In 1913, Harry Brearley accidentally created stainless steel while testing rifle barrels

In 1913, Harry Brearley accidentally created stainless steel while testing rifle barrels

Sheffield Metallurgist was testing wartime alloys, not kitchenware, while he made the stunning discovery. Image credit – Wikimedia Sheffield metallurgist Harry Brearley’s work in 1913 did not concern itself with inventing new kitchens, hospitals, and factories. Rather, he was seeking solutions for the industrial problem of rifle barrels, which suffered from excessive wear due to…

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Child’s bones and mysterious ancient tech found in a remote Pyrenees cave at 2,235 meters

Child’s bones and mysterious ancient tech found in a remote Pyrenees cave at 2,235 meters

High in the Spanish Pyrenees at 2,235 meters, archaeologists made a paradigm-shifting discovery that challenges our view of prehistoric life in the mountains. In the remote Cova 338 cave, experts from the Autonomous University of Barcelona found the remains of an 11-year-old child with primitive metallurgical tools. This site dates back over five millennia and…

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‘You are doing nonsense’: Indian man counters Texas whistleblower Sara Gonzales over H-1B allegation, calls her jobless

‘You are doing nonsense’: Indian man counters Texas whistleblower Sara Gonzales over H-1B allegation, calls her jobless

Indian man shuts up Sara Gonzales for H-1B ambush, calls her jobless. Texas journalist Sara Gonzales who started ‘busting’ H-1B fraud in her state, which also resulted in some action from the government, targeted ‘Great America Technologies’ for her latest video. But it turned into a fight between Gonzales and Nagarjuna Reddy Sakam, who is…

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Scientists discover 6,000-year-old massive monuments from a forgotten civilisation

Scientists discover 6,000-year-old massive monuments from a forgotten civilisation

A satellite survey in Sudan’s Atbai Desert has uncovered 280 large stone burial monuments. These findings unveil the social complexity of a long-lost society of cattle herders. The study, published in the African Archaeological Review, explores these structures known as ‘Atbai Enclosure Burials’ (AEBs). Dating back to the Middle and Late Holocene, with diameters reaching…

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US and China are unlikely to fall into the Thucydides Trap, but history has another warning

US and China are unlikely to fall into the Thucydides Trap, but history has another warning

For those unfamiliar, there’s a website called Jmail that has repurposed Jeffrey Epstein’s emails into a Gmail format, so it appears that one is actually browsing the late paedophile’s inbox. It is a treasure trove of nonsensical information which showed just how deeply entrenched a former high school teacher with no formal graduation degree had…

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5 snake-filled waters in Queensland surrounded by rainforest and wetlands

5 snake-filled waters in Queensland surrounded by rainforest and wetlands

Queensland’s waterways pass through rainforests, floodplains, mangrove systems and heavily populated coastal regions, creating habitats where snakes remain active throughout much of the year. Warm temperatures and frequent rainfall support large populations of fish, frogs and small mammals, which naturally attract predators into rivers, lakes and tidal channels. Some species stay close to freshwater environments…

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UAE among world’s fastest-growing billionaire hubs with 17 residents worth 2.6 billion: Forbes

UAE among world’s fastest-growing billionaire hubs with 17 residents worth $212.6 billion: Forbes

UAE joins leading global billionaire destinations with 17 residents on rich list / Image: file The UAE’s rise as a global destination for billionaires and high-net-worth entrepreneurs is becoming increasingly visible, and Forbes Middle East’s latest ranking offers one of the clearest snapshots yet of that transformation.According to Forbes Middle East, the UAE is now…

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400 employees became millionaires overnight when a founder sold his startup for .7 billion before its IPO

400 employees became millionaires overnight when a founder sold his startup for $3.7 billion before its IPO

For most startup founders, a billion-dollar exit is the ultimate dream. For Indian-origin entrepreneur Jyoti Bansal, however, the biggest reward from selling his company was not his own fortune, but the lives it changed for hundreds of employees. In 2017, just days before software company AppDynamics was set to go public, tech giant Cisco stepped…

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“I mean, they say you die twice. One time when you stop breathing and a second time, a bit later on, when somebody says your name for the last time.”

“I mean, they say you die twice. One time when you stop breathing and a second time, a bit later on, when somebody says your name for the last time.”

Quote of the day by Banksy (AI-generated image) There are some quotes people read once and immediately move on from. Then some lines stay in the mind for hours because they touch something deeply human and slightly uncomfortable at the same time.This quote by Banksy belongs in the second category.It does not sound dramatic in…

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Why we saw a toned-down Trump in China

Why we saw a toned-down Trump in China

Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump (AP photo) “Military is obvious.”The remark from US President Donald Trump came almost casually as he stood amid the grand ceremonial spectacle arranged by his Chinese counterpart and host Xi Jinping in Beijing. Rows of Chinse soldiers stood in perfect formation. Red carpets stretched across the…

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