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The company logo of Sinopharm Group Co Ltd is displayed at a news conference on the company's annual results in Hong Kong March 29, 2016. u00e2u20acu201d Reuters pic

China's Sinopharm to test potential Covid-19 vaccine in Brazil

New research has found more evidence to suggest that Covid-19 can be spread through aerosol transmission. u00e2u20acu201d filadendron / IStock.com pic via AFP

New research suggests Covid-19 can spread via aerosol transmission, might affect tall people more

A diagram showing Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh's possible position in relation to the hillside in Auvers-sur-Oise when painting 'Tree Roots' (1890) is seen in this handout picture released by the Van Gogh Museum on July 29, 2020. u00e2u20acu201d Reuters pic

Postcard reveals site of Van Gogh’s ‘farewell note in colour’ before suicide

Kuan met Daud on his birthday to announce that a motorised chair would be presented to him last Sunday. u00e2u20acu201d Picture via Facebook/AmbulanceUncleKentang

Motorised wheelchair: Disabled artist gets best birthday gift in 10 years from Uncle Kentang’s crowdfunding

The Villa Sirena on the island of Ischia in the bay of Naples is the best value hotel in the world, according to TripAdvisor's Travellers' Choice Awards. u00e2u20acu2022 AFP pic

Italy’s Hotel Villa Sirena tops TripAdvisor travellers' list of best-value hotels

Eight members of the KL Urban Sketchers group showing their food sketches in Jibby by the Park cafe. u00e2u20acu201d Picture by Hari Anggara

Reuniting post-MCO, KL Urban Sketchers delighted to pick up drawing skills, reflect on quarantine-themed drawings

S. Pavithra is back on YouTube with a new recipe.  u00e2u20acu201d  Screen capture via YouTube/ Sugu Pavithra

Malaysian YouTube star S. Pavithra is back with goat bone dalca recipe (VIDEO)

Antibodies specific to the Ebola virus were detected in the blood of survivors two years after they had contracted the illness. u00e2u20acu201d AFP pic

New study of Ebola survivors reveals more on long-term effects of the virus

Researchers (from left) Yuki Morono, Laurent Toffin and Steven Du00c3u2022Hondt work aboard the research drillship Joides Resolution in this undated photograph released July 28, 2020. u00e2u20acu201d Picture courtesy of IODP JRSO/Handout via Reuters

Scientists revive 100 million-year-old microbes from deep under seafloor

Getting a flu shot could help reduce the risk of Alzheimeru00e2u20acu2122s disease, according to new research. u00e2u20acu201d AFP pic

Getting a flu or pneumonia shot linked to a lower risk of Alzheimer’s disease

Surfboards are usually made of a polyurethane foam boardstock that is not good for the environment. u00e2u20acu201d AFP pic

Eco-friendly ways to surf the waves

The study predicted that almost half of the worldu00e2u20acu2122s adult population will be overweight or obese by 2030. u00e2u20acu201d AFP pic

Being obese could lower the quality of a man's sperm, new research shows

Some 89 per cent of the regionu00e2u20acu2122s 650 million people live in areas where air pollution exceeds the World Health Organisationu00e2u20acu2122s recommended guidelines. u00e2u20acu201d AFP pic

Air pollution ‘greatest risk’ to global life expectancy

A man holds an HIV/AIDS awareness ribbon. u00e2u20acu201d AFP-Relaxnews pic

Stigma around HIV still rampant in US, study finds

Specialists discover mammoth bones along the shore of Pechevalavato Lake in the Yamalo-Nenets autonomous district, Russia July 22, 2020. u00e2u20acu201d Picture by government of Yamalo-Nenets District/Handout via Reuters

Woolly mammoth skeleton found in lake in Russia’s Arctic

Students of 9th class from a slum area, who do not have access to internet facilities and miss their online lessons, attend an open-air class taken by Satyendra Pal, a college student, in New Delhi July 8, 2020. u00e2u20acu201d Reuters pic

Coronavirus turns smartphones from luxury to must-have as India’s schools go online