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Hong Kong authorities consider legal action after tooth found in Maxim's toast
South China Morning Post, Published on 29/01/2026
» Hong Kong authorities have said they may take legal action against a major bakery chain after a government laboratory confirmed that a foreign object found in its toast was a tooth.
World’s oldest cave painting found in Indonesia
Reuters, Published on 03/07/2024
» On the ceiling of a limestone cave on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, scientists have discovered artwork depicting three human-like figures interacting with a wild pig in what they have determined is the world’s oldest-known confidently dated cave painting — created at least 51,200 years ago.
Heavy industry turns to carbon capture to clean up its act
AFP, Published on 30/10/2023
» RETY (FRANCE) - For decades heavy industry around Dunkirk in northern France has belched out millions of tonnes of climate-heating gases.
Researchers dig up secrets of 'self-healing' Roman concrete
AFP, Published on 10/01/2023
» WASHINGTON - How have Rome's ancient aqueducts and architectural marvels such as the Pantheon, which features the world's largest unreinforced concrete dome, endured the test of time?
Plastic garbage covers Central American rivers, lakes and beaches
AFP, Published on 16/09/2022
» POTONICO (EL SALVADOR) - A blanket of multi-colored plastic waste flowing in from tributaries covers Lake Suchitlan in El Salvador.
How coronavirus spreads in a tiny drop of water
Carl Zimmer of the New York Times News Service, Published on 07/12/2021
» NEW YORK: To better understand the coronavirus’s journey from one person to another, a team of 50 scientists has for the first time created an atomic simulation of the coronavirus nestled in a tiny airborne drop of water.
Gas giants: Can we stop cows from emitting so much methane?
AFP, Published on 27/10/2021
» COURNON-D'AUVERGNE (FRANCE) - That cow may look peaceful and harmless, munching on some grass in a verdant pasture.
Sahara dust cloud looms over Cuba, Caribbean and Florida
AFP, Published on 25/06/2020
» HAVANA - A massive cloud of Saharan dust darkened much of Cuba on Wednesday and began to affect air quality in Florida, sparking warnings to people with respiratory illnesses to stay home.
Science and shamanism: Medicine meets Myanmar's far-flung Naga tribes
AFP, Published on 12/03/2020
» SATPALAW SHAUNG (MYANMAR) - With Malaria and tuberculosis screening out front and sacrifices to jungle gods out back, health worker Htan Pi and her shaman mother are an unlikely double-act in their isolated Myanmar village.
'Green favela' fights to live sustainably in Brazil
AFP, Published on 10/03/2020
» SAO PAULO - At first glance, it looks like any other shantytown in Brazil: a precarious jumble of tin-roof shacks and shoddy streets.