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BAKU – Scientists recently analyzed Vincent Van Gogh’s Starry Night to see how well its famous swirls matched up with known atmospheric physics, according to popular mechanics. After analysis, they found that not only did the shapes match up with our current ideas of atmospheric turbulence, but the colors used throughout the piece communicated fairly accurate physics at a remarkably small scale. Researchers think that Van Gogh could have come to understand these movements by ‘studying the movement of clouds and the atmosphere, or that he could have just had ‘an innate sense of how to capture the dynamism of

Manila: Agri Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee on Thursday called on the Bureau of Customs (BOC) and the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) to increase their staff at the country’s ports to expedite the unloading of rice shipments to help increase the supply and bring down market prices of the staple. Lee’s call came amid reported port congestions, which has been a significant hurdle in stabilizing rice prices as noted by Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. in an earlier press briefing. ‘We need to work quickly and efficiently as every delay in unloading rice cargoes not only adds to costs,

Manila: Tourism’s demand for water and energy, and carbon dioxide emission continued to rise in 2023, data released by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed. In a report released on Thursday, the PSA said the total tourism water consumption reached 202.20 million cubic meters (m3) last year, up by 117.2 percent from the 93.08 million (m3) in 2022. Of the total consumption, accommodation services for visitors accounted for the highest water consumption. The total energy consumption of tourism from the use of electricity and petroleum and other fuel products, meanwhile, reached 6,135.28 kilotonnes of oil equivalent (KTOE) in 2023, higher

KUALA LUMPUR, The Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) intensified its crackdown today, arresting several key individuals associated with Global Ikhwan Services and Business Holding (GISBH), including the company’s top management, in operations conducted in Kedah and the capital. Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Razarudin Husain said the top management personnel were among 19 individuals arrested by the Bukit Aman Criminal Investigation Department’s (CID) D8 (Special Operations), D14 (Organised Crime) and the Special Integrated Investigation Team, in simultaneous raids at four residential units in Bukit Bintang here, early this morning. Those detained, consisting of 12 men and seven women, aged 25 to

ALOR SETAR, A total of 5,388.63 hectares (ha) of padi fields in the Muda Agricultural Development Authority (MADA) areas across Kedah and Perlis have been affected by floods since Monday. In a statetment today, MADA said that according to the Submerged Padi Monitoring Report, the affected areas were 20ha in Perlis Region I, 1,525.6ha in Jitra Region II, 2,206.7ha in Pendang Region III, and 1,636.33ha in Kota Sarang Semut Region IV. ‘MADA will assess damage to padi crops through a census to be conducted once the waters have receded,’ it said. The statement said that, as of Sept 18, 93.6