Scientists find new evidence of habitability on Saturn’s moon Enceladus on October 9, 2022BEIJING: Saturn’s moon Enceladus has a greater chance of habitability as its ocean may be rich in dissolved phosphorus, an important life element but previously undetected in this planet of the solar system, a new study suggests. Enceladus, the second moon discovered around Saturn, has a thick ice shell in a subglacial ocean, forming a […]
China blasts US for cyber attacks on Chinese university on September 29, 2022Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin on Wednesday said evidence proved that the United States is the greatest threat to global cyber security, calling for joint effort against US infringement on cyber sovereignty and international rules. Wang made the remarks at a regular press briefing when asked to comment on a new investigation report on the […]
Thailand expects to earn 64 bln USD tourism revenue in 2023 on September 19, 2022BANGKOK: Thailand‘s government expects to achieve up to 2.38 trillion baht (about 64.3 billion U.S. dollars) in tourism revenue in 2023, a government spokesperson said Monday. As the tourism sector, a key driver of the Southeast Asian country’s economic growth, has continued to recover, the Thai government has set a target of bringing the revenue […]
U.S. criticized for rolling out COVID boosters without human trials on September 14, 2022LONDON: Health experts have warned that the U.S. decision to roll out new corona-virus boosters without clinical testing on humans risks denting public trust and increasing hesitancy about vaccines, The Financial Times (FT) has said. The British newspaper said on Monday that the Joe Biden administration is using the bivalent boosters, which contain the original […]
Australian teenage girls turn their backs on “body-shaming” online content on September 6, 2022SYDNEY: Australian teenage girls are rejecting unrealistic and unhealthy body standards on social media in favor of more positive and authentic online content, according to a new research report. A survey by Deakin University into the online viewing habits of 336 girls aged from 15 to 17 showed they sought information from reliable sources rather […]
Israel converts AI cyber-security defense system for predicting COVID-19 outbreak on March 26, 2020JERUSALEM: Rafael Advanced Defence Systems, a state-owned Israeli technology company, said Wednesday that it converted an artificial intelligence (AI) cyber-security defence system to predict coronavirus outbreak locations. The system uses AI to analyse big data and draw conclusions from it, using databases, including social networks. Following the spread of the coronavirus, Rafael has converted the system […]