The image above isn’t your average map: it shows the location of all devices connected to the Internet in the world. The redder the area, the more devices there are. The map was created by John Matherly, founder of the search engine Shodan and self-proclaimed Internet cartographer. To produce it, Matherly sent ping requests on August 2 to every IP address on the Internet and plotted the positive responses. There’s […]
Serena Williams beat Caroline Wozniacki in straight sets to win her sixth US Open and 18th Grand Slam title. The American, ranked one in the world, won 6-3 6-3 at Flushing Meadows in New York. After a poor start from both players, Williams steadied herself to take the first set and found something approaching her best form to dominate the second. The victory moves her to joint-fourth in the all-time […]
LONDON: Scientists have for the first time properly observed a theoretical cousin of the Higgs boson, one that inspired the decades-long hunt for the elusive particle. The Higgs field is credited with giving other particles mass by slowing their movement through the vacuum of space. The particle, which was first proposed in the 1960s, finally appeared at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN near Geneva, in 2012. The idea was […]
New Delhi: Chica, ‘the Spider Dog’, has become the latest rage on YouTube as a hilarious video of the pooch chasing terrified people on the streets has gone viral. The video titled — “Mutant Giant Spider Dog” — has amassed over 44 million views in just three days on the YouTube and the lightning speed at the which the clip has gone viral has just taken everyone by surprise. The […]
With increasingly stressful lifestyles, depression needs to be understood as a treatable disease and should not be ignored as a mood swing. Think of carpe diem, the ‘seize the day’ sentiment, and Robin Williams-starrer Dead Poets Society comes to mind. The actor’s recent suicide couldn’t have been more ironic, considering his comic roles on-screen made his audience from across the globe laugh. How can someone who spread so much happiness […]
Patty Aubrey, life coach and strategist behind the phenomenal growth of the Chicken Soup for the Soul Series and Jack Canfield Companies, prescribes a few success mantras for women Make an ‘I Want’ List Whether its a relationship, a job, a house or a family—make an ‘I want’ list, and make it as specific as possible. When we’re young, we don’t have a lot of I don’t wants, because we don’t know […]
Aligarh: A new variant of a superbug has been accidentally discovered by researchers at the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), an expert here said. Asad Ullah Khan, associate professor and coordinator of the interdisciplinary biotechnology unit at the AMU, and his team discovered a new variant of the New Delhi Metallo-betalactamse – also called NDM-4 – from sewage water in Aligarh in February-March. “This is a dangerous sign, indicating the start […]
US veterinary surgeons operating on a sick dog got a shock when they discovered the cause of their patient’s malaise – 43 and a half socks. The 64kg Great Dane had an affinity for chewing socks but no-one knew he was swallowing them whole, a spokeswoman from the animal hospital said. The vets, who operated on the dog in February, said that it was the most socks they had pulled […]
TORONTO – Canada ranks higher than 10 other developed nations in scientific literacy, or the ability of citizens to read and fully comprehend a lengthy article about science in a newspaper, according to a report released Thursday by the Council of Canadian Academies. The report said 42 per cent of Canadians “grasp basic concepts and understand general media coverage of scientific issues.” That is higher than Sweden at 35 per […]
New Delhi: In the wake of the worst flood in 50 years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday to personally assess the damage caused by floods in the state, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said in an official statement. The PMO’s statement on social networking website Twitter appeared as: “PM will visit Jammu & Kashmir tomorrow to take stock of the situation & understand problems faced by people due to […]
