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….
Tech Explorist : Anxiety is an important mental state and related disorders may lead to many severe sufferings. In which patients suffer from intense fears and anxiety or from sudden, inexplicable panic attacks. Whereas in extreme cases, the sufferer sometimes leaves their home and which can have many other serious impacts on their family, friend…
NDTV: After delivering more than 5,900 pounds of science and supplies, theSpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft is set to depart the International Space Station (ISS) to Earth. The spacecraft will depart the ISS, along with critical scientific research, at 12.37 pm Eastern Time and splash down in the Pacific Ocean at about 6.17 pm, NASA said in…
Saba Ali/NDTV For a minute, it felt good, somewhat thrilling, to walk down Main Street exposed. I zipped past the family-friendly brunch district, footloose and fancy free. I’m a Muslim woman who’s worn a head covering for more than two decades, and I had decided to take my headscarf off for one sunny morning. Something…
Taiara Farhana Tareque The journey of Futsal Dhaka started with a dream of creating a well organized environment for football in our country. They watched matches on television together and thought of making things better for their own country. A friendly futsal tournament at a local playground was their first time organizing an event. After…
AP, Kabul An Afghan official says at least six police officers have been killed in a Taliban ambush on their convoy in northern Balkh province. Abdul Manon Raoufi, operational commander for police in the region, said on Monday that insurgents attacked the convoy Sunday night in the Dawlat Abad district. The police were on their…
The Guardian: An explosion at a weapons depot in a rebel-held town in north-west Syria killed at least 39 civilians, including a dozen children, according to reports. Rescue workers used bulldozers to remove rubble and extract people trapped in the two buildings flattened by the explosion in Sarmada in Idlib province on Sunday. A civil…
NDTV This video is going crazy viral on social media right now, and with good reason. A video which shows a woman impersonating Siri has garnered over 16 million views on Twitter, and people just can’t believe how spot-on the impression is. Shared by Twitter user @Erinie_DaBest, the video shows a woman – identified by…
Hamid Dabashi, Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature at Columbia University/Aljazeera Why did Trump, Bolton and Mattis refuse to listen to the tape of Jamal Khashoggi’s murder? Because of Arabic? “We have the tape,” US President Donald Trump finally admitted that there is a tape-recording of the murder of Jamal Khashoggi –…
Express.UK WhatsApp fans look set to see a big change coming to the Facebook-owned Android and iOS chat app. WhatsApp is the world’s most popular chat app, with over 1.5billion users each month. The messaging app is owned by Facebook, and was purchased by the social networking giant back in 2014 for $1.5 billion. Unlike…