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ANALYST EXPOSES F-35 AS ‘DISASTROUS, COSTLY’ U.S. WARPLANE
The F-35 strategic jet program for the US Air Force, Navy and Marines has been exposed as expensive at $100-million apiece and ran up...

By The Financial District
Mar 2, 20212 min read


ARCHAEOLOGISTS DISCOVER INTACT CEREMONIAL CHARIOT NEAR POMPEII
Officials at the Pompeii archaeological site in Italy announced the discovery of an intact ceremonial chariot.

By The Financial District
Mar 1, 20212 min read


LONG, CYLINDRICAL OBJECT THAT BUZZED U.S. JET REMAINS A MYSTERY
A strange “long cylindrical object” spotted over New Mexico on Sunday (Monday, February 21, 2021, in Manila) by an American Airlines...

By The Financial District
Feb 26, 20211 min read


SCIENTISTS FIND ORGANIC MOLECULES IN 3.5B-YEAR-OLD ROCKS
A research team led by geobiologist Dr. Helge Missbach from the University of Cologne has detected organic molecules and gases trapped...

By The Financial District
Feb 23, 20212 min read


NASA’S ‘PERSEVERANCE’ ROVER SENDS INCREDIBLE IMAGES FROM MARS
After safely landing on the surface of Mars, NASA's Perseverance rover has sent back a never-before-seen view: What it looks like to land...

By The Financial District
Feb 21, 20211 min read


NASA ROVER ‘PERSEVERANCE’ LANDS IN MARS TO SEARCH FOR LIFE
A NASA rover streaked through the orange Martian sky and landed on the planet Thursday (Friday, February 19, 2021, in Manila)...

By The Financial District
Feb 20, 20212 min read


UK TO INTENTIONALLY INFECT PEOPLE WITH COVID VIRUS IN STUDY
In order to gain a better understanding of the coronavirus, a British study will intentionally infect participants with the pathogen.

By The Financial District
Feb 18, 20212 min read


ARCHAEOLOGISTS UNEARTH ANCIENT BREWERY IN EGYPT
Archaeologists in Egypt have unearthed what could be the world's oldest known beer factory, dating back about 5,000 years.

By The Financial District
Feb 18, 20211 min read


FAUCI WINS $1M DAN DAVID PRIZE FOR DEFENDING SCIENCE VS TRUMP
Dr. Anthony Fauci has won the $1 million Dan David Prize for “defending science” and advocating vaccines that are now being administered...

By The Financial District
Feb 17, 20211 min read


WHO TO LOOK INTO EARLY COVID-19 CASES IN CHINESE BLOOD BANKS
The World Health Organization (WHO) still wants to find out whether there were small COVID-19 outbreaks in China before the first known...

By The Financial District
Feb 14, 20211 min read


GUIDELINES FOR FLYING CARS SET IN JAPAN
Japan plans to craft guidelines on tests of flying cars by the end of March 2022, transport minister Kazuyoshi Akaba said.

By The Financial District
Feb 13, 20211 min read


BOLDER GOV'T MOVE ON CLIMATE CRISIS PUSHED
Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III has called for “bolder collective action” in realizing the Philippines’ global commitment to...

By The Financial District
Feb 4, 20213 min read


PLANT-BASED ANTIVIRAL SAID TO BE EFFECTIVE VS COVID-19
The little-known drug thapsigargin has proven "highly effective" against COVID-19.

By The Financial District
Feb 3, 20211 min read


WHO TEAM VISITS WUHAN VIRUS LAB
World Health Organization (WHO) investigators on Wednesday, February 3, 2021, visited a research center in the Chinese city of Wuhan that...

By The Financial District
Feb 3, 20211 min read


SPACE X PROTOTYPE ROCKET EXPLODES ON LANDING
A prototype of SpaceX’s Starship rocket exploded during a landing attempt minutes after a high-altitude experimental launch.

By The Financial District
Feb 3, 20211 min read


PIECEMEAL DATA RELEASES UNDERMINE SINOVAC’S VACCINE EFFICACY
Fragmental releases of efficacy data for the COVID-19 vaccine developed by China’s Sinovac could undermine confidence in the shot, experts w

By The Financial District
Feb 3, 20211 min read


TRANSPORTER PROTEINS PLAYED KEY ROLE IN SPECIES EVOLUTION: SAVANT
A transporter protein that regulates cell membrane cholesterol likely played an important role in vertebrate...

By The Financial District
Feb 3, 20212 min read


NUMBER OF RHINOS POACHED IN SOUTH AFRICA SINKS BY A THIRD
The number of rhinos killed by poachers for their horns has decreased by a third in South Africa, largely due to COVID-19 movement...

By The Financial District
Feb 2, 20211 min read


MAINE COMPANY LAUNCHES PROTOTYPE ROCKET
A Maine company that’s developing a rocket to propel small satellites into space passed its first major test.

By The Financial District
Feb 1, 20211 min read


MUSK’S SpaceX FLAYED LAUNCH LICENSE IN EXPLOSIVE STARTSHIP TEST
SpaceX’s first high-altitude test flight of its Starship rocket, which exploded last month while attempting to land after an otherwise...

By The Financial District
Feb 1, 20211 min read


NEW DATA SHOW VACCINES LESS EFFECTIVE AGAINST AFRICAN COVID VARIANT
Clinical trial data on two COVID-19 vaccines show that a coronavirus variant first identified in South Africa is lessening their ability...

By The Financial District
Feb 1, 20212 min read


CAMBODIAN SCIENTISTS: VIRUS IN BAT COLLECTED IN 2010 MATCHES COVID-19
Cambodian scientists have discovered that viral sequences from horseshoe bats collected in 2010 match closely the COVID-19 virus found...

By The Financial District
Jan 29, 20211 min read


SHARK, RAY POPULATIONS HAVE DROPPED 70%, STUDY WARNS
Some species of sharks and rays could disappear from our seas altogether after a sharp drop in their numbers due to overfishing in the...

By The Financial District
Jan 29, 20211 min read


INDONESIA’S MOUNT MERAPI ERUPTS, SPEWS ROCKS, ASH
Mount Merapi volcano on Java island erupted on Wednesday, sending up a cloud of ash and prompting authorities to warn of the risk of lava...

By The Financial District
Jan 29, 20211 min read
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