Fox News: Portions of an overcast sky in southeast Brazil are painted with tiny black dots — and no, it has nothing to do with birds. Residents in the inland state of Minas Gerais recently reported seeing thousands of “raining spiders.” The eight-legged critters appeared to be falling, though they were actually just crawling on…
Tech Explorist: Earlier this year, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) landed the robotic probe Chang’e 4 in the unexplored South Pole-Aitken basin, the largest, oldest, deepest, a crater on the moon’s surface. Now, on Friday, January 11, the team behind Chang’e 4 mission has shared images back to earth through a special relay satellite….
DOT Desk: The country is immensely lacking in technical capabilities to detect adulteration and contamination in food, leaving public health under severe threat, reports The New Age. So far, safe food campaign here has been limited to creating awareness and operations of mobile courts punishing perpetrators in spot inspection. Looking into hygiene issues is what…
Hossen Sohel of DOT Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday reiterated his stance saying there is no scope for dialogue with the opposition parties who are demanding for a fresh election under a nonpartisan caretaker government, reports The Daily Star. Quader, also the road transport and bridges minister, said this while talking to media…
Taylor Lorenz, Staff writer at The Atlantic/The Atlantic The men behind the camera are ready to step into the spotlight. Earlier this week, Chrissy Teigen posted a video on Instagram of herself posing artfully on the beach while her husband captured an endless stream of photos, including multiple angles and poses. “Thank u for always…
Tech Explorist: Atrial fibrillation (also called AFib or AF) is a quivering or irregular heartbeat (arrhythmia) that can lead to blood clots, stroke, heart failure, and other heart-related complications. During atrial fibrillation, the heart’s two upper chambers (the atria) beat chaotically and irregularly — out of coordination with the two lower chambers (the ventricles) of…
Hossen Sohel of DOT The Election Commission is likely to pick Singapore to trial a project for providing expatriate Bangladeshis with national identity or NID cards, reports bdnews24.com. EC Secretary Helal Uddin Ahmed has said they want to enroll expatriates as voters through the Bangladesh missions abroad. EC NID wing Director General Brigadier General Mohammad…
UNB: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged the MPs-elect of BNP to join Parliament for the sake of democracy and to utilise the scope for their return to constructive politics. “BNP should join Parliament for the sake of democracy accepting its defeat in the election,” she said. The Prime Minister said this in her introductory…
Tech Explorist: The island of Rapa Nui is well-known for its elaborate ritual architecture, particularly its numerous statues (moai) and the monumental platforms that supported them (ahu.) Researchers have long wondered why ancient people built these monuments in their respective locations around the island, considering how much time and energy was required to construct them….
BSS: Rajshahi University (RU) has adopted an initiative of installing murals of four national leaders- Syed Nazrul Islam, Tajuddin Ahmed, AHM Kamaruzzaman and Captain Monsur Ali- on the campus as soon as possible. “We have taken the initiative as recognition of their laudable and heroic contribution to the nation and its independence,” said Prof Ananda…