Watch Filipino Inventor Fly His Hoverboard For 2 Miles, Setting World Record For Longest Flight
Filipino inventor sets world record for longest flight by a hoverboard, launching from a beach and flying for 7 minutes, 22 seconds.
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College Project Sparks Student to Start Orphanages for Homeless Kids in Philippines: 'Why haven't I started this?'
Rather than hypothesize about a non-profit that would help the archipelago's orphans, she decided to go ahead and start one herself.
One of the World's Rarest Animals is Born - Zoo Conservationists Bolster Population of Only Hundreds Left in Wild
A Philippine spotted deer, one of the world's rarest animals, has been born to the delight of conservationists at Chester Zoo in England.
Philippine Village Simultaneously Cleans Up Its Streets and Feeds the Hungry By Trading Plastic for Free Rice
Not only has the program helped to keep the streets clean, it has also helped to fill the stomachs of financially strapped villagers.
Watch Thoughtful Duck Retrieve Boy's Sandal After it Had Fallen into a Muddy Ditch
This sweet bird from the Philippines took it upon itself to return a boy's lost sandal from the depths of a muddy trench last week.
Elderly Man Gazing Fondly at His Date in McDonald's Inspires Thousands of Romantics Online
A simple moment of affection between an elderly couple in McDonald's has won the hearts of thousands of internet users since it was uploaded last week.
Watch Dog Push His Disabled Owner's Wheelchair Down the Street
The bond between Dingong and Danilo is very evident by how they travel through the streets of the Philippines.
High Schoolers Awarded for Inventing Inexpensive Device That Generates Electricity From Sound
These eleventh grade Filipino students were awarded second place for their device that generates electricity from nearby sound waves.
Disaster Breeds Invention: Philippine Residents Use Volcanic Ash to Repair Damaged Buildings
Volcanic ash from the recently erupted Taal volcano on Luzon in the Philippines is being used to create bricks to repair local buildings
His Invention For Renewable Energy Inspired by the Physics of Northern Lights Just Won the 2020 Dyson Prize
Carvey Ehren Maigue'sAuREUS invention harvests UV light and converts it into visible light to generate electricity.
Crime Drops 46% in Philippines When Experts Expected it to Go Up During COVID Economic Crisis
Across the Philippines, crime has plummeted 60 percent during the COVID-19 quarantine, though no one is sure why.
Grandson Finds Grandpa's Lost WWII Army Band Recordings -The Only Known Live Music Recording Near a Battlefield
The only known album recorded by a frontline military band stationed with troops is found by grandson of 746th Army Air Force Band trumpeter.
4 Major Asian Nations Cancel 80% of Planned Coal Power Projects After Fossil Fuel Market Crashes in 2020
After a dismal year for coal, 4 key Asian countries have together cancelled nearly 45 gigawatts of planned coal projects.
30 Years After Big Eruption Put Volcano Mouse on the 'Extinct' List, Research Reveals it's 'Doing Great'
After the 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo on Luzo, the Philippines, scientists thought a tiny mouse that lived there would have gone extinct.
Millions of Plastic Bottles Will Be Offset as Remote Town Gets Renewable Drinking Water Created From Sunlight
SOURCE Global has installed their third successful array of hydropanels that deliver sustainable, clean drinking water to Indigenous peoples.
Philippine 'Raptor Boy' Shows It Takes a Village to Protect an Eagle Migration Route
Joriden Ligoyligoy is 15 years old, and he's known as the 'raptor boy' of the Philippines. Learn about his conservation work.
Stranded During COVID, Athlete Trained With Water Jugs-Now She's Won Olympic Gold, a First for Philippines
The Philippines is celerbrating its first ever Olympic gold after nearly 100 years of competing in the world's biggest sports event.
Solar Panels Built From Waste Crops Can Make Energy Without Direct Light
The panels can bend, and be clamped onto any shape, or placed in between window glazing to generate electricity the way plants do.
Philippine Teen Discovers Powerful Natural Poison Against Zika Bugs
A Philippine teenager discovered a natural solution for killing the larvae of the mosquito responsible for spreading the zika virus.
Teens Trudge in Frigid Cold for Kids on Other Side of Globe
All throughout December, high school students walked to school in the frigid Minnesota temperatures (zero degrees) to symbolically walk in the shoes of thirsty children who have no clean water access near their homes, and to raise money to do something about it. It's called the Wayzata Walk for Water.
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