Arab News: More than 2.5 million violators of residency, work and border security systems have been arrested in a year-long roundup, according to an official report. Since the campaign began in November 2017 the total number of offenders was 2,504,037, which included 1,949,024 for violating residency regulations, 383,033 for labor violations and 171,980 for…
Science Alert: Human sacrifice has been around for centuries – the Maya, Aztecs, and ancient Egyptians killed prisoners of war, volunteers, and slaves over the course of their histories. But child sacrifice, especially mass killings, are incredibly rare. Previously, evidence of the largest youth sacrifice ever – 42 children – was discovered at Templo Mayor…
DOT Desk: To check quality of fertilisers and pesticides, samples of different chemical fertilisers and pesticides under a special programme are being collected from local markets, reports The Daily Observer. According to sources at Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), the farmers use different fertilisers and pesticides in their croplands to increase crop production. The department…
CNN: Seven years ago at the Australian Open, Novak Djokovic battled past Rafael Nadal in a historic, marathon final. On Sunday it was the same end result but more like a 20-meter sprint thanks to Djokovic’s brilliance. The Serb crushed a shell-shocked Nadal in front of a stunned Rod Laver Arena 6-3 6-2 6-3 to…
Eurek Alert: An article published today in the Open-Access journal GigaScience provides data that effectively triples the number of plant species with available genome data. This mammoth amount of work comes on the back of the growing efforts of the scientific community to sequence more plant genomes to aid in understanding their complex evolution and…
DOT Desk: Buses of state-run Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation are getting unserviceable long before expiry of their economic life for procurement of low quality vehicles and corruption in their maintenance, reports The New Age. Officials and road transport experts have found that brand new buses become poor and rickety within a few years of their…
CNN: A gum infection was found to be a potential risk factor of Alzheimer’s disease in a study published Wednesday in the journal Science Advances. The bacteria Porphyromonas gingivalis, known as Pg, lead to the gum infection chronic periodontitis, causing chronic inflammation and potential tooth loss. This same bacteria were also found in 51 out…
INC: oftware giant SAP became the latest company–and, it says, the only business software company–to target a share of its venture investments directly to women and underrepresented minorities. Its fund, called SAP.iO, was launched in 2017 and invests in business-to-business startups that are a fit with SAP’s own technology platforms. With $35 million to invest,…
Eurek Alert: It’s the archetypal child’s drawing – family, pet, maybe a house and garden, and the child themselves. Yet how do children represent themselves in their drawings, and does this representation alter according to who will look at the picture? A research team led by academics from the University of Chichester has examined this…
DOT Desk: State minister for fisheries and livestock Md Ashraf Ali Khan Khasru urged farmers to avoid excessive use of pesticide in vegetable farming as well to be refrained from marketing premature vegetables, reports The New Age. The minister came up with the call while visiting the three-day National Vegetable Fair 2019 at Krishibid Institution…