The first man to ever take steps outside the confines of the spacecraft was Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov on March 18, 1965. What at first seemed like a victory in the highly competitive Space Race very quickly developed into a fight for Leonov’s life. While out floating above Earth, Leonov experienced problems with his spacesuit…
When Super Typhoon Sinlaku tore across the North Pacific in April 2026, it did something that most tropical cyclones never do it sent visible ripples not just across the ocean surface but through the sky itself, all the way into the upper layers of Earth’s atmosphere. The storm reached “violent typhoon” status, the highest category…
A spacecraft drifting past Neptune would not need much imagination to picture diamonds forming in its atmosphere. Deep inside ice giants, carbon compounds are squeezed under pressures that break molecular bonds and reorganise atoms into crystalline structures. In lab experiments and planetary simulations, scientists have modelled this “diamond rain” for decades, and missions like NASA’s…
Nikola Tesla (Image: Wikipedia) Some quotations remain popular because they offer encouragement. Others survive because they reveal something uncomfortable about human nature. This remark, commonly attributed to Nikola Tesla, belongs to the second group.The sentence is short, but it leaves a strong impression. Tesla takes an emotion that most people have experienced at some point…
Ask a group of people to define success and the answers will probably sound familiar. A high-paying job. A thriving business. Financial security. A large house. Recognition. The ability to afford things that once seemed out of reach.None of these are unreasonable answers.Money affects daily life in countless ways. It can provide comfort, stability and…
June 15 declared UAE holiday as millions get 3-day weekend / Image:File Residents across the UAE are set to enjoy another public holiday this month after authorities confirmed that Monday, June 15, 2026, will be an official holiday to mark the Islamic New Year, also known as the Hijri New Year. The announcement applies to…
Rain and showers set to dominate UK weather this week / Image: File After a spell of warmer and drier weather in parts of the country, much of the UK faces a cooler and more unsettled week as bands of rain, sunshine and showers move across the nation.The Met Office says Monday will begin with…
Inside a bakery complex in ancient Pompeii, bread production did not just stop; it froze. Archaeologists working in the House of the Chaste Lovers recently uncovered something that complicates the familiar image of panic and ash-filled silence: two animals trapped beneath a collapsed room, still positioned as if the day might continue. The Archaeological Park…
Inside a modern data centre, performance is already constrained less by raw transistor capability and more by heat removal. Server racks packed tightly together push thermal systems to their limit, and operators often throttle workloads not because chips can’t compute faster, but because cooling systems can’t keep up. Against that backdrop, the claim that processors…
The tableau on display at Brampton parade A float depicting the assassination of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was featured in a parade held in Canada’s Brampton during the “Nagar Kirtan” – an annual Sikh religious procession. The city of Brampton, Ontario, is home to a large Sikh community estimated at around 25%.On October 31,…
Across all these cities, the pattern is consistent: rat prevalence is less about isolated infestations and more about how urban systems manage waste, density, and underground infrastructure. The most rat-infested cities in the US are not anomalies; they are large-scale environments where human activity unintentionally creates stable conditions for rodent ecosystems.Cities like New York, Chicago,…
US President Donald Trump on Sunday lashed out at NBC’s Meet the Press moderator Kristen Welker before abruptly ending a television interview, accusing her and major American news networks of being ‘crooked’ while defending his claims that US elections are rigged.The confrontation escalated when Welker pressed Trump to provide evidence for his repeated allegations of…
For most people working at sea, stock ownership is rarely part of the job. For 27-year-old Maryellyn Musselman, it could be life-changing. The former engineering officer spent two years aboard a SpaceX recovery vessel off Florida’s coast. During that time, she quietly built a stake in Elon Musk’s space company. Along with shares received through…
Screenshot of the viral video Dominican Republic plane crash Screenshot of the viral video Dominican Republic plane crash Screenshot of the viral video The pilot and co-pilot of a private aircraft were killed when it crashed on the runway at La Romana International Airport in the Dominican Republic, the Caribbean nation’s national aviation authority said….
Conflict in the Middle East flared up once again as Iran launched missiles at Israel, marking the first such escalation since a fragile ceasefire took effect on April 8. Several bright streaks of light were seen across the night sky as missiles hit the ground. Sirens blared across several parts of Israel, sending millions of…
Nine people were injured in a mass shooting near England’s Kansas City World Cup base camp days before the squad’s arrival. A mass shooting in Kansas City has left nine people injured just days before England are due to arrive in the city for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, prompting renewed attention on security preparations…
A 22-year-old Penn State student was shot dead in Philadelphia after trying to stop robbers who had stolen his mobile phone, leaving family, friends and neighbours devastated by a senseless act of violence.Billy Schmidt was killed in the early hours of Saturday morning, just steps away from his family home in south Philadelphia. Surveillance footage…
Philadelphia police have announced a reward of $20,000 for information leading to an arrest in the killing of Anshul Kuncha, a 28-year-old Indian man from Telangana who was shot dead while delivering a pizza to a vacant property in North Philadelphia.Kuncha was killed shortly after 12.30 am on Friday after responding to a fake delivery…
US President Donald Trump abruptly ended a television interview with NBC’s Meet the Press after a heated exchange with moderator Kristen Welker over his repeated claims that American elections are being rigged.The interview centred on Trump’s allegations about the 2020 presidential election and his concerns over vote counting in California. The discussion eventually escalated into…
US President Donald Trump described Iranians as “nuts” and “crazy people” during an interview with NBC News on Sunday, while defending his hardline approach toward Tehran and insisting that Washington must prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.Speaking in an interview with NBC News’ Meet the Press, Trump said the United States was acting to prevent…
