In 2010, a young Filipino celebrity couple was the subject of speculation because of rumours that they were rushed to a big Philippine hospital in a vaginal lock while lovemaking. Anstomenis Exadaktylos, a Switzerland- based physician and author of a study covering 11 years of emergency hospital admissions, believes stories like that are probably urban myths.
Vittorio Hernandez
Feb 04, 2014
A team of nuclear experts from the United Kingdom is currently being lined up to help in the decommissioning of the crippled Fukushima power plant in Japan. They are engineers from Sellafield, where one of Britain's worst nuclear accident, occurred.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa
Feb 03, 2014
At least three people have died as heavy rains continued to hit central and southern Italy three days now. The heavy rains and floods have not only caused deaths but also power cuts, road obstructions and other damages.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa
Feb 03, 2014
New research suggests that Geranium plants may hold the key to new generation of HIV treatments that inactivates HIV-1 on invading human cells. Extracts contain compound that attacks the virus and prevents replication in the human body.
Ryan Inoyori
Feb 03, 2014
UN plans to list the Great Barrier Reef as worlds “in danger” heritage sites
Athena Yenko
Feb 03, 2014
A day after Indonesian authorities allowed thousands of locals to return to their homes under the slopes of Mount Sinabung volcano on claims its rumblings had lessened, the inevitable happened. Officials of rescue teams tasked to find survivors from Saturday's eruption now race amidst the rubble, but don't have much high hopes.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa
Feb 03, 2014
The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority okayed plans to dump 3 million cubic metres of dredge spoil from the Abbott Point coal terminal expansion into the Great Barrier Reef. Environment Minister Greg Hunt approved the plan in January for the North Queensland Bulk Ports Corporation to dredge the harbour at Abbott Point.
Vittorio Hernandez
Feb 03, 2014
Global warming is almost certainly attributed to humans, according to latest United Nations reports. It is also growing rapidly directly affecting climate change. NASA new data revealed scary image on how global warming changed in 63 years. How bad is the global warming today?
Ryan Inoyori
Jan 31, 2014
One vital part of the male reproductive system is linked with the word "courage." Thus, when a man is brave and would stand by his convictions despite the consequences, he is said to have "balls" which is also called nuts or family jewels.
Vittorio Hernandez
Jan 31, 2014
Alzheimer's disease is contributed by many risk factors from lifestyle to environmental. Australian National University researchers developed a free 10-minute online test to decrease these risk factors to all ages by simply taking the assessment test.
Ryan Inoyori
Jan 30, 2014
The entire state of Georgia, including Atlanta and four other Southeastern states in the U.S. now grope for normalcy after a debilitating snow storm cocooned the region on Tuesday.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa
Jan 30, 2014
Weather forecasters from Australia and the U.S. have warned an El Niño weather pattern may likely hit the country and parts of Asia this year. If this occurs, chances are farm growers will experience deficient rains this year.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa
Jan 30, 2014
A skeleton of what appears to be an "aquatic humanoid" or the legendary "mermaid" was allegedly discovered by a crew of fishermen whose ship sailed on the east coast of South Island in New Zealand after last week's storm.
Reissa Su
Jan 30, 2014
Ben, the rat that the high-pitched boy Michael Jackson sang about would surely not be happy at the massive action being undertaken by the New Zealand government to eradicate the estimated 30 million rats living in the country.
Vittorio Hernandez
Jan 30, 2014
Printer ink makers and ink refilling stations may soon have an unexpected competition from a printer which uses H20 and not ink. The technology was developed by a team of chemists from China.
Vittorio Hernandez
Jan 30, 2014
The ribbon has been cut for the world's largest solar bridge found in London.
Christine Lazaro
Jan 30, 2014
New Zealand has opened its first manufacturing plant, that will use recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET) waste to create food grade PET packaging, on Wednesday .
Esther Tanquintic-Misa
Jan 29, 2014
Yoga involves meditation wherein the eyes of the yoga practitioner are closed. Thus, it makes sense that the attire one wears in a yoga class is of minimal importance, except that it should be clothing that would allow movement.
Vittorio Hernandez
Jan 29, 2014
The debate whether to remove the foreskin of infant boys' penises had partly been settled in Sweden and Denmark, following the strong recommendation of a ban on non-medical circumcision of male newborns.
Vittorio Hernandez
Jan 29, 2014
Scientists are not just scared of how Avian, Swine influenza, and HIV/AIDS can bring out harm today. They fear that two deadliest plagues from the past have been connected and have the potential to return which may kill people within 24 hours if mutated as airborne infection.
Ryan Inoyori
Jan 28, 2014
"Goodnight, Earth. Goodnight, humanity." Barely six weeks above the soil of the moon, China's moon rover Jade Rabbit encountered a mechanical problem that could signal the end of the country's ambitious space exploration program.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa
Jan 28, 2014
NASA astronauts may have finally found a way to get pizza in space without needing to have it delivered to them and that is by 3D printing.
Christine Lazaro
Jan 28, 2014
Curiosity and Opportunity, two of the most popular NASA rovers, continue to share to the world essential details they regularly discover about the Red Planet. They claimed they have discovered two livable places in Mars.
Christine Lazaro
Jan 26, 2014
Ceres, the largest asteroid and also the dwarf planet in the Solar Sytem, has been spotted with steam coming from its opposite sides. The European astronomers reported that they noticed the asteroid’s double steam while making several observations using the Herschel Space Telescope between October 2012 and March 2013.
Jenalyn Villamarin
Jan 24, 2014
Danish scientists claims the possibility for mass-distributable and affordable cure to HIV with a novel strategy of unmasking viral reservoirs to the surface for the immune system to fight off. In lab settings, the strategy worked successfully and now await clinical trials in human setting.
Ryan Inoyori
Jan 24, 2014
New Zealand scientists have discovered an ancient fossil belonging to a dolphin family that once lived around the country's waters millions of years ago. The recent discovery was named "Papahu taitapu" and known as the first of its kind to have the closest relationship to modern dolphins and toothed whales.
Reissa Su
Jan 23, 2014
TransCanada Corp has started operating on Wednesday the Texas leg of its controversial Keystone XL pipeline.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa
Jan 23, 2014
Effective March 1, 2014, Beijing will no longer be approving proposals for new constructions of industrial plants, including oil refining, steel, cement and thermal power plants. Proposals for improvements of existing ones will likewise be barred.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa
Jan 23, 2014
The US Space Agency NASA announced on Tuesday that the results of study on climate change revealed that 2013 ranked as the 7th warmest year on Earth since the year 1880.
Christine Lazaro
Jan 23, 2014
The debate over whether boys need to be circumcised or not was given another anti-argument after three indigenous Northern Territory teenagers were recently hospitalised over a botched ritual circumcision.
Vittorio Hernandez
Jan 23, 2014