Reuters: Britain’s national intelligence agency unveiled plans on Thursday (Jan 17) to train about 600 teenage girls in cyber skills this year, in a bid to get more women into the male-dominated field. The Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) said it would chose girls aged 12 and 13 to take part in four-day courses in coding,…
Tech Explorist: A team of scientists at Stanford University has identified a bundle of brain cells in mice responsible for the latter—that is, the negative emotions of pain. Supported by animal-brain imaging and molecular testing, the analysts have discovered an ensemble of cells in the amygdala, a region of the brain traditionally connected with feeling…
NDTV: Barack Obama shared a throwback picture of him and his wife Michelle Obama to wish her on her 55th birthday. Shared on social media yesterday, the picture, along with a heartwarming message by Barack Obama, has gone viral with over 4.6 million ‘likes’ on Instagram alone, and another 1.15 million on Twitter. It has…
Science Alert: It has been reported that extreme rainfall events are increasing over India and widespread floods have increased threefold over the last several decades from an average of two events per year to six events per year. But the link between extreme rainfall events and rising incidence of floods remains tenuous. There is scientific…
Sky News: A huge great white shark, thought to be the biggest of its kind in the world, has been filmed by divers off Hawaii. The giant fish, estimated to be six metres long and weighing two and a half tonnes, is thought to be one tagged by researchers about 20 years ago and given…
Science Alert: Unless you live in the tropical rainforests of South or Central America, most of the sloths you’ll encounter will be two-toed sloths (Choloepus sp.). This is because they are able to eat quite a varied diet and are therefore relatively easy to keep in captivity. Their relatives, the three-toed sloths (Bradypus sp.), on…
Science Alert: It’s amazing what you can find when you do a good clear-out. Just ask chemistry researcher Alan Aitken. The scientist, from Scotland’s University of St Andrews, was rummaging through a storage area under a chemistry lecture room back in 2014 when he stumbled upon a unique relic of scientific history. Stashed amidst chemicals…
NDTV: A Washington man jumped from the 11th floor of a cruise ship and straight into the water last week, a video shared on Instagram on Friday shows. Nikolay Naydev, 27, posted a video which shows him jumping into the water off the side of a Royal Caribbean cruise ship docked in Nassau, Bahamas. His…
DOT Desk: British-Bangladeshi writer, director, actor and playwright, Leesa Gazi has dedicated her career to presenting powerful stories told from a woman’s perspective, via theatre and film, reports The Daily Star BD. Her documentary film, Rising Silence, memorialising accounts of Birangona women of the 1971 Liberation War, recently premiered at the Dhaka International Film Festival…
DOT Desk: The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has decided to make reduced rate of source tax, 0.25 per cent, on export proceeds effective from January, 1, 2019, reports The Financial Express BD. The board will issue a clarification today (Friday), mentioning the date of effectiveness of the reduced rate of source tax, officials said….