MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte told his people on Friday that they should use gasoline as a disinfectant for protective masks, stressing that his advice was not a joke. FILE PHOTO: President Rodrigo Duterte speaks after his arrival, from a visit to Israel and Jordan at Davao International …
Read More »“Last Supper” artwork of celebrating Netanyahu irritates Israeli leader
TEL AVIV (Reuters) – A statue in a Tel Aviv plaza of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu enjoying a “Last Supper” party added a new bite on Wednesday to growing protests against his handling of the coronavirus crisis. A work of art by Israeli artist Itay Zalait, which includes a …
Read More »Woolly mammoth skeleton found in a lake in the Russian Arctic
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian scientists are studying the incredibly well-preserved bones of an adult woolly mammoth that roamed the land at least 10,000 years ago, after local inhabitants discovered its remains in the shallow waters of a northern lake in Siberia. Part of its skull, several ribs and bones of …
Read More »Engineer’s best friend: how a dog-like robot is helping Ford to remodel plants
Boston Dynamics’ dog-like robot, Fluffy, uses lasers to scan the Ford Van Dyke Transmission Plant to help engineers come up with a computer-aided design plan to reorganize the plant in Sterling Heights, Michigan, USA. In this undated photo. Ford Motor Company / Brochure via REUTERS (Reuters) – He runs, walks, …
Read More »School girls in India discover a terrestrial asteroid
AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) – Two teenagers from India discovered a terrestrial asteroid by studying images from the University of Hawaii telescope, an Indian space education institute said Monday. The asteroid is currently near Mars and its orbit is expected to cross that of Earth in about a million years, said …
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