In September 2022, Nasa carried out a mission that had never been attempted before: deliberately crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid to change its path through space. The target was Dimorphos, a small moonlet orbiting a larger asteroid called Didymos. Neither object posed any danger to Earth, which made the pair an ideal testing ground…
Brad Pitt recently opened up about how he believes that AI can help people make good films under a controlled budget. However, he is still not fully sure about whether they can replace actors or not. (Image credits: Instagram) While many actors in the entertainment industry have condemned the use of AI in films, Brad…
NEW DELHI: Eighteen years after scripting history at the Beijing Olympics, Indian shooting legend Abhinav Bindra looked back on the moment that changed Indian sport forever, describing his individual gold medal as the “biggest peak of my sporting life”.On August 11, 2008, Bindra became the first Indian to win an individual Olympic gold medal when…
Archaeologists in China have uncovered an extraordinary alcoholic drink that remained remarkably well preserved for more than 2,000 years inside an ancient bronze bottle. The vessel, recovered from a Qin-period tomb at the Shanjiabao cemetery in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, contained about 3.74 litres of pale blue-green liquid, equivalent to nearly a gallon. Scientific…
Benjamin Franklin (Image: Wikipedia) Two people can spend a lifetime accumulating whatever they consider valuable and end up with completely different kinds of wealth to show for it. One collects money, property, and possessions, each one clearly priced, each one able to be counted. The other spends that same effort building something that resists being…
Chiyaan Vikram has faced online criticism after a video showing him interacting with a Lar Gibbon sparked questions about the animal’s ownership and legal status in India. While social media users have raised concerns over the exotic animal, allegations about its origin and Vikram’s ownership remain unverified, with no confirmed finding of wrongdoing currently established….
A couple, Margaret and Arthur Thorsborne, travelled north from Queensland’s Gold Coast to Hinchinbrook Island, a place they knew largely through photographs. They would return many times, eventually making the Cardwell area their home and becoming closely associated with its forests, wetlands and wildlife. Among the animals that caught their attention were pied imperial-pigeons, which…
Farhan Akhtar takes subtle jibe at Ranveer Singh amid ‘Don 3′ controversy, says ‘seems to be a pattern nowadays’ amid controversy The long-running controversy surrounding ‘Don 3’ resurfaced after Farhan Akhtar made a seemingly pointed remark while recalling a major casting hurdle he faced during the making of ‘Dil Chahta Hai’. The actor-filmmaker was discussing…
File Pic: Luis Suárez, Lionel Messi and Neymar (Getty Image/La Liga) Could one of football’s most iconic attacking trios reunite after almost a decade? Neymar’s uncertain future at Santos has once again put Inter Miami on the radar, opening the possibility of the Brazilian linking up with Lionel Messi and Luis Suárez for one final…
Representative Image of bull sharks gathering at a coral reef and displaying social behavior (AI-generated image) Bull sharks have long been viewed as solitary hunters that cross paths mostly by chance, but a six-year study in Fiji suggests otherwise. Researchers observed adult bull sharks gathering repeatedly at a single reef site and found that individuals…