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Xiaomi patents foldable phone with 5 pop-up cameras 11 Nov 2019 - 09:55 am
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NASA unveils its first electric airplane - a work in progress 10 Nov 2019 - 04:08 pm
Technicians work on NASA's first all-electric plane, the X-57 Maxwell, at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, California, U.S., November 8, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Blake
Engineers invent new smartphone device to detect harmful algae in 15 minutes 10 Nov 2019 - 12:43 pm
The NUS research team behind the novel algae detection device is led by Assistant Professor Bae Sung Woo (centre) who is holding the smartphone platform. With him are two team members: Mr Thio Si Kuan (left) who is holding the microfluidic chip, and Miss
LG files suit against TCL over cell phone-related patent 10 Nov 2019 - 12:17 pm
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Girls are wired to be as good in maths as boys 10 Nov 2019 - 11:29 am
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Free Roku app now available on Apple Watch 09 Nov 2019 - 12:25 pm
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Apple Arcade adds 6 new games, taking total to 100 09 Nov 2019 - 12:16 pm
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Climate change-fueled US wildfires take toll on those who fight them 08 Nov 2019 - 12:52 pm
Fire fighters are seen amid smoke as a wildfire burns in Kineta near Athens, July 23, 2018. Reuters / Alkis Konstantinidis
As climate change hits crops, debate heats up over use of plant gene data 08 Nov 2019 - 12:52 pm
A farmer tends to a wheat farm in the El-Dakahlia governorate, north of Cairo, Egypt, February 16, 2016. Reuters / Mohamed Abd El Ghany
Heat is on to bring cooling to 1 billion people without it 08 Nov 2019 - 12:52 pm
Men cool off from the heatwave as they shower at a water fountain along a road in Karachi, May 25, 2018. Reuters /  Akhtar Soomro
Shrinking Arctic ice linked to spread of deadly animal virus 08 Nov 2019 - 10:00 am
An undated handout picture obtained from the Russian Arctic National Park on March 4, 2019, shows  A polar bear off the coast of the remote Russian northern Novaya Zemlya archipelago. AFP
Iconic Pacific bird sanctuary ravaged by plastic and death 07 Nov 2019 - 06:37 pm
Midway Atoll, one of the older formations in the Hawaiian Islands chain, provides nesting habitat for millions of seabirds, including Laysan albatross and black-footed albatross.
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Huge trove of mammoth skeletons found in Mexico 07 Nov 2019 - 06:37 pm
The skeletal remains were found in Tultepec, near the site where President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's government is building a new airport for Mexico City. (YouTube/AFP news agency)
Green cement? Captured carbon may fuel new markets and help climate 07 Nov 2019 - 06:37 pm
Marisas hotel made with cement and lava on the roof of the owners' former house in the village of Portelo in Cha das Caldeiras valley, Cape Verde on March 30, 2019. AFP  / Anne-Sophie Faivre Le Cadre
Standing tall: Scientists find oldest example of upright ape 07 Nov 2019 - 05:02 pm
Twenty-one fossilized bones of the most complete partial skeleton of a male of the extinct ape species Danuvius guggenmosi, which lived about 12 million years ago in southern Germany, is seen in this photo illustration released in Tubingen, Germany on Nov
Robot Wars: Russia's Yandex begins autonomous delivery testing 07 Nov 2019 - 03:14 pm
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Russian internet group Yandex is pictured at the company's headquarter in Moscow, Russia October 4, 2018. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov/File Photo
China imposes curfew on minors in gaming crackdown 07 Nov 2019 - 10:04 am
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Leaked Facebook records belie public push for user privacy 06 Nov 2019 - 11:38 pm
The company’s