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QUEZON City, Philippines (January 18) – Cramming is the practice of working intensively to absorb large volumes of informational material in short amounts of time. It is often done by students in preparation for upcoming exams, especially at the last minute. According to W.G. Sommer, students in a university system often adapt to the time-constraints that are placed upon them in college, and often use cramming to perform well on tests. In his article, Procrastination and Cramming: […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (January 18) – The El Niño phenomenon currently occurring in the Asia Pacific region –yup, our country’s included—continues to intensify. It started on September 2015, and is expected to endure till the first quarter of this year. Along with the scorching heat, different problems comes along with it, such as lack of rainfall, poor harvests and significantly declined water supply. With these things in consideration, weather modification and manipulation comes into the scene. […]
Afghanistan, Pakistan, China and the United States will discuss roadmap details and participants’ responsibilities for the Afghan peace process when they meet in Kabul on Monday for a second round of four-nation talks, according to an Afghan official and a political analyst. Afghan Deputy Foreign Minister Hekmat Khalil Karzai, who is leading the Afghan delegation at the talks, said the second round meeting will emphasize the details of a peace roadmap shared at the first […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (January 18) – Baltazar: “My blood is not Pinoy, but my heart is Pinoy.” Foreigners or half-Filipinos playing for a sport team is not new in the Philippines or in other countries, for that matter. Other countries are also recruiting other players from a different ethnicity. In our country, where being able to speak good English is a source of pride, still, there are some who are raising issues against someone being a half-Filipino […]
A tongue lashing you wouldn’t want to be on the end of… especially if you’re this chameleon’s favorite snack. Called Rhampholeon spinosus, it’s small enough to fit on a human thumb. But the rapid recoil of elastic tissues in its tongue when it strikes puts its bigger relatives to shame. Research published in scientific journal Nature on the feeding technique of 20 species of chameleon found smaller ones could project their tongues 2-and-a-half times their […]
Five Lebanese teenagers have reinvented the traditional suitcase. They’ve designed a ‘smart suitcase’ that follows its owner, giving their invention the name ‘Follow me Suitcase’. It could mean that lost luggage and carrying heavy bags would become a thing of the past. Student Ralph Shalhoub is one of the teenagers involved in the project. He says it was after a trip to Dubai that they came up with the concept. “We are a team of […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (January 18) – The pineapple may be funny-looking but it has a serious impact on health, and packs a lot health and medicinal benefits including their ability to improve respiratory health, cure coughs and colds, improve digestion, help you lose weight, strengthen bones, improve oral health, boost eye health, reduce inflammation, prevent cancer, increase heart health, fight off infections and parasites, improve the immune system, and increase circulation. The pineapple is a delicious tropical fruit […]
Waving white flags, civilians, mostly women and children emerged from houses in Ramadi’s eastern district of Sufiya where Iraqi government forces were still battling militants of the Islamic State holed up on Saturday (January 16). Iraq’s elite counter-terrorism forces recaptured the district on Saturday (January 16) , evacuating hundreds of residents who had been hiding for around 10 days, steering them to safety through streets mined with explosives and then providing food and drink. “We […]
Actress Kate Winslet said on Sunday (January 17) that she thinks it’s going to be Leonardo DiCaprio’s year for finally winning an Oscar after he was nominated for his lead role in “The Revenant”. DiCaprio, 41, received his fifth Oscar nod on Thursday (January 14), and his friend and co-star from “Titanic” and “Revolutionary Road” said she was backing him to win. “I think it probably will be (his year). I do think it probably […]
It could be a marriage made in heaven. British software company Starship is bringing social networking into the realm of virtual reality — through a user’s smart phone. The app is called “vTime” and this video shows what an interactive conference call between friends looks like. Up to four users can ‘meet’ in vTime’s 3D virtual world, by connecting headsets to their phones. The headsets also create the illusion of human interaction by using lip-syncing […]
A wagging tail is usually a sign that your dog’s happy enough, whereas cats can be more inscrutable. Now this new hi-tech collar from Japan claims to take a scientific approach to your pets’ emotions. Equipped with two sensors which detect the speed, motion and bodily rotation of pets, the device sends measurements to a phone app. The data’s then translated into four possible results: excited or happy, relaxed, wanting to play and annoyed. DEVELOPER, […]
US authorities said that pregnant women or those trying to become pregnant should consider postponing travel to Latin America and Caribbean countries and territories that reported an outbreak of the mosquito-borne Zika virus. The virus was found in fetal and newborn tissues of babies with microcephaly in Brazil. Microcephaly is a neurological disorder that can cause babies to be born with abnormally small heads, which leads to severe developmental issues and sometimes death. There is […]
