Shane Kimbrough, the lone American astronaut in outer space, became the latest astronaut to join in a long tradition of voting while floating above the Earth. n a US presidential election that’s already been out of this world, the lone American astronaut in outer space has cast his vote, NASA has said. Shane Kimbrough became the latest astronaut to join in a long tradition of voting while floating above the […]
“This is just the beginning… we are building the most customer-centric company based on a large selection, low prices and fast delivery,” says Amit Agarwal, head of Amazon India. He sounds rehearsed. His wife, too, thinks so. Agarwal talks like Jeff Bezos. He has spent 18 years in Amazon, and was one of the eight technical advisors, popularly called “shadows”, to CEO and founder Bezos. But what sounded dissimilar was […]
In many ways, children from very different countries share similar online interests. Sonia Livingstone, London School of Economics and Political Science and Mariya Stoilova, London School of Economics and Political Science The internet has reached almost every corner of the globe, but most research on how it is used, particularly among children, focuses on the US and Europe. This is a problem, because according to best estimates one in three […]
Americans are getting set for a long Election Night of waiting to see who the 45th US president will be — Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump. Here are the key things to know: what it takes to win, which states are the ones to watch, and how long it all might take for the winner to emerge: The magic number is 270 Rather than one big nationwide election, this is […]
In an alarming revelation, it has been found that as many as 76 tiger deaths have been reported because of poaching in the country from January to October this year. According to a Times of India report, Madhya Pradesh is on top of the list, accounting for nearly one-third of the total number of deaths and Karnataka stands on the second spot with 13 deaths. This number of tiger deaths […]
Thousands of natural snowballs have been formed on an 18-km stretch of a beach in the Gulf of Ob in northwest Siberia, puzzling the local people. A part of the coast was covered in the icy spheres. The sculptural shapes range from the size of a tennis ball to almost 1 metre across. They result from a rare environmental process where small pieces of ice form, are rolled by wind […]
Three Omani fishermen hit the jackpot after scooping 80kg of floating “whale vomit” that is expected to net them $2.5 million. Khalid Al Sinani, who is in his late 30s, found the rare “whale vomit” floating on the shores of Qurayat province last week. ‘Whale vomit’ or Ambergris is a very costly wax that originates as a secretion in the intestines of the sperm whale. It can be found floating […]
2016 is a lucky year in that case. The moon is going to be extremely close to the Earth thrice this year, and on November 14th 6:22 PM IST, it’s going to be the biggest Supermoon in the last 70 years. It can appear 14% bigger and 30% brighter than usual. This is the closest the Moon will get to Earth until 25 November 2034, so you really don’t want […]
Kolhapur may have lent its name to the famous chappal, but the industry has taken a hit with the rise of cow vigilantes. In a small room in Chappal Gali in Kolhapur, five men are seated on the floor, stitching and designing the traditional handcrafted slippers that are named after the town they are manufactured in. One of them fixes the strap on the slipper, another draws the pattern of […]
Nepal has successfully drained part of a giant glacial lake near Mount Everest, averting risk of a disastrous flood that could have threatened thousands of lives, officials said Monday. Scientists say climate change is causing Himalayan glaciers to melt at an alarming rate, creating huge glacial lakes which could burst their banks and devastate mountain communities. Imja Tsho, located at an altitude of 5,010 metres (16,437 feet), just 10 kilometres […]
