Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi, who was forced to spend years of solitude under house arrest, has hit out at young people “wasting time” on computer games and social networking. The veteran opposition politician, whose party will soon take power after winning landmark elections last November, made the comments in a letter to organisers of […]
I’ll readily admit to not knowing much about agriculture. One thing I think I do have a grasp on, though, is the purpose of scarecrows. I mean, it’s all there in the name, right? They’re supposed to scare crows. And, in fairness, these scarecrows photographed by Twitter user @jump_up_ in rural Japan probably are effective […]
SpaceX’s successful landing of a reusable rocket booster last month opens a new frontier for commercial space startups by offering tremendous cost savings and attracting venture capitalists who once shied away from spatial ventures. Space startups include nano-satellite makers, earth-imaging and weather-tracking technology developers, and ventures with ambitious plans to mine asteroids. If this fledgling […]
RAYMOND Wang is a teenager who has grabbed the world’s attention for all the right reasons. That’s because the 17-year-old Canadian student has come up with a solution to one of the most dreaded things about flying — getting sick. Wait, how is that possible? The teen has invented a system to change how air […]
The scene had echoes of the Paris attacks: A bustling shopping area shaken by the blasts of suicide bombers and gunfire as onlookers fled in terror. But when Thursday’s assault in central Jakarta was over, the death toll was far lower. Of the seven killed, five were the attackers themselves and only two were civilians […]
IT’S RENOWNED for helping slim the figure, but this dietary supplement could be killing you. Chromium is an ingredient in many off-the-shelf supplements marketed for weight loss and blood sugar control, helping consumers to shift excess flab, and manage insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. It’s in the vast majority of multivitamins on the market. […]
General Motors will be placing a big bet the American public is willing to drive a car built in China when it unveils the Buick Envision on Sunday night. The largest US automaker is certainly not trying to bring it to market quietly: Buick’s latest sport utility vehicle will be introduced at a lavish party […]
Twitter’s 140 character limit on tweets has long frustrated and challenged its most verbose users. Now the company could offer a solution, according to tech news website re/code: the 10,000 character tweet, which could be available as soon as March. Re/code reported Tuesday that Twitter has been studying how to allow users to say more, […]
Adventurer Tracey Curtis-Taylor on Saturday completed her epic flight from Britain to Australia, landing her vintage, open-cockpit 1942 Boeing Stearman in Sydney. “I need a drink,” she joked after finishing the final leg of the three-month journey which saw her contend with some treacherous weather in the air and logistical obstacles on the ground. Modelled […]
When gunmen burst into her home, the freshly-installed mayor of Temixco, south of Mexico City, told them to leave her family alone and surrendered to them, witnesses recalled. Gisela Mota, who lived with her parents, was still in her pajamas on Saturday morning when the masked commando jumped a wall and stormed the house. The […]