An insect with huge horn-like jaws and a wingspan similar to a sparrow’s has been reported by Chinese media as a record-breaking find. “With its wingspan measured as 21 centimetres, the insect won the title of the largest aquatic insect in the world,” reported Ecns.cn, the official English-language service of the state-run China News Service. The website posted photos of the insect, which was found in the mountains near Chengdu, […]
Roona Begum was rushed to hospital last year with an extreme form of hydrocephalus – water on the brain The condition caused her head to swell to three times its normal size Surgeons carried out a series of operations reducing the circumference from 37 to 23 inches but warned her parents she was unlikely to survive A year on and doctors are amazed the three-year-old is alive and smiling Mother […]
Scientists used a DNA-snipping enzyme called Cas9 to cut out the virus The cell’s gene repair machinery then takes over, soldering the loose ends of the genome back together – resulting in a virus-free cell Process could also be a cure for other latent infections, researchers say ‘It’s an exciting discovery, but not ready to go into the clinic,’ said Dr Khalili Once HIV conquers a human cell, it will […]
Getting smarter isn’t something that happens overnight. Instead, you have to build your intelligence every day through intentional daily habits. In a recent Quora thread, “What would you do to be a little smarter every single day?”, readers shared their advice on good habits you can establish. Here are some simple actions that could help you become a smarter person. 1. Come up with 10 ideas every day. Think about […]
In an ambitious plan to upgrade urban India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi says he will build 100 “smart cities” — cities outfitted with high-tech communication capabilities — across the country. “Cities in the past were built on riverbanks,” Modi said in a June speech. “They are now built along highways. But in the future, they will be built based on availability of optical fiber networks and next-generation infrastructure.” For Modi, […]
It is already the world’s biggest cemetery, the final resting resting place of some five million souls but it’s growing all the time. With gravestones stretching out as far as the eye can see, Wadi Al-Salaam, which translates as Valley of Peace, is an ancient Islamic cemetery near the holy city Shiite city of Najaf. The site is located close to the shrine of Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib, the […]
Keeping the lid on the Brooks report will only harm the Indian Army’s credibility Following the humiliating defeat in the 1962 Sino-Indian War, the Army HQ set up an operational review to inquire into the reverses at the corps HQ and below. This task was given to Lt Gen Henderson Brooks, assisted by Brig PS Bhagat, in December 1962. Sources say the inquiry also reviewed the events leading to the […]
A team of scientists is travelling to one of the most barren places in the world after a 50 to 80 metre-wide hole in the earth was discovered in the far north of Siberia in a place whose name means “the end of the world.” The giant hole in the tundra of the remote Yamal peninsula was discovered by helicopter pilots, who later posted their discovery on YouTube. The hole […]
The more that the global population increases, the better off that the people of the planet will be Up, up, up! The world’s population, a mere 2.5 billion in 1950, almost doubled by 1980 and today, at 7.3 billion, has almost tripled The good news doesn’t end there, though. Until recently, the population experts at the United Nations projected that the world’s population could peak at 8 billion as soon […]
Not long after I first met Warren Buffett back in 1991, I asked him to recommend his favorite book about business. He didn’t miss a beat: “It’s Business Adventures, by John Brooks,” he said. “I’ll send you my copy.” I was intrigued: I had never heard of Business Adventures or John Brooks. Today, more than two decades after Warren lent it to me—and more than four decades after it was […]
