Smart foam gives robotic hand ability to self-repair
Singapore researchers have developed a smart foam material that allows robots to sense nearby objects, and repairs itself when damaged, just like human skin.
Israel aims for ‘chaos’
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani yesterday accused arch-foe Israel of acting as a “mercenary” for the US and seeking to create chaos, blaming it for the assassination of a top Iranian nuclear scientist.
Heatwave renews worries
Australia was bracing for a heatwave to sweep across the country’s fire-ravaged southeast in the coming days, with the forecast stoking fears the soaring temperatures could inflame bushfires.
70 killed in Pakistan hospital blast
A bomb blast has killed 70 people at a hospital in the city of Quetta in south-west Pakistan, officials say. Dozens of people are injured in the attack, which happened at the entrance to the emergency department where the body of a prominent lawyer shot dead earlier on Monday was being brought.
US health researchers test Zika vaccine as funds run low
US government researchers say they have begun their first clinical trial of a Zika vaccine while the Obama administration told lawmakers funds to fight the virus would run out in the coming weeks due to congressional inaction.
Clinton must become president: Sanders
Bernie Sanders urges Democrats to put Hillary Clinton in the White House, in a speech to the party convention.
Too hot to handle? Ghost pepper leads to torn Esophagus
A word to the wise: Stay away from ghost peppers.
2 Bangladeshis among 6 injured by Yemen shells in KSA
Shells fired from Yemen hit a water plant in Najran, the southwestern region of Saudi Arabia, injuring six expatriate workers including two Bangladeshis.
70 killed in Pakistan hospital blast
A bomb blast has killed 70 people at a hospital in the city of Quetta in south-west Pakistan, officials say. Dozens of people are injured in the attack, which happened at the entrance to the emergency department where the body of a prominent lawyer shot dead earlier on Monday was being brought.
US health researchers test Zika vaccine as funds run low
US government researchers say they have begun their first clinical trial of a Zika vaccine while the Obama administration told lawmakers funds to fight the virus would run out in the coming weeks due to congressional inaction.
Clinton must become president: Sanders
Bernie Sanders urges Democrats to put Hillary Clinton in the White House, in a speech to the party convention.
Indian minister caught on cam touching woman inappropriately
Madhya Pradesh of India Home Minister Babulal Gaur has struck again. This time the minister was caught on camera inappropriately touching a woman during an event in Bhopal, reports India Today.
13 North Koreans working abroad defect to South
Thirteen North Koreans working at a restaurant based outside the country have defected to South Korea, the Unification Ministry says, marking the first mass defection since the United Nations passed powerful economic sanctions against the communist country last month.
Happy birthday, Mozart!
January 27, 2016 is the 260th birthday of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, one of the most prolific, influential and genius composers and pianists of all time.