Mihir Zaveri, Guilbert Gates & Karen Zraick /The New York Times At midnight on Saturday, the shutdown entered its 22nd day, which makes it the longest gap in American government funding ever.That beats the previous record, under President Bill Clinton in 1995, of 21 days. In total, there have been 21 gaps in government funding…
BBC: On the train to visit one of the last places in Britain that burns coal for electricity, I pass three solar farms soaking up sunshine. I also pass a coal plant called Eggborough that has all but ceased operations. No steam rises from its giant cooling towers. It will shut in September. But the…
BBC : Theresa May is meeting European leaders and EU officials on Tuesday for talks aimed at rescuing her Brexit deal. She is holding talks with Dutch PM Mark Rutte and Germany’s Angela Merkel after postponing a Commons vote on the deal. The UK PM has said she needs “further assurances” about the Northern Ireland…
Tech Explorist How a critical cellular process is regulated? What that could mean for the future study of genetics? In 1950, Scientists identified DNA replication, but how this process was regulated- remains unclear. Now after more than half a century of research on molecular genetics, Florida State University scientists finally understand the mechanism. In a…
EurekAlert: The weird shapes and colors of the tiny Martian moons Phobos and Deimos have inspired a long-standing debate about their origins. The dark faces of the moons resemble the primitive asteroids of the outer solar system, suggesting the moons might be asteroids caught long ago in Mars’ gravitational pull. But the shapes and angles…
Hossen Sohel of DOT A vessel carrying 850 tonnes of cement clinker has anchored near Chandpur Launch Terminal after a crack developed on its keel (bottom portion of the vessel) on the Meghna river in the early hours yesterday, reports The Daily Star. Most of the cement clinker has been damaged. The vessel-MV Haji Abdul…
Fabia Shahzadi Summer is the season of laziness. While the sun is slowly baking our brains, the last thing you want to do is think too intensely about anything and everything. These four summer style hacks will make what you already own look even better and trendy. Learn how to perfectly (imperfectly) taper your trousers,…
Desk Report: In 1962, an Alemannic burial site containing human skeletal remains was discovered in Niederstotzingen (Baden-Württemberg, Germany). Researchers at the Eurac Research Centre in Bozen-Bolzano, Italy, and at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Jena, Germany, have now examined the DNA of these skeletal remains. This has enabled them to…
Reporter by: Biplab Biswash Written by: Eshan Maitra A prime suspect of the Holey Artisan Attack, Terrorist Sohel Mahfuz aka Nasirullah has spilled out some intriguing information in the interrogation by Bangladesh Counterterrorism Unit. He was receiving funding and arms supply from Terrorist Musa, for the HA Attack. They had regular meetings at Malda-Murshidabad…
Arab News India’s environmental watchdog has slapped New Delhi’s government with a $3.5 million fine for failing to enforce rules to reduce smog in the world’s most polluted major city, officials said Tuesday. The National Green Tribunal penalised the capital administration for its lack of oversight after it emerged some polluting industries were still burning…