Czech workshop specializes in building replicas of pianos played by the greats
SHINTO, Japan - Japanese engineer Masaaki Nagumo had always dreamed of suiting up as a robot from Mobile Suit Gundam, his favorite animation series growing up. Now he has made it a reality by creating a giant humanoid inspired by the science-fiction franchise.
More than three in four British business leaders believe Mandarin-speaking abilities give school-leavers a career advantage over their counterparts, according to a new survey.
MEXICO CITY - Yelling commands and lunging for the ball on the balding astro turf, Khalida Popal drilled the team of nine Mexican teenage girls through soccer training, weeks before they jet off to Russia for the World Cup - the street children's version.
GENEVA - With a total deck surface roughly the size of a football pitch, The Manta, the first seagoing boat capable of collecting large quantities of macro plastic waste floating on oceans, was definitely the star on the first day of the 46th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva on Wednesday.
TOKYO - Masazo Nonaka has enjoyed soaking in northern Japan's hot springs for many years - probably longer than most people.
LONDON - Fans of BBC expressed their shock and anger on social media after the broadcasting corporation admitted in a statement last week that scenes from its documentary series Human Planet were staged by the camera crew.
STOCKHOLM - The Nobel Foundation Board has sharply criticized the Swedish Academy, which chooses the Nobel Literature Prize winner each year, saying the group has damaged its own reputation and is threatening to tarnish the reputation of the Nobel Prize itself.
A fossil of a human finger found by British archaeologists in Saudi Arabia supports a theory long held by Chinese researchers that modern humans left Africa and migrated to China tens of thousands of years earlier than previously thought.
TOKYO - Japanese researchers have mapped vast reserves of rare earth elements in deep-sea mud, enough to feed global demand on a "semi-infinite basis", according to a fresh study.
KONNOS BAY, Cyprus - Equipped with harpoons and waterproof notebooks, Louis, Carlos and Antonis dive deep into the crystal clear waters of Konnos Bay on a mission to capture predatory lionfish.
The head of the International Monetary Fund is calling on countries to steer clear of protectionism in order to sustain global growth.
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