Fabia Shahzadi The Brown Lady of Raynham Hall is probably the most famous and most widely used reported ghost. According to legend, the “Brown Lady of Raynham Hall” is the ghost of Lady Dorothy Walpole (1686-1726). The brown brocade dress she is claimed wears gives her the name. It is said that Lady Townsend’s husband,…
Fabia Shahzadi Stress can interfere with getting a good night’s rest, which can make you feel even more stressed the following next day. If stress has been keeping you up at night, it is important to minimize your stress and jump back to a regular sleep schedule. There are several things you can do to…
Nobonita Chowdhury If you’ve ever been to a debate or speech tournament, then you’ve definitely crossed paths with expert orators. Sometimes they make you wonder: how can someone my age be so good at this? Truth be told, public speaking is something that can be perfected with practice. Of course, there are gifted orators out…
Marilyn Thipthorpe A colleague once asked me to write an article on how to fall in love with the right person; the person you know will be there by your side, come hail or storm. Well I don’t know about forever my darling, but I sure know falling in love isn’t as easy as its…
Samiul Bashar Samin Trolls are evolutionary aberrations that compete with scavengers on the food chain. They are a slightly evolved form of “haters”.They prey on unsuspecting bloggers late at night or just before dawn. They swoop in with acerbic comments that insult you and your readers. The falsely accuse you of violating their free speech…
Eshan Maitra Virtual Reality gadgets are the latest tech craze of our time. Though companies like Microsoft and Google pushing it for entertainment purposes, some scientists found even greater use for this amazing technology. If you have watched the Ridley Scott’s movie ‘Prometheus’ (2012), you already have guessed about the process. Firstly, the researching teams…
Md. Taqi Yasir AlphaGo, a computer series premeditated by Google DeepMind, has just a game more to go against top-ranked player of GO Lee Sedol of South Korea, in a 5 game match redolent of the 1997 fight between Deep Blue and Garry Kasparov. AlphaGo’s success so far is exceptional, no matter the outcome of…
Nobonita Chowdhury Since I have no actual social life in Dhaka, yesterday I spent most of my evening illegally streaming Hercules on my laptop. Yes, Hercules the Disney movie. Don’t laugh at me. It’s been ages since I’ve last watched it. But while watching the movie, I started noticing things I hadn’t noticed before. For…
It may sound like science fiction, scientists now have an efficient incredibly accurate way to edit the genes of any living creature including humans. This technology is called Crisper and it is going to change both the way research is done and the way genetic diseases are treated. But what exactly is it? Crisper stands…
By Nobonita Chowdhury Let’s face it: we’ve all watched Disney movies at some point in our lives. We would sing along to the musical numbers, dress up as Disney princesses at class parties, have their faces printed on our lunch boxes and what not. However, now that I’ve become more aware of gender roles in…