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If you've ever cooked before, chances are you've cut onions and chances are that you've felt the burn in your eyes that causes you to cry a little. Well guess what, that problem may have just been erased. After 2 decades of research, scientists working for the Japanese food company House Foods Group Inc. have developed a biochemical process to grow onions which do not cause the cook to tear up when cut. Known as the 'Smile Ball,' the onions are produced with an extremely low amount of enzymes which cause the 'tearing up' reaction. House Foods' researchers won the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 2013 for the development of their Smile Ball onion. They are about to cash in on their twenty years to research too - House Foods Group will see its Smile Ball onions, which will cost twice the price of traditional onions, hit stores across Japan this autumn. No more crying at the kitchen table, imagine that.
In the last 30 years, Australia's Great Barrier Reef has lost 50% of its coral populations. According to CNN, experts say climate change is a key driver of the reef disturbance. Researchers assessed coral and their colony size on the Great Barrier Reef between 1995 and 2017. They found depletion of virtually all coral populations along the length of the reef. Coral reefs are some of the most vibrant marine ecosystems on the planet. A quarter to one-third of all marine species relies on them at some point in their life cycle.
La Guaira, Venezuela, Dec 13 (EFE), (Camera: Jackdwin Sáez).- It has been 20 years and in La Guaira, just 30 kilometers from Caracas, nobody has forgotten the worst natural disaster in the country. La Guaira inhabitants see how the reconstruction of their region remains incomplete two decades later. FOOTAGE OF THE CITY OF LA GUAIRA, VENEZUELA. SOUNDBITES OF: -LINDA VARGAS:“Vargas has been recovered by locals. People could recover their homes, their business thanks to their own willing. Many people migrated to other places within the country, many of them to Margarita, Caracas…” -JAIRO SUÁREZ:“Nowadays our house is still standing, we live in it. We are afraid when it rains, many people are traumatized, but thank God, we recovered (our house), but we’re always afraid because this gorge was blocked in the lower part. They are working on new parking spaces in the Stadium…” -ROSANA LÓPEZ:“They didn’t do it as they had to, especially regarding the white and black waters, because when it rains there’s a flood because they built the sewers in the wrong way and everytime it rains even a bit, there’s a flood.”
Japan took a trip down memory lane as Bandai rereleased the '90s cult classic electronic toy Tamagotchi to mark 20 years since its original release in Tokyo on Thursday. The tiny keychain toy started off as virtual eggs that required players to hatch and nurture their very own little creature. The toy spawned its share of competitor knock-offs, like the Gigapet, before fading into the memories of those who grew up with them. Have you ever played with a Tamagotchi?
Residents in Kobe gather and observe a moment of silence to remember the more than 6,000 killed by an earthquake in 1995. Yiming Woo reports.
A unique global relay, marking 20 years of the Continental GT, has reached its conclusion with the arrival in Crewe of the specially-made 20th anniversary baton. The baton’s lap of the world included stops in Europe, the Middle East, China, Asia Pacific, the US and UK, visiting 20 journalists and content creators in the process as part of 20 memorable drives – one for each year of Continental GT production.The launch of the first-generation Continental GT in 2003 marked a seismic change in the fortunes of Bentley Motors. The first all-new Bentley of the modern era, the first with all-wheel drive and the first to feature the innovative W12 engine, the Continental GT swiftly propelled Bentley to its current status as the most sought-after luxury car brand in the world.The design of the 20th anniversary baton was developed in the Crewe design studio and received the same level of meticulous refinement as any production model feature. Finished in Cypress Green (the exterior finish of the first-ever production Continental GT) the baton has an intriguing, asymmetrical twist, like the blade of an aircraft propellor. A knurled cap, modelled on the Continental GT’s drive mode selector, allows access to the baton’s interior where the scroll is carried. Head of Bentley Design Collaborations, Chris Cooke takes a deep dive into the details: “Every element of the baton sculpture was inspired by the Continental GT, and there is purpose in every form. For example, the end cap shows a simplified graphic of the Continental GT with its three feature lines; the Bentley powerline from the front wheel arch along the car’s flanks; the flyline of the roof; and the muscular ‘haunch’ over the rear wheel. Hold the baton horizontally, and as you turn it in your hands you will see each of those lines in the contours of the sculpture.” In the subtlest of touches, each profile also lines up perfectly with its corresponding line on the cap graphic.
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