Flower farmers pass busy time ahead of February 21 in Bogura

    DOT Desk: Flower farmers of Bogura district are passing busy time to supply large quantities of flowers for celebrating February 21 with much fervour, reports The Financial Express. They are expecting to grow flowers worth Tk 20 million for this peak period. A good number of extreme poor farmers of the region mostly depend on…

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      Why Whales, seals and Penguins like their food cold

      Ed Yong/The Atlantic In frigid waters, their ability to keep their bodies warm gives them an edge over sharks and fish. When ecologists watch nature documentaries, sometimes they get ideas for research projects. John Grady, an ecologist from Michigan State University, kept seeing those inevitable scenes in which shoals of hapless fish are demolished by…

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        How safe is the current Awami League government?

        Devid Bergman/Bangladesh Politico Why hold a free and fair election which you risk losing, when you can rig it to ensure certain victory, and get away with it? This was clearly in the mind of the Awami League in Bangladesh which three weeks ago won 293 of the 300 parliamentary seats in what must be…

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          How to talk to children about tough topics

          Robyn Silverman/Gulf News A friend recently divulged to me that her 8-year-old daughter had started asking her about death. “Am I going to die? Are you going to die? WHEN?” My friend, taken off guard, changed the subject to something much more palatable: “Who wants ice cream?” Talking to children about tough topics is never…

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            A company is selling used tissues for over Rs. 5,000

            NTV Online: A Los Angeles-based company is selling used tissues to customers in an effort to allow them to decide when they want to get sick. ‘We believe that when flu season comes around, you should be able to get sick on your terms. We believe using a tissue that carries a human sneeze is…

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              Fault lines are no barrier to safe storage of CO2 below ground

              Eurek Alert: Carbon dioxide emissions can be captured and securely stored in underground rocks, even if geological faults are present, research has confirmed. There is minimal possibility of the gas escaping from fault lines back into the atmosphere, the study has shown. The findings are further evidence that an emerging technology known as Carbon Capture…

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                Oldest rock from earth found on the moon

                IFL Science: Scientists have discovered what may be the oldest rock from Earth, unearthed in a lunar sample collected by Apollo 14 astronauts almost 50 years ago – and its origin story is quite the bumpy ride. So how did a rock from Earth possibly end up on the Moon? It’s likely a large impact…

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                  Netflix is making a resident evil TV series

                  TechSpot: Following its decision to turn The Witcher into a TV series, Netflix is bringing another video game franchise to its library: Resident Evil. Constantin Film, the studio behind the six Paul W. S. Anderson-directed movies, is said to be working with the streaming service to develop the project. In the world of mostly terrible…

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