Saturday, May 18, 2013
![]() | Westerners' fascination with the way laborers in Thailand toil under the hot sun with faces and bodies completely covered finds fresh expression in a photo exhibition that's spread around Ratchaburi.
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In a parking lot near the East River in Manhattan, Adriana Alltari gathers her courage, lifts her feet off the ground and wobbles away on New York's latest mode of public transport: a bicycle.
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![]() | The weather pattern is likely to be unstable over the next few days, with heavy rains expected across the country until next Tuesday, the Central Weather Bureau (CWB) said yesterday.
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Friday, May 17, 2013
![]() | NASA's planet-hunting Kepler telescope is broken, potentially jeopardizing the search for other worlds where life could exist outside our solar system.
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Australia on Thursday said it was pushing for a ban of any commercial use of a pioneering technique to reduce the impact of climate change by “fertilizing” the world's oceans with iron, warning of significant risks.
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The Sun has unleashed four potent solar flares this week, marking the most intense activity yet this year and causing limited interruptions to high-frequency radio communications.
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U.S. researchers reported a breakthrough in stem cell research on Wednesday, describing how they have turned human skin cells into embryonic stem cells for the first time.
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Wednesday, May 15, 2013
The thought of eating beetles, caterpillars and ants may give you the creeps, but the authors of a U.N. report published on Monday said the health benefits of consuming nutritious insects could help fight obesity.
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![]() | Dozens of Iberian black pigs, with their pointy snouts, large ears, tiny eyes and dark skin, grunt as they forage in a wide green field. |







