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Flight crews urge buckling up after fatal turbulence
Reuters, Published on 22/05/2024
» CHICAGO - Buckle up. That is the message from flight attendants and pilots following the severe turbulence encountered by a Singapore Airlines flight on Tuesday that resulted in the death of one passenger and injured dozens of others.
Thailand moves up press freedom table
Online Reporters and AFP, Published on 03/05/2023
» Thailand has improved its standing in the World Press Freedom Index this year but still ranks 106th out of 180 countries surveyed.
Science confirms: to light up the dance floor, turn up the bass
AFP, Published on 08/11/2022
» WASHINGTON - Electronic music lovers know the drill: as soon as the DJ turns up the bass, the crowd goes wild and dances with heightened enthusiasm. But to what extent is this a conscious reaction?
Four decades of AIDS
AFP, Published on 05/06/2021
» WASHINGTON - Forty years ago this month the first men began dying of a mysterious disease in California that would later be identified as AIDS.
DNA might replace barcodes to tag art, voter ballots: study
AFP, Published on 06/11/2020
» PARIS - Easy-to-remove barcodes and QR codes used to tag everything from T-shirts to car engines may soon be replaced by a tagging system based on DNA and invisible to the naked eye, scientists said Thursday.
Water found in atmosphere of habitable exoplanet
AFP, Published on 12/09/2019
» PARIS: Water has been discovered for the first time in the atmosphere of an exoplanet with Earth-like temperatures that could support life as we know it, scientists announced on Wednesday.
Water discovered for first time in atmosphere of habitable exoplanet
AFP, Published on 12/09/2019
» PARIS: Water has been discovered for the first time in the atmosphere of an exoplanet with Earth-like temperatures that could support life as we know it, scientists revealed Wednesday.
'London patient': second case ever of HIV remission
AFP, Published on 05/03/2019
» PARIS - A second person is in sustained remission from HIV-1, the virus that causes AIDS, after ceasing treatment and is likely cured, researchers were set to announce at a medical conference Tuesday.
Texan behind 3D-printed guns vows legal fight as White House endorses court ruling
AFP, Published on 02/08/2018
» CHICAGO - A US gun rights advocate began gearing up for a legal fight Wednesday to be able to publish online blueprints for 3D-printed firearms, as the White House signaled support for a federal judge's decision to block the venture.
Texan behind 3D-printed gun designs vows to fight US court ban
AFP, Published on 02/08/2018
» WASHINGTON - A US gun rights advocate is vowing to take his fight to publish online blueprints for 3D-printed firearms to the Supreme Court if necessary, after a federal judge temporarily blocked the controversial venture.