘space junk’ or rubbish from the Earth’s orbit has ended in failure, officials said Monday, in an embarassment for Tokyo. Over 100 million pieces of garbage are thought to be whizzing around the planet, including cast-off equipment from old satellites and bits of rocket, which experts say could pose risks for future space exploration. Scientists at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) were trying to test […]
BULGARIA, Europe (AFP) — Two stray Bulgarian cats who lost their hind legs in accidents have been given bionic paws, in what vets say is the first such operation in Europe outside groundbreaking Britain. https://youtu.be/PcqVwQdcUFQ
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) — The world’s longest commercial flight landed in New Zealand Monday with the arrival of Qatar Airways’s 14,535 kilometers (9,032 miles) Doha-Auckland service, the airline announced. “We’ve officially landed in Auckland,” the airline tweeted as flight QR920 landed at 7.25am (1825 GMT Sunday), five minutes ahead of schedule after a 16 hour 23 minute flight. The long-range Boeing 777-200LR crossed 10 time zones on its marathon flight. Qatar Airways noted the […]
by Mary SIBIERSKI Agencce france Presse WARSAW, Poland (AFP) — The soupy grey smog shrouding Polish cities this winter is one of the most visible symptoms of the EU member’s addiction to coal, a deadly habit forcing many to stay indoors or don masks before venturing out. Professor Anna Doboszynska, a respected specialist with more than two decades of experience treating lung disease, minces no words about the health risks it poses. “During periods of […]
by Angus MACKINNON Agence France-Presse The ruins of a landmark industrial building in Rome have become home to a thought-provoking art project that casts an unflattering light on the capital’s patchy record on urban regeneration. Sections of the abandoned shell of the Mira Lanza, once a factory where soap was first produced in Italy, are now home to a collection of works created by Seth, a French street artist who camped, illegally, on the rubbish-strewn […]
