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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Children breastfed exclusively for their first six months of life have an easier time behaving as primary school students, according to new research published Tuesday. Carried out in South Africa, the study assessed more than 1,500 children and found a strong link between how long they were breastfed and signs of behavioral disorders between the ages of seven and 11. Children fed only breast milk for their first six months […]
(REUTERS) — “Star Trek” actor Anton Yelchin’s fatal accident involving a recalled 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee is renewing calls from safety advocates to fix flaws in the U.S. recall system. Yelchin was killed when his SUV rolled backward in the steep driveway of his Los Angeles home and pinned him against a brick wall and a fence. The accident is under investigation, and it is not known whether the specific recall defect, which can […]
As part of its Project Premonition research program, which seeks to detect emerging infectious diseases, Microsoft has been deploying a new prototype mosquito trap in Houston, Texas. The trap is designed to collect only the specific type of mosquito a researcher wants to analyze and the company hopes it will help in the tracking of the mosquito-borne Zika virus. The current Zika outbreak was first detected last year in Brazil and has been linked to […]
U.S. Embassy Manila celebrates Oceans Month (and Oceans Day on June 8) with Luis Manzano, WWF-Philippines’ “Ambassador”, as he talks about the efforts the U.S. and the Philippines undertake to preserve the ocean and keep it healthy, clean and blue.
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The planet’s coral reefs are likely facing warmer than normal water for an unprecedented third year in a row, extending what is already the longest coral bleaching event on record, US observers said Monday. The global bleaching event began in mid-2014 with global warming and a particularly intense El Nino phenomenon resulting in higher than normal ocean temperatures, according to the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration. NOAA presented its grim […]
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AFP) — The lionfish, a tropical creature with poisonous barbs and a painful sting that can kill humans in rare cases, may be spreading in the Mediterranean, a conservation group warned Monday. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (UICN) said the fish had been spotted in waters around Turkey and Cyprus in the eastern Mediterranean. “That shows that the fish is spreading, and that’s a cause for concern,” Maria del Mar […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Astronomers announced Monday the discovery of the youngest planet ever found outside our solar system, lending new insight into how planetary systems form. The 11 million-year-old exoplanet, named K2-33b, swiftly orbits around its star — K2-33 — in just 5.4 days. The exoplanet’s existence suggests that planets can quickly finalize their orbital distances after forming. Astronomers have published details of their findings in the Astronomical Journal, a scientific review published […]
(REUTERS) Zika infections in Puerto Rico appear to be increasing rapidly, top U.S. health officials said on Friday, raising concerns for dozens if not hundreds of cases of microcephaly. Puerto Rican health officials on Friday reported that 1,726 people in the U.S. commonwealth have been infected with Zika, including a total of 191 pregnant women. That is up from a total of 1,501 total infections and 182 infections in pregnant women a week ago. […]
Jeff Bezos’ space transportation company Blue Origin on Sunday (June 19) successfully launched and landed for the fourth time a suborbital rocket capable of carrying six passengers. The New Shepard rocket and capsule blasted off from a launch site in West Texas and landed minutes later back at a landing pad. The capsule, which was flying autonomously, parachuted to a nearby site. “Successful mission,” Bezos declared on Twitter. The founder of Amazon.com has said that […]
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — A three-man crew, including British astronaut Tim Peake, landed in the Kazakh Steppe on Saturday after completing a six-month mission at the International Space Station (ISS). Peake, the first British astronaut on the ISS, Russia’s Yury Malenchenko and NASA’s Tim Kopra parachuted down to Earth in their Soyuz capsule at 0915 GMT after spending 186 days in orbit. Video footage from the landing site, southeast of the Kazakh city of Zhezkazgan, […]
REUTERS — A Soyuz TMA-19m capsule with three Expedition 47 crew members aboard undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) and began its return to earth on Saturday (June 18). The separation occurred at 0552 GMT Saturday and the capsule slowly moved away from the space station. The Soyuz capsule contained Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, NASA’s U.S. astronaut Tim Kopra and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut, Briton Tim Peake, and is expected to touch down […]
LOS ANGELES, California (AFP) — There were screams of joy when Playstation announced during its keynote address that the seventh chapter of the hit gaming series ‘Resident Evil’ was to be released in January. However, the screams of joy turned to screams of terror for some gaming enthusiasts when Capcom, the game’s publisher, allowed them to play the virtual reality version of their ‘survival horror’ story in their very own house of horror in the […]
