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According to the World Health Organization (WHO), breast cancer is now the world's most common form of the disease after it overtook lung cancer – which held on to the top spot for the last two decades – in number of diagnoses. “For the first time, breast cancer now constitutes the most commonly occurring cancer globally,” said WHO cancer specialist Andre Ilbawi at a U.N. briefing ahead of the upcoming […]

As more countries look to space, the prospect of diplomatic and/or commercial disputes in the cosmos is looking like a very palpable one. Which is why something like the United States Space Force was created in the first place – to settle possible future conflicts beyond the domain of planet Earth. A seemingly outlandish idea at first that now seems not so crazy after all. IMAGE: Arab News Now, the […]

For a while now, Nike has been releasing a line of shoes that makes it really easy for users to put on. They call it the FlyEase line, and the basic idea has always been to make it as effortless as possible for wearers to get into them without having to fiddle around with laces, or deal with tight collars or heel tabs, for example. Well, the latest shoe in […]

It's official. Malaysia's Nicol David has been named the greatest athlete of all time. According to an online poll run by The International World Games Association (IWGA), the legendary squash player ran away with the title after scoring 318,943 votes – beating out runners-up Irish tug-of-war athlete James Kehoe and and Ukrainian powerlifter Larysa Solovlova in second and third respectively. "Nicol David is an inspirational athlete, and a fine role […]

Unless you're an astronaut, the thought of having to rub one out in outer space probably won't concern you any time soon. But that's not stopping Japanese sex toy maker Tenga from working on a device to help individuals do a "five-knuckle shuffle" beyond Earth's atmosphere. According to Japanese news site SoraNews24, the company is sending a rocket into space containing some interesting cargo. More of a marketing stunt than […]

It looks as if the effects of r/WallStreetBets-GameStop stock fiasco has spilled over into the cryptocurrency space, with the infamous meme token Dogecoin (DOGE) experiencing an explosive price surge over the past day and a half. At 12.09 p.m. (GMT+8) on January 29, 2021, the price of the cryptocurrency infamously hailed as a "shitcoin" (a term used to denote cryptos with no inherent value or purpose) in the past surged […]

Nature is full of the unexpected. Sometimes, you find really horrifying creatures in all shapes and forms, and other times, you come across really adorable critters – like the squishy and cuddly velvet worm – or Onychophora if you want to sound fancy. A macro wildlife photographer based in Singapore named Nicky Bay snapped these photos of an adorable velvet worm back in 2013 during a night photography session in […]

The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a toll on much of the world over the past year. With strict social distancing protocols set in place, tons of businesses – especially brick-and-mortar ones – have suffered terrible economic consequences, including complete closure for many. Illustrating this scenario, a post by a Facebook page on January 25, 2021 illustrated just how badly the pandemic has hit the usually bustling Thai capital of Bangkok. […]

Smartphones may soon be able to run on sunlight. That is, if an invention by Korean scientists manages to gain enough traction. According to an article published in the Journal of Power Sources on January 1, 2021, Professor Joondong Kim and his team from the Incheon National University in South Korea have discovered a way to make working transparent solar panels using titanium dioxide (TiO2) and nickel oxide (NiO). Diagrams […]