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Environment

Report details fossil fuel threat to 'Amazon of the seas'

Dubbed the "Amazon of the seas" for its species variety, the Coral Triangle covers over 10 million square kilometers in waters of Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Singapore, the Philippines, Timor-Leste and the Solomon Islands.

1 year ago
Art & Culture

Modern art museum breathes new life into downtown Warsaw

Warsaw, a city of 1.8 million people, did not until now have a proper site for its modern art museum. Instead, the cultural institution showcased its collections at various temporary locations. ...

1 year ago
Environment

UN biodiversity summit making 'very good progress': Officials

Themed "Peace with Nature," the 16th Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity has the urgent task of coming up with monitoring and funding mechanisms to achieve 23 UN nature protection goals agreed in Canada two years ago. ...

1 year ago

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Science & Tech

NASA astronaut hospitalized after return from space station

The astronaut, who NASA did not name for privacy reasons, had splashed down off Florida's coast at 3:29 a.m. ET on Friday aboard SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule with three other crew members; two NASA astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut.

1 year ago
Environment

G20 affirms commitment to transition from fossil fuels

Recalling commitments made last year at the COP28 summit in Dubai, the statement recognized plans to accelerate action in this "critical decade, so as to achieve net zero by 2050 in keeping with the science."

1 year ago
Art & Culture premium

Archives exhibition showcases works of versatile Batak poet Sitor Situmorang

The exhibition to honor the centenary of the prominent Batak journalist and writer aims to capture Sitor Situmorang’s insights and pass them down to the next generation.

1 year ago
Entertainment premium

Ferocity is a window to humanity in Timo Tjahjanto's 'The Shadow Strays'

Director, writer, and producer Timo Tjahjanto and his lead actor, Aurora Ribero, discuss their latest action-thriller.

1 year ago
Art & Culture premium

‘Sang Kembang Bale’: Reviving the art of ‘ronggeng gunung’

Contemporary artist Ariel Tatum takes on Ronggeng Gunung traditional performance in an effort to help conserve the dying arts.

1 year ago
Environment

UN biodiversity conference: what's at stake?

The world's pledges to halt humankind's destruction of nature will be put to the test when the 16th United Nations conference on biodiversity opens Monday in Colombia.

1 year ago
Science & Tech

Watchdog reports doubling of AI child sex abuse material online

Many of the images and videos of children being "hurt and abused are so realistic that they can be very difficult to tell apart from imagery of real children".

1 year ago
Science & Tech

William Nathan Atmadja Research Red Velvet Beans as a solution to Diabetes & Malnutrition

A high school student from Jakarta has discovered the potential use of kacang koro benguk (red velvet beans) as the main ingredient of functional foods used to treat diabetes and malnutrition on a larger scale.

1 year ago
Science & Tech

PT Sasa Inti shines at the 2024 Marketing Excellence Awards

PT Sasa Inti achieved remarkable success at the 2024 Marketing Excellence Awards (MEA) this year, one of Indonesia's most prestigious recognitions in the marketing industry. The company demonstrated its marketing prowess by winning two Gold Awards in the Excellence for Experiential Marketing and Excellence for Customer Engagement categories for its innovative “Sasa Santan - Secret Kitchen” campaign. In addition, Sasa secured a Bronze Award for Excellence for Advertising for its impressive “Idul Adha Sapi” video and was named a finalist in other categories.

1 year ago
Environment premium

Tangkahan: Between logging and tourism, sustainability hangs in the balance

The development of ecotourism in Tangkahan village on the edge of Gunung Leuser National Park in North Sumatra has managed to stop illegal logging activities in the area. However, the question now is about sustainable and balanced tourism.

1 year ago
Entertainment

One Direction's Liam Payne falls to death at Argentina hotel

It was not immediately clear if the fall was accidental or whether Payne, who has spoken publicly of struggles with alcohol abuse, may have been intoxicated.

1 year ago
Books premium

In Indonesia, French poet Rimbaud's voyage still a mystery

Today in Central Java's Salatiga city, where coffee trees and bougainvilleas bloom, only a plaque at the entrance of the mayor's residence recognises the fleeting passage of a man who inspired writers from James Joyce to Jim Morrison.

1 year ago
Science & Tech

AI enhances flood warnings but cannot erase risk of disaster

AI has supercharged weather forecasting, using a range of statistical tools to analyze years of historical data and predict patterns, and at a lower cost than traditional numerical weather predictions.

1 year ago
Entertainment

Sean 'Diddy' Combs accused of sexual abuse in six new lawsuits

The civil lawsuits were filed a month after Combs was criminally charged for what prosecutors describe as a long-running scheme of sex trafficking and racketeering. 

1 year ago
Science & Tech

Is life possible on a Jupiter moon?

The Europa Clipper mission will allow the US space agency to uncover new details about the moon, which scientists believe could hold an ocean of liquid water beneath its icy surface.

1 year ago
Books

Han Kang's Nobel spurs hope of global recognition for Korean literature

For some, Thursday's surprise announcement, as Han had not been on any of the major lists of likely Nobel winners, fueled hope that literature might get an injection of life in the land of K-pop and Squid Game.

1 year ago
Environment

Climate change made Hurricane Milton worse, scientists say

Global warming made wind speeds around 10 percent stronger and rainfall greater by between 20 and 30 percent, according to an analysis by World Weather Attribution.

1 year ago
Science & Tech

'Party atmosphere': Skygazers treated to another aurora show

For at least the second time this year, skygazers in many parts of the world were treated to colourful auroras at latitudes beyond the polar extremes where they normally light up the skies.

1 year ago
Books

Han Kang wins South Korea's first literature Nobel

A short story writer and novelist, Han is best known for her book "The Vegetarian", which was her major international breakthrough and won the Man Booker Prize in 2016.

1 year ago
Science & Tech

'Denying my potential': Women at Japan's top university call out gender imbalance

Just one in 10 researchers at the prestigious University of Tokyo are women, and one in five students.

1 year ago
Art & Culture

Nobel literature prize may go for non-Western writer

With no official shortlist, speculation is rife on who the 18-member Academy will settle on, the suspense ending when it announces its pick at 1:00 pm (1100 GMT).

1 year ago
Science & Tech

AI steps into science limelight with Nobel wins

"AI's role in transforming how we do science cannot be underestimated," Elena Simperl, a professor at King's College London's informatics department said.

1 year ago
Entertainment premium

Faith and bold moves intertwine in Catholic horror 'Kuasa Gelap'

Director Bobby Prasetyo and his lead actors, Jerome Kurnia and Lukman Sardi, discuss how their latest film is a fresh breakthrough in the Indonesian horror pantheon and why they chose to approach it as a drama.

1 year ago
Environment

Carbon removal no solution if world overshoots warming target, scientists say

Even if removing carbon dioxide works, it can do nothing to mitigate other aspects of climate change, from sea level rises to changes in ocean circulation, scientists said in research published in the journal Nature on Wednesday.

1 year ago
Science & Tech

Trio wins chemistry Nobel for protein design, prediction

Biochemist David Baker, 62, was given half the award "for computational protein design", while Demis Hassabis and John Jumper shared the other half "for protein structure prediction," the jury said.

1 year ago
Entertainment

Taylor Swift got police escort to London gigs after Austria terror plot

Culture Minister Lisa Nandy denied the singer was given preferential treatment, after reports she had a motorbike escort usually reserved for senior members of the royal family and politicians.

1 year ago
Environment

From Bolivia to Indonesia, deforestation continues apace

Forests nearly the size of Ireland were lost in 2023, with 6.37 million hectares of trees felled and burned, "significantly exceeded" levels that would have kept the world on track to eliminate deforestation by the end of the decade.

1 year ago
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