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- Star pupil scoops national maths award
To inspire schoolchil-dren to take their studies more seriously, the Ministry of Education and Sport recently held the National Best Student Exams in Vientiane for Year Five primary school pupils. More >>>
- Simple gene changes had big impacts
The pathway of human evolution from our primate ancestors took millions of years. It had many false starts and dead ends.
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- Rare solar event
This Sunday most of Laos will be able to observe a rare solar event, the transit of the planet Venus across the face of the sun.
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- Data mines provide a rich lode
“There ain't no such thing as a free lunch.” More >>>
- Dengue gene switches found
The dengue virus is primarily spread to people by the mosquito Aedes aegypti . Over 2.5 billion people live in areas where dengue fever is endemic. The World Health Organisation estimates that there are between 50 million and 100 million dengue infections each year.More >>>
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These were natural occurring materials. Then they discovered how to change them into a more useful substance. The first big leap forward was the discovery of how to make metals. The Bronze Age had dawned. More >>>
- Kenaf-based building material shows promise
Laos, like many developing countries, is still heavily dependent on agriculture. The demands of an international economy however mean that new and diverse forms of agriculture are struggling with the competing interests of food security, domestic demands and foreign interests. More >>>
- Dinosaur fleas
When people think of dinosaurs they probably think of large predators with few enemies. We can thank the popular media and Hollywood for most of these misconceptions. More >>>
- What's cold, old and very deep?
Russian scientists last month announced that they have finally drilled through nearly 4 kilometres of ice in Antarctica to reach a subterranean lake that has not seen open air for possibly 20 million years. More >>>
- Loose screw affects neutrino results
Last year (Sat 26th Nov 2011) Quantum Bits reported on an experiment at the high energy particle accelerator facility at CERN which seemed to show that neutrinos can travel faster than the speed of light. More >>>
- Tiny primate ‘talks' in ultrasound
Philippine Daily Inquirer (AN N) -- One of the world's smallest primates, the Philippine tarsier, communicates in a range of ultr asound inaudible to predator and prey alike, according to a study published Wednesday. More >>>
- Elephants in the Outback
Australia is famous for its scenes of kangaroos and koalas grazing peacefully in the bush, but at least one Australian scientist is proposing that should change and there should be elephants and Komodo dragons as well. More >>>
- Students language skills flower using local texts
Nowadays there are many English language learning centres scattered throughout Vientiane, but only a small number are incorporating authentic texts such as newspapers directly into classroom teaching. More >>>
- I Robot
Like electric cars, better batteries and solar energy, robots that look and act more like humans than machines always seem to be “just around the corner”. More >>>
- Battle of the sexes continues
Even though we are supposed to be in the age of gender equality it is still often argued that women are from Venus and men are from Mars. Just how far apart the personalities of men and women are is the subject of new research published in the online journal PLOS. More >>>
- Moon the night
Most revellers on New Year's Eve were more concerned about earthly events but at the same time high above them important events were also taking place on that most watched celestial body, our Moon. More >>>
- Supermassive black holes
Now what is the biggest thing you can imagine? No, even bigger, I mean really big, really really big. More >>>
- We have found it - we think
It has been a really busy end of year for physicists with yet another major discovery being announced. First there was the neutrino that travelled faster than the speed of light, then there was at the other extreme two supermassive black holes at the centre of galaxies. Now they think they have found something they have been looking for for almost 50 years. More >>>
- Cheers and jeers at the OPERA
Nothing travels faster than the speed of light, with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own set of laws. - Douglas Adams.More >>>
- Europa reveals its icy structure
Space scientists get really excited whenever they discover evidence of water elsewhere in our solar system.
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