Old Thai tunes hip once more

Published 23 September 2012 11:05

Locals and tourists would not normally hear traditional music in Thailand's hip nightclubs. But one deejay in the capital Bangkok came up with the idea of playing music long associated with cab drivers and rural folks, showing clubbers what they have been missing. The decision paid off and the music is now popular again, bringing in record crowds to the night scene. Al Jazeera's Florence Looi reports from Bangkok.

Vietnamese scientists seek bird flu vaccine

Published on Sep 28, 2012 by AlJazeeraEnglish

Scientists in Vietnam are trying to develop a vaccine for poultry, to fight a new strain of bird flu.

The disease is spreading quickly among ducks and chickens.

So far there have been no human infections.

Al Jazeera's Wayne Hay reports from Hanoi.

Face of ancient Indonesian species reimagined

Published 26 September 2012 13:06

Stepping into a cave in Indonesia where the remains of an ancient species of human were found in 2003 feels like stepping into Tolkien's, Lord of the Rings. Only the Hobbit found here really existed. Scientists are convinced that it's a new human species that lived around 18 thousand years ago. If that is right, Flores man was the longest-surviving non-modern human -- far outlasting the neanderathals. And now, Japanese scientists think they have figured out what they looked like. Al Jazeera's Step Vaessen reports from Flores Island in Indonesia.