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That coffee you slurped this morning? It’s 600,000 years old. Using genes from coffee plants around the world, researchers built a family tree for the world’s most popular type of coffee, known to scientists as Coffea arabica…
WASHINGTON — A Pentagon study released Friday that examined reported sightings of UFOs over nearly the last century found no evidence of aliens or extraterrestrial intelligence, a conclusion consistent with past U.S. government efforts to assess the…
A new report has found that oral health is indirectly connected to the mental well-being of older adults. A study by a team at Okayama University Hospital found that “good oral health may lower the risk of several diseases.”…
Homo sapiens had reached Southeast Asia almost 20,000 years earlier than previously thought. That research finding challenges current textbook assumptions about early human migration and should provide a wider understanding of the origins of our species. This…
MANDAUE CITY, Cebu — Wanting to pursue his dream of making Lapu-Lapu City into a “Little Hong Kong,” Mayor Junard Chan said that a study was now underway to determine the feasibility of operating a monorail or…
LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu—Oponganon Simone Gabrielle Balaba proved that determination pays off as she received scholarship offers from 10 colleges in the United States. Balaba, who is 18 years old, is a resident of Barangay Basak, here. She…
CEBU CITY — A feasibility study was launched to construct the country’s first suspended transport system that will be built in Mandaue City, Cebu. Futran (or Future of Transport) Philippines, Inc. signed a Memorandum of Agreement with…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — With technology deeply embedded in our lives, the advent of online dating came as no surprise. But did you know that finding love online is easiest when you’re in Central Visayas? According to…
Products associated with fried food topped the list of Filipinos’ purchases from sari-sari stores this holiday season, according to a study by Philippine startup Packworks and sociocultural research firm Fourth Wall. Packaged dipping sauces or sawsawan had the highest consumption rate…
Paris, France — Around one billion young people worldwide could be at risk of hearing loss from listening to headphones or attending loud music venues, a large review of the available research estimated on Wednesday. The World Health…
Researchers from the University of British Columbia found that smelling a romantic partner’s clothing significantly lowered stress levels among the participants. Entitled “Olfactory cues from romantic partners and strangers influence women’s responses to stress,” the research was published last January 3 in the Journal of…
SAO PAULO – Brazilian researchers have found that a molecule in the venom of a type of snake inhibited coronavirus reproduction in monkey cells, a possible first step toward a drug to combat the virus causing COVID-19.…
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