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ABU DHABI, UAE (AFP) — Fifty-five out of a total of 1,052 heritage sites around the world feature on the UN cultural organisation’s World Heritage in Danger list. By listing such sites, UNESCO is seeking to mobilise the international community to protect them. During its 40th session in July, 2016, in Istanbul, UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee added sites in Mali and Uzbekistan to the list, along with Libya’s five world heritage sites which have already […]
Virtual reality employs technology to fully immerse users into a virtual world, cut off from reality. To experience virtual reality, users need to wear accessories like headsets and motion tracking systems. https://youtu.be/bm3K_RwlWZ8
A four-month-old white lion cub cuddles up to its father Sam inside their enclosure at a zoo in Tbilisi on November 30, 2016.
by René SLAMA ABU DHABI, UAE (AFP) — Representatives from dozens of countries meet in Abu Dhabi on Friday to discuss the creation of a $100-million fund to protect and restore heritage sites threatened by extremism and conflict. The two-day conference reflects growing international alarm over the destruction of ancient artefacts by Islamic State group jihadists using sledgehammers, bulldozers and explosives. On the eve of the meeting, five Nobel prize winners launched an appeal for […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — Amputees who played computer games using a virtual, on-screen arm, experienced relief from the phantom pain that often afflicts people who have lost a limb, scientists said Friday. Fourteen amputees who took part in a trial reported dramatic pain reduction after 12 sessions which saw them “using” their missing arm in virtual reality. Patients reported a near 50-percent reduction in pain duration, frequency and intensity, according to a study published in The […]
NEW YORK, United States (Reuters) — A new device from UE Live Sciences has the potential to drastically reduce the cost of breast cancer screenings for women around the globe. The iBreast Exam earned top honors at the Hitlab Innovators Summit, a healthcare and technology conference and competition, at Columbia University in New York on Wednesday (November 30th). “The iBreast Exam is a breast cancer screening device targeted at the developing world. It’s very small, […]
CANBERRA, Australia (Reuters) –Australia will spend nearly A$1.3 billion ($965.25 million) over the next five years to improve the well being of the Great Barrier Reef in an attempt to stop UNESCO from classifying the World Heritage Site as “in danger”. In the first progress report to UNESCO – requested by United Nation’s when it stopped short of placing the Great Barrier Reef on an “in danger” list last May – Australia said it will […]
(Reuters) — Baby Grace is just 16 days old. She eats, sleeps, and passes a lot of gas. Until now, it was thought that most of her brain circuitry developed before birth. But new research suggests it’s still very much work in progress – and will be for months. Scientists have found a previously unknown stage of development where tiny neurons believed to form deep in the brain migrate to the prefrontal cortex, which plays […]
OSAKA, Japan (Reuters) — A bath house in Japan’s Osaka offers a unique winter treat for children — a dip in warm water with over a 1,000 rubber ducks. Bath house “Yuraku” keeps around 1000 to 1500 rubber ducks in the tub for guests to enjoy. Children say they have fun swimming and jumping around with the floating toys. “It’s really fun to be surrounded by rubber ducks and it is also refreshing to soak […]
MUNICH, Germany (Reuters) — Munich’s Hellabrunn Zoo introduced its latest addition on Thursday (December 1), a polar bear cub that was born on November 21. The healthy cub was born to 17-year-old father Yoghi and 10-year-old mother Giovanna. Giovanna, who could be seen snuggling the newborn in video released by the zoo, is a mother for the third time. Her twins Nela and Nobby left Hellabrunn earlier this year. Giovannia and the cub will stay […]
MANILA, Philippines –Czech and Filipino organisations opened new tourist trails equipped with international marker systems in Mt.Kanla-on Natural Park, Negros Occidental.Promoting the beauty of less known parts of the Philippines, three color- coded trails using the colors of the Philippine flag were opened from Guintubdan to Buslugan Falls in red, to Oro Falls in yellow and to Salas Park new Pavillion in blue. The system is unified across a number of countries, but is entirely new to the Philippines. The […]
JEJU ISLAND, South Korea (Reuters) — A South Korean diving tradition, the ancient Indian practice of yoga and the making and sharing of flatbread are among the new additions to UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage list, the organisation announced on Wednesday (November 30) and Thursday (December 1). The U.N. created its list of intangible cultural heritage in 2008 for traditional events, rituals and social practices. To be considered, the tradition should be passed down through […]
