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5,000-YEAR-OLD EGYPTIAN ARTIFACT TURNS UP IN CIGAR BOX IN SCOTLAND
A long-lost artifact from the Queen's Chamber of the Great Pyramid in Giza has been rediscovered in Aberdeen, Scotland.

By The Financial District
Dec 23, 20202 min read


GREAT CONJUNCTION TO APPEAR AGAIN ON CHRISTMAS 2874
Some have suggested this holiday season that the Great Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn on December 21, 2020 might be a replica of the...

By The Financial District
Dec 23, 20202 min read


BIONTECH CHIEF CLAIMS HIS VACCINE LIKELY EFFECTIVE VS. COVID VARIANT
The boss of Germany's BioNTech, Ugur Sahin, is confident that his pharmaceutical company's coronavirus vaccine will also work against the...

By The Financial District
Dec 23, 20201 min read


JUPITER, SATURN MERGE IN NIGHT SKY, CLOSEST SINCE JULY 1623
upiter and Saturn merged in the night sky Monday, appearing closer to one another than they have since Galileo’s time in the 17th century.

By The Financial District
Dec 23, 20202 min read


PLASTICS, INCLUDING BIODEGRADABLES, THREATEN HEALTH, REPORT SAYS
Plastics contain and leach hazardous chemicals, including endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) that threaten human health.

By The Financial District
Dec 22, 20202 min read


AI, DRONES, 4K VIDEO CAMERAS UP IN JAPAN
An increasing variety of technologies such as artificial intelligence, drones and high-quality 4K video cameras are being introduced in...

By The Financial District
Dec 21, 20202 min read


1.2M BARRIERS HINDER WATER FLOW IN EUROPEAN RIVERS
Europe’s rivers have become increasingly constricted due to dams, as well as many smaller, less visible barriers.

By The Financial District
Dec 20, 20202 min read


BEZOS’ BLUE ORIGIN TO DELIVER ROCKET ENGINES NEXT SUMMER
The chief executive of United Launch Alliance (ULA), a joint rocket venture between Boeing Co and Lockheed Martin Corp, said it expects...

By The Financial District
Dec 20, 20201 min read


GM TOMATO OFFERS CHEAP SOURCE OF DRUG VS PARKINSON’S DISEASE
Scientists have produced a tomato enriched in the Parkinson's disease drug L-DOPA (also known as levodopa) in what could become a new...

By The Financial District
Dec 19, 20202 min read


U.S. SCIENTISTS FIND ‘SUPERHIGHWAY’ FOR FASTER TRAVEL IN SOLAR SYSTEM
Researchers have discovered a new superhighway network that allows faster travel through the solar system than was previously possible.

By The Financial District
Dec 18, 20202 min read


GLOBAL STUDY DEVELOPS 1ST GENOMIC ATLAS FOR WHEAT
Researchers from the John Innes Center and Earlham Institute in the United Kingdom (UK) have contributed to a major international...

By The Financial District
Dec 17, 20201 min read


UK RESEARCHERS SAY ‘SUPER PEA’ ADDED TO FOOD CUTS DIABETES RISK
A type of wrinkled ‘super pea’ may help control blood sugar levels and could reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes, suggests a new study.

By The Financial District
Dec 17, 20202 min read


NO EXPLANATION YET FOR NORTH CAROLINA ‘SENECA GUNS’
Enigmatic booming sounds called the "Seneca Guns" have reverberated off parts of coastal North Carolina for more than 150 years, with...

By The Financial District
Dec 17, 20202 min read


GENE MARKER TO CHECK CANCER METASTASES FOUND BY U.S. RESEARCHERS
Approximately 200,000 cancer patients are diagnosed with brain metastases each year, yet few treatment options exist because the...

By The Financial District
Dec 17, 20202 min read


GERMAN STUDY PROVES RAVENS AS INTELLIGENT AS GREAT APES
A German study is giving new meaning to the term "bird brain" by showing that ravens are as smart as some of our closest ancestors.

By The Financial District
Dec 17, 20201 min read


GLOBAL CARBON EMISSIONS DROP 7% THIS YEAR
A locked-down pandemic-struck world cut its carbon dioxide emissions this year by 7%, the biggest drop ever, new preliminary figures show.

By The Financial District
Dec 16, 20201 min read


JAPAN PROBE BRINGS BACK WORLD’S 1ST GAS SAMPLE FROM DEEP SPACE
Japan's space agency said Tuesday a capsule brought back by the Hayabusa2 space probe last week from a distant asteroid contained the...

By The Financial District
Dec 16, 20201 min read


6.2 TREMOR HITS SARANGANI, DAVAO ORIENTAL WEDNESDAY
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake jolted Sarangani, Davao Occidental on Wednesday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology...

By The Financial District
Dec 16, 20201 min read


SCIENTISTS FEAR ICEBERG MIGHT SLAM INTO AN ISLAND OF PENGUINS
South Georgia, a remote island in the South Atlantic, hosts millions of penguins in some of the largest colonies on the planet live out...

By The Financial District
Dec 16, 20202 min read


ROME DISPLAYS LATEST ARCHAEOLOGICAL FINDS
The city of Rome has presented to the general public archaeological discoveries from ancient times that were found during excavations in...

By The Financial District
Dec 16, 20201 min read


5 KEY GENES LINKED TO COVID-19 FOUND BY UK SAVANTS
Five key genes are linked with the most severe form of COVID-19.

By The Financial District
Dec 15, 20202 min read


REMAINS OF HIROSHIMA NUKE VICTIM AT RESEARCH LAB RETURNED TO KIN
The Hiroshima Municipal Government has verified the identity of one individual among the remains of Hiroshima atomic bombing victims...

By The Financial District
Dec 15, 20202 min read


JAPAN PROBE’S CAPSULE CONTAINS BLACK PARTICLES FROM ASTEROID
The capsule brought back by the Hayabusa2 space probe last week contained black particles that may be from a distant asteroid, the Japan...

By The Financial District
Dec 15, 20201 min read


SOLAR ECLIPSE DARKENED SKIES OVER ARGENTINA, CHILE
A total solar eclipse darkened the skies over Argentina and Chile on Monday (Tuesday, December 15, 2020 in Manila).

By The Financial District
Dec 15, 20201 min read
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