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MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Health advised candidates and their supporters to have a break or rest period during their campaign in order to avoid heat stroke. The DOH added that the hours between 10 in the morning to 2 in the afternoon should be avoided due to the high amount of ultraviolet radiation. Said department also added that the candidates and their supporters should also regularly consume water. (Eagle News Service Described by […]
Reuters – A Siberian tiger gave birth to four cubs on Friday in Siberian Tiger Park in Harbin, northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province. The four cubs are doing well and expected to make their debut before the public in May, according to Wang Zhanjun, a breeder in the park. “Normally, they should be with their mother. But the mother isn’t very motherly, so we have taken them away for artificial feeding and will put them back […]
Reuters – A SpaceX cargo ship arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday (April 10), carrying food and supplies for astronauts. The cargo ship that lifted off on Friday (april 8), a capsule dubbed “Dragon”, was bolted on Sunday morning to the $100 billion laboratory flying about 250 miles (400 km) above earth. Dragon was packed with about 7,000 pounds (3,175 kg) of food, supplies and experiments, including a prototype inflatable habitat. Built […]
Reuters – For those baby pandas that lack of cares from their mothers after birth, a kindergarten could be another anchor for them. Currently, three baby pandas have been living in the kindergarten at China Conservation and Research Center for Giant Panda in Ya’an City of southwest China’s Sichuan Province. In order to improve their health quality, staff at the center has used trees to make the climbing frames for these baby pandas. During the […]
A group of Italian architects are resurrecting parts of the war-ravaged ancient Syrian city of Palmyra by recreating the 2,000-year-old Triumphal Arch from the Temple of Bel – much of which was destroyed by the Islamic State (IS) over the past year. The 3D robotic printers are being used to print the arch in Italy’s Carrara mountains so as to bring the historic ruins back to life. Later this month, it will go on display […]
(AFP) A pair of giant pandas, a state gift to South Korea from Chinese President Xi Jinping, are unveiled to the press during a media preview at Everland Amusement and Animal Park.
https://youtu.be/d-_dqQ857UY (AFP) – Iran on Wednesday hosted the 11th edition of RoboCup, an annual event which draws international participants competing in football tournaments played by robots, and that is seen by many as a test laboratory for human robotics.
UNITED States of America – Scientists in the United States of America invented an exoskeleton suit that allows an individual to experience the physical limitations of the elderly. The inventors aim to raise emphatic awareness among the youth regarding the daily experiences of the elderly. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing and Uploaded by Vince Alvin Villarin) https://youtu.be/mW4g0PD5eKw
JAKARTA, Indonesia (Reuters) – After four days of treatment, a young Sumatran rhinoceros succumbed to a leg infection in Indonesia on Tuesday (April 5). Ten year-old female Sumatran rhino, Najaq, died following efforts from environmentalists to keep her alive as she was suffering from an infection. “It’s because the rhino lived in the wild so we didn’t clearly know the status of its health at that time, but we noticed that she had a wound […]
LONDON, ENGLAND, United Kingdom (Reuters) – A rare, pear-shaped, vivid pink diamond will go under the hammer in Geneva next month, where auctioneers expect it to fetch some $38 million. The “Unique Pink,” described by Sotheby’s as “supremely rare and exceptional,” weighs 15.38 carats. “The Gemological Institute of America, the highest body for grading diamonds, have given this stone their highest possible grading, which is vivid pink,” David Bennett, worldwide chairman of Sotheby’s international jewelry […]
Reuters – SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft is scheduled to launch on Friday (April 08), carrying a cargo ship that will take an experimental inflatable habitat to the International Space Station (ISS). The privately owned SpaceX, which is owned by Tesla entrepreneur Elon Musk, has partnered with NASA to launch resupply missions to the ISS. The Dragon spacecraft is scheduled to launch off of the company’s Falcon 9 rocket, carrying with it the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module […]
OXFORD, ENGLAND, United Kingdom(Reuters) – A nearly 400-year-old copy of a first edition of William Shakespeare’s collected plays has been found in a vast aristocratic house on the Isle of Bute, off the western coast of Scotland. Published in 1623, the First Folio contains Shakespeare’s 36 plays, including several that had never been published before and might have been lost without it, such as “Macbeth”, “The Tempest” and “As You Like It”. The discovery at […]
