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Russia's isolation takes toll on Arctic climate science
AFP, Published on 17/12/2023
» LONGYEARBYEN: Glaciologist Andrew Hodson used to collaborate with his Russian colleagues in the Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic, but snowmobile excursions to see them have come to a halt since the war in Ukraine.
Spinal implant allows Parkinson's patient to walk again
AFP, Published on 06/11/2023
» LAUSANNE - A man with advanced Parkinson's disease is now able to walk almost normally again thanks to electrodes implanted in his spinal cord, researchers said on Monday.
Indonesian footballers pay coronavirus penalty
AFP, Published on 10/11/2020
» Hit by a coronavirus-sparked match freeze and huge pay cuts, Indonesia's out-of-work footballers have been forced to take up menial jobs like selling street food or working as security guards, with little end in sight.
Johnson, Stein, McMullin: the other White House hopefuls
AFP, Published on 29/10/2016
» WASHINGTON - In a White House race featuring the two most unpopular major party candidates in modern US history, a trio of fringe candidates -- all polling in the single digits -- will also feature on the ballot.
Pimp my ride, Kenya-style
AFP, Published on 17/05/2016
» NAIROBI - "Turn on the bass, yeah!" shouts Dennis, conductor and ticket tout onboard the Brain Freeze, an eardrum-bursting tricked-out Nairobi bus studded with blue neon lights.
China officials 'delayed shipment' of author's frozen body to US
AFP, Published on 21/09/2015
» BEIJING - A US firm has blamed Chinese "government bureaucracy" for delays in shipping the frozen body of a science fiction editor out of the country in the hope that she might later be revived.
Scientists restore lost memory in mice, shedding light on amnesia
AFP, Published on 29/05/2015
» WASHINGTON - Researchers have gained new understanding on the workings of amnesia through research that used light to revive lost memories in mice, a study reported.
Pentagon study: Putin has Asperger's
AFP, Published on 06/02/2015
» WASHINGTON - A Pentagon study from 2008 claimed that Russian President Vladimir Putin has Asperger's syndrome, giving him a need to exert "extreme control" when faced with crises, according to the report released Thursday.
Patients freeze in high-tech Pyongyang hospital
Published on 22/06/2013
» PYONGYANG — In the lobby of Pyongyang's maternity hospital, a government guide pauses during a tour, pointing down to an elaborate flower pattern glowing in buffed red and green marble.
A few scares here and there
Life, Published on 25/12/2012
» There is both good and bad news with regard to healthcare issues in Thailand. The good news is we did not experience any major disease outbreak in 2012, nor were visited by a new disease or virus.