AP news: A staple of summer,swarms of bugs,seems to be a thing of the past. And that’s got scientists worried. Pesky mosquitoes, disease-carrying ticks, crop-munching aphids and cockroaches are doing just fine. But the more beneficial flying insects of summer — native bees, moths, butterflies, ladybugs, lovebugs, mayflies and fireflies appear to be less abundAnt.Scientists think…
Tech Explorist: Both men and women enjoy running whether it is in the marathon or a common race. No matter, where it is, they would like to run. Both train equally hard. But, it’s pretty common to see, men run faster than women do. What’s the reason behind it? Actually, it’s because of their gender bender…
Tech Explorist: Being shown science subjects outside builds understudy inspiration. An investigation by the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the University of Mainz in this manner recommend offering more open-air guideline at the lower auxiliary level. “There is as yet a calculated hole between showing science and natural training,” says Dr. Ulrich Dettweiler, Associate…
BBC: A fleet of robotic jellyfish has been designed to monitor delicate ecosystems, including coral reefs. The underwater drones were invented by engineers at Florida Atlantic University and are driven by rings of hydraulic tentacles. The robots can squeeze through tight holes without causing damage.One expert praised the design but warned that the man-made jellyfish might…
Digital Trends: Relocating is complicated enough when you’re simply moving to a new city. Scientists at NASA have taken property searches up an infinite number of levels, however, as they search for another Earth. NASA’s planet-hunting team turned up a potential relocation candidate on the first pass with a new satellite. The Transiting Exoplanet Survey…
WHO: More than 3 million people died as a result of harmful use of alcohol in 2016, according a report released by the World Health Organization (WHO) today. This represents 1 in 20 deaths. More than three quarters of these deaths were among men. Overall, the harmful use of alcohol causes more than 5% of the…
Hindustan Times: Talk of selfless love and this Chinese man could well be the world’s most loving son. In his 50s, he’s been dressing up as his dead sister for the last 20 years just so that his mentally ill mother can cope with the death of her daughter. His story, on YouTube channel Pear…
Srijana Mitra Das/Daily O, India Movie Name: Manto Director: Nandita Das Cast: Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Rasika Dugal, Tahir Raj Bhasin, Rishi Kapoor, Paresh Rawal, Divya Dutta, Javed Akhtar U/A, 116 minutes So, Manto is perfect. Of course, Manto was perfect. The writer Sa’adat Hasan Manto was possibly the greatest literary genius the subcontinent ever produced –…
Heinrich Hauff/Dorje Shugden When Sweden’s Democrats, an extreme right-wing political party with a white nationalist agenda gained a significant win to become the deal-maker who would form the next government of Sweden, the entire European community braced itself for an outpouring of extremist views. Europe was already in the grip of a tense situation. Yet…
Nabil Al-Sahli/Middle East Monitor Following the Trump administration’s acknowledgement of Jerusalem as the eternal capital of Israel, funding cut to UNRWA and closure of the PLO office in Washington a few days ago, media reports confirmed the US President’s intention to announce a fourth step early next year. This is related to the issue of…