SCIENCE & HEALTH

Universal Flu Vaccine Could Be Available by 2013

Sat, 14 Jan 2012 12:27:00 -0500

Annual flu shots might soon become a thing of the past, and threats such as avian and swine flu might disappear with them as a vaccine touted as the "holy grail" of flu treatment could be ready for human trials next year.

Russian spacecraft to crash to Earth on Sunday

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 12:01:00 -0500

The remainder of the crippled Phobos-Grunt spacecraft is set to crash to Earth on Sunday following its botched mission to Mars, space experts have said.

Record snow in Anchorage as Alaskan communities run out of shovels following 27ft snowfall... and there's more to come!

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 12:01:00 -0500

Weary Alaskans woke up to another heavy snowfall as Anchorage experiences its snowiest period since records began, causing more headaches in coastal areas already struggling to dig out.

Thailand's first endoscopic surgery performed in Siriraj Hospital

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:30:00 -0500

Southeast Asia's first endoscopic surgery was performed successfully at Siriraj Hospital on a cervical cancer patient, allowing her to recover fully and giving her the chance of getting pregnant.

Owning car, TV linked to heart attacks: study

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:13:00 -0500

Car owners with a television are 27 percent more likely to suffer heart attacks than people who have neither, according to a global study on physical exercise and heart disease published Wednesday.

Tigers in the wild captured on hidden cameras

Sat, 17 Dec 2011 10:39:00 -0500

It may be hard to believe, but tigers have become so endangered that there are now more tigers living in captivity than in the wild. Some of them live in a massive wildlife refuge spread across the border of Burma and Thailand where they are getting the chance to thrive.

Florida woman receives kidney transplant from stranger after posting ad on Craigslist

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 12:22:00 -0500

A search that began on Craigslist.org has led Selina Hodge to a Miami operating room. Hodge, 28, posted a plea online in July, looking for someone -- anyone -- to donate a kidney.

Hundreds of NASA's moon rocks missing: audit

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 11:25:00 -0500

Researchers have sticky fingers when it comes to NASA's moon rocks and meteorites, and hundreds of samples have gone missing after being loaned out by the US space agency, an audit said Thursday.

Mekong countries delay Laos dam decision

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 09:23:00 -0500

Energy-starved Laos failed to win approval from Southeast Asian neighbours on Thursday for a proposed hydropower dam on the Mekong River that faces fierce opposition from conservationists.

Bill Gates Talking With China To Develop Nuclear Reactor

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 12:15:00 -0500

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates confirmed Wednesday he is in discussions with China to jointly develop a new and safer kind of nuclear reactor.

Xayaburi dam fight stepped up

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 10:25:00 -0500

Xayaburi dam protesters in eight provinces plan to petition the Administrative Court to revoke a Thai-Laos contract on joint usage of electricity produced by the dam on the Mekong River.

Pits add to Stonehenge mystery

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 11:00:00 -0500

Researchers say they've found two pits to the east and west of Stonehenge that may have played a role in an ancient midsummer ceremony. The discovery suggests that the 5,000-year-old circle of stones we see today may represent just a few of the pieces in a larger geographical, astronomical and cultural puzzle.

Declassified Memo Hinted of 1941 Hawaii Attack

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 10:37:00 -0500

Three days before the Dec. 7, 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt was warned in a memo from naval intelligence that Tokyo's military and spy network was focused on Hawaii, a new and eerie reminder of FDR's failure to act on a basket load of tips that war was near.

Jumbo ambulance saves elephants

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 09:55:00 -0500

Sangduen "Lek" Chailert is known as Thailand's elephant queen. For over a decade she has been working tirelessly to save abused elephants after seeing first-hand the mistreatment many of them faced while working in the timber industry.

New Scourge for Flooded Thailand: Mosquitoes

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 09:37:00 -0500

As if Thailand didn’t have enough to worry about these days, it now faces swarms of mosquitoes that have spawned as the country’s floods recede.

Former world's fattest man begs for NHS operation to remove folds of skin after losing 40 STONE

Sat, 26 Nov 2011 11:01:00 -0500

A British man who at one time was the fattest in the world is pleading with the NHS to remove unsightly flaps of flesh after he managed to lose more than half of his body weight.

Mexico acknowledges 2nd Mayan reference to 2012

Sat, 26 Nov 2011 11:01:00 -0500

Mexico's archaeology institute downplays theories that the ancient Mayas predicted some sort of apocalypse would occur in 2012, but on Thursday it acknowledged that a second reference to the date exists on a carved fragment found at a southern Mexico ruin site.

Thailand floods: half a million mud balls being used to purify water

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:57:00 -0500

Alarmed by the rising stench of fetid flood waters and the health hazard they pose, Thais are attempting to combat the problem by seeding the polluted deluge with mud balls designed to eradicate the dangerous bacteria.

Hospital sets up kidney centre for victims

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 10:28:00 -0500

A Bangkok hospital has opened a kidney disease centre to service thousands of Thais whose medical treatment has been disrupted or threatened by floods, news reports said yesterday.

Fish Kill in Thailand Cha-Am after Flooding

Thu, 20 Oct 2011 09:15:00 -0400

After months of extreme rain by the too strong summer south-west monsoon, the Thai provinces of Pathum Thani, Nakhon Sawan and Ayutthaya are flooded. Also Bangkok is faced a possible flood. About 300 people have already died directly to the natural disaster.