Benjie Batanes
Scientists Explore World War II-Era Nazi U-Boat Wreckage in United States Coast
| Benjie Batanes | | Sep 10, 2015 08:18 AM EDT |
A group of American scientists are exploring the remains of a Nazi German U-boat that was sunk more that 11 kilometers away from the U.S. coast. The five-day exploration, which began on Tuesday, is meant to uncover the effects of such wreckage on the world's oceans and seas.
Scientists to Reanimate Frozen 'Frankenvirus' Discovered in Siberia
| Benjie Batanes | | Sep 10, 2015 07:22 AM EDT |
A group of French scientists have uncovered a giant virus dubbed by many as “Frankenvirus” in Siberia. This week, they announced their plans to bring it to back to life.
Health Study Finds American Teenagers Increasingly Use e-Cigarettes to Smoke Pot
| Benjie Batanes | | Sep 08, 2015 10:08 AM EDT |
A study published on September 7 found out that an increasing number of teenagers in the United States are using e-cigarettes to conceal the their marijuana use. The device is used to vaporize pot which could not be easily detected by the police.
Archeologists Invite Public to Help Hunt for Kenyan Fossils Online
| Benjie Batanes | | Sep 08, 2015 07:46 AM EDT |
Archeologists are inviting online community members worldwide to help them scan around one million pictures of a Kenyan archeological dig believed to be the home of man's earliest ancestors. A website has been set up for this endeavor on September 8.
China's Pollution Emissions Reduced in First Half of This Year
| Benjie Batanes | | Sep 07, 2015 08:45 AM EDT |
A Chinese government report released on Sunday states that the country's level of pollution has reduced in the first half of this year, compared to the same period in 2014. Beijing credits its current restrictions on the various sources of pollution as the reason why China's air has become cleaner.
California Construction Workers Accidental Uncover Ancient Mammoth Fossils
| Benjie Batanes | | Sep 07, 2015 06:54 AM EDT |
A group of California construction workers in a Carlsbad site have accidentally uncovered a treasure trove of ancient animal fossils, including bones of the mighty mammoth. The discovery was made in July and scientists are currently gathering the fossils before the construction work resumes.
Chinese Hedge Fund Man Group Chairperson Denies Media Reports of Her Arrest
| Benjie Batanes | | Sep 07, 2015 05:59 AM EDT |
Man Hedge Fund Group Chairperson Li Yifei has on Monday denied media reports that she was taken into police custody to be quesitoned over the tumbling prices in the Chinese stock exchange. She claims that she has been attending business meetings and took some time off during the previous week.
Anti-HIV Drug Truvada Declared a Success After Being Studied for More Than 2 Years
| Benjie Batanes | | Sep 04, 2015 09:17 AM EDT |
Kaiser Permanente, an insurance firm has released its data this week showing that the Truvada drug has successfully blocked the transmission of HIV between those who use it and their sexual partners. The study has shown that the stopping the spread of the HIV virus is now possible.
Trees Still Vastly Outnumber Humans, But They Are Not Enough
| Benjie Batanes | | Sep 04, 2015 08:12 AM EDT |
Researchers have discovered that there currently more than three trillion trees in the world today. However, that number represents less than half of the trees population before humans begun massively cutting down them down in order to use the land for farming and other economic purposes.
United States President Obama Plans Punish Chinese Hackers Ahead of President Xi's Visit
| Benjie Batanes | | Sep 04, 2015 06:32 AM EDT |
U.S. President Barack Obama is planning to punish alleged Chinese hackers who have been stealing American government and commercial secrets. Analysts believe that sanctions may be imposed against them by next week before Obama meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Washington later this month.
United States Prisoners Afflicted by Legionnaires' Disease Outbreak, Authorities Rush to Find Source
| Benjie Batanes | | Sep 03, 2015 10:19 AM EDT |
San Quentin Prison authorities are struggling to contain an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease after six inmates were discovered to have been afflicted with the disease last week. As of Wednesday, nearly a hundred inmates are reported to have been infected.
Newly Discovered Fossils of Ancient Freshwater Dolphins May Provide Further Clues on Their Evolution
| Benjie Batanes | | Sep 03, 2015 09:26 AM EDT |
Scientists have unearthed several fossils of ancient dolphins that thrived in freshwater instead of saltwater, and they believe the find can provide more information the evolution of the cetacean mammal. The researchers published their study in this week's issue of PeerJ, a scientific journal.
Presence of Chinese Navy Ships in Bering Sea Coincides With Obama' s Alaska Visit
| Benjie Batanes | | Sep 03, 2015 06:38 AM EDT |
American President Barack Obama was in Alaska when Pentagon officials announced that at least five Chinese ships have been seen operating in the Bering Sea near the state's coastal waters. Although the ships did not appear to have any hostile intentions, analysts say China is sending a message to the United States.
U.S. Scientisits Discover Fossil of Prehistoric Sea Scorpion Pentecopterus
| Benjie Batanes | | Sep 01, 2015 09:25 AM EDT |
American scientists from Iowa University have found a prehistoric sea scorpion thought to be related to five-foot spiders. The researchers published their findings on the extinct creature they found nearly five years ago in the BMC Evolutionary Biology Journal.
Another Chemical Explosion Rocks China, 1 Person Dead
| Benjie Batanes | | Sep 01, 2015 07:52 AM EDT |
Another chemical explosion has occured in the Chinese city of Dongying, Shandong province, on Monday, according to state media.
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