Nasa’s Ingenuity helicopter/Image: Nasa Flying a helicopter on Earth is a remarkable engineering achievement. Flying one on Mars, where the atmosphere is less than 1% as dense as Earth’s, was once considered nearly impossible. Yet on 19 April 2021, Nasa‘s Ingenuity helicopter achieved the first powered, controlled flight on another planet, proving that aerial exploration…
They are fast, lethally venomous and highly aggressive. But most important of all, they have been blamed for more human deaths than you could count. Being mentioned here are the Black Mambas, the fastest and deadliest snakes on Earth. They have a slithering speed of up to 12.5 miles per hour, but that is not…
Every year, just after a road is opened to traffic, excavators return. The municipality may resurface a stretch only to see it dug up within weeks to lay a water pipeline, fix a sewer, lay an electricity cable, expand a gas network or pull fibre-optic lines for telecommunications companies. The cycle is so frequent that…
TikTok CEO Chew Shou Zi urges NTU PhD graduates to ‘seek out the unknown’ in AI era TikTok Chief Executive Officer Chew Shou Zi has urged graduating doctoral students at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University (NTU) to embrace uncertainty and use their expertise to address complex real-world challenges. Delivering the commencement address at the university’s PhD…
Kia India has teased the all-new Sorento Hybrid ahead of its India debut, confirming that it will become the brand’s first hybrid SUV for the domestic market. Alongside the teaser, the company has also opened official pre-bookings for the three-row SUV. Once launched, the Sorento will sit at the top of Kia India’s ICE SUV…
Researchers established 72 bee colonies across six large organic farms (IStock photo) Only three Hawaiian producers currently meet the United States’ organic honey certification rules, but scientists now say those rules may be stricter than necessary, according to a new study.Researchers have found that honey produced by organically managed bee colonies on farms in the…
Tree ‘Climbing’ Fish of Amazon Imagine you are inside a flooded Amazon rainforest and the water has swallowed the forest floor. You are in a canoe, all you can see is the tops of giant trees and you are in search of stunning insects and wildlife. Suddenly, a loud splash echoes through the silence and…
Vinesh Phogat and Brij Bhushan Saran Singh (IANS Photo) NEW DELHI: India’s celebrated wrestler Vinesh Phogat on Monday said the fight against former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh was far from over, announcing that the wrestlers would challenge the Delhi court’s verdict acquitting him in the sexual harassment case involving…
Some tankers, including those carrying Russian crude, continue to transit the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. (Reuters photo) Saudi Arabia’s key Red Sea export terminal at Yanbu appeared to witness its busiest day since Houthi threats disrupted regional shipping, while additional vessels continued transiting the Bab el-Mandeb Strait with their tracking systems switched off.While some tankers, including…
The world’s biggest ocean is also its most doomed one. Now, scientists are worried and they are blaming the tectonic plates for it all. The Pacific Ocean, which is the largest single feature on the surface of the Earth is slowly getting smaller and the irony of it all is as surprising as shocking. Diving…
7 surprisingly ‘big’ plants you can grow on your balcony with the right care Most people plan a balcony garden around the assumption that space is the one non-negotiable limit, sticking to small pots and compact plants because anything bigger surely wouldn’t work in a container. That assumption turns out to be wrong more often…
The Moon conjunct retrograde Saturn in Pisces brings a serious mental tone. You may want to repeat something you have already said, or you may not believe that you are being understood. The First Shravan Somwar Vrat encourages patient action and measured speech. What to Do Today If you don’t get the response you expect,…
