Top storyFar beneath the Pacific Ocean, Chinese researchers have uncovered a largely unknown ecosystem teeming with viruses, including “jumbo viruses.” In a landmark study published in Nature Communications, marine scientists mapped the viral diversity of the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ), a…
With one eye on her baby in a pushchair, Minae Kamata operates an arcade machine in a Tokyo suburb, manipulating a claw to grab not a stuffed toy but a pack of toilet paper. As inflation weighs on Japanese households, huge arcades on the outskirts of major cities are installing claw machines…
Global commitments to cut planet-heating emissions are falling far short of the Paris climate goals and put the world on course for 2.6C warming this century, the UN warned Wednesday. The report by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) lays bare the chasm between rhetoric and action when…
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A closer look at why the rainfall warning came late, and why classes couldn’t have been suspended sooner There were no rainfall warnings hanging over Metro Manila in the early hours of Wednesday, September 9, even as clouds gathered thick and low across the region overnight. Then, without a single…
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Strong investment in AI infrastructure is keeping global growth at around 3%, yielding major benefits for many Asian economies that supply the hardware, such as Thailand, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Monday. The artificial intelligence investment boom…
A study has found that relying on artificial intelligence (AI) assistants such as ChatGPT may reduce brain activity during writing tasks and contribute to what researchers call a lasting “cognitive debt.” The neuroimaging study, led by Nataliya Kosmyna and published on arXiv, used…
Pope Leo XIV on Sunday announced he would have an operation “in the coming days” for a lump on his lung, saying it had been located “at a very early stage”. “During recent medical checks, a nodule on my lung was found. It has been detected at a very early stage and is very localised,” the…
Living in a fast-paced world, people often react to forgetfulness with frustration and panic. However, a neuroscientific study published in the journal Neuron suggests that occasional forgetfulness is not necessarily a cognitive flaw. Instead, it may be part of how the brain optimizes memory and…
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s net satisfaction rating fell to “poor” from “neutral” in the third-quarter survey of the Social Weather Stations (SWS). Marcos’ net satisfaction rating dropped to -11 in September 2026 from -7 in June, according to the survey. The SWS said 35% of adult Filipinos…
Saudi authorities said Wednesday three people were killed in attacks on two of the kingdom’s international airports, including in the capital Riyadh, after Yemen’s Houthis claimed to have fired on both transport hubs. The Iran-backed Houthis have claimed a wave of attacks on Saudi civilian…
Clownfish dad Marlin cannot afford to lose his only son, Nemo. But in reality, their species is slowly disappearing due to climate change. Could they one day become a distant memory from a movie? In a study published in npj Biodiversity, an international research team led by scientists from King…
As drums pounded and chants rang out, 16-year-old Yanis, flanked by a knot of friends, rattled off why he had joined tens of thousands surging through the streets of Paris on Tuesday to demand better learning conditions. “There are no toilets, no toilet paper, everything is broken,” he said, his…
With one eye on her baby in a pushchair, Minae Kamata operates an arcade machine in a Tokyo suburb, manipulating a claw to grab not a stuffed toy but a pack of toilet paper. As inflation weighs on Japanese households, huge arcades on the outskirts of major cities are installing claw machines…
A war thousands of kilometers away is beginning to ripple through something as basic as the Filipino dining table. The conflict involving Iran has pushed oil prices higher, disrupted key shipping routes, and strained global supply chains—especially for fertilizer, a critical input for food…
With the 2028 presidential race now less than two years away, former senator Antonio “Sonny” Trillanes IV has drawn fresh lines inside the so-called opposition—this time targeting Sen. Bam Aquino in a way that inevitably puts former vice president and now Naga City Mayor Leni Robredo in the same…
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