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Thai elephants help spreadjungle fruit’s seeds

Massive fruit trees in the Thailand evergreen forest need massive herbivores to help spread their seeds, according to a new study. Based on the diets and habits of mammals, scientists found that...

DOST ‘Starbooks’ now accessible for more Ilocos learners

LAOAG CITY — The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has been reaching out to more learners in the province, giving them better access to various information even without internet connection. Joven Viernes,...

New startup brings robotics into seniors’ homes

Senior citizens - adults 65 and older - will outnumber children in the United States for the first time by 2035, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. As their number increases,...

Research Indicates Spiders Use Electric Fields to Take Flight

Since the 1800s, scientists have marveled at how spiders can take flight using their webbing. Charles Darwin remarked on the behavior when tiny spiders landed on the HMS Beagle, trailing lines of...

New treatments give hope to people with brain tumors

  WASHINGTON — Republican Senator John McCain is perhaps the best known person who has brain cancer. His is a glioblastoma, the most deadly type. Since McCain announced the news last year, he...

Century’s longest total lunar eclipse to grace the sky

Skygazers will have a celestial treat this month, when the longest total lunar eclipse of this century will grace the night sky on the evening of July 27. NASA says the lunar...

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