French mother and Black American father, kidnapped in infancy and raised as a live-in servant in a Swiss family; at 16, Daniel Pauly, ‘The Ocean’s Whistleblower’ escaped Germany and made a massive database covering 36,000+ fish speciesDaniel Pauly was born in Paris and faced numerous hardships, including being raised in Switzerland without parental love. After fleeing his...
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British Columbia sues OpenAI over Tumbler Ridge school shootingThe lawsuit filed in San Francisco federal court names OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, as defendants. It is seeking damages to cover what t...
22 Sep, 2026, 08.43 AM IST
Meet Julian Shapiro, the New York student who found 3 unusual dwarf galaxies and won $25,000Eighteen-year-old Julian Shapiro discovered three isolated dwarf galaxies that lack ongoing star formation, a puzzling combination for astr...
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NASA sent seeds into space for nearly 6 years; after they returned, 132,000 experiment kits reached 3.3 million students in 30 countriesIn April 1984, NASA launched a satellite carrying 12.5 million tomato seeds into orbit to test how space radiation affects biological life....
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Quote of the Day by Timothée Chalamet: “Somebody said to me, ‘You should keep a journal of this period in your life and… – Inspiring lessons on privacy, experiences, boundaries, personal space and why some memories are meant to stay privateQuote of the Day by Timothée Chalamet: Timothée Chalamet’s quote, “Somebody said to me, ‘You should keep a journal of this period in your l...
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ARSBC bought HMCS Chaudière from Canada’s Defence Department for $1 plus 7 cents GST; after its reef conversion, glass tunicates came to cover much of the vesselThe Canadian warship HMCS Chaudière was acquired for a symbolic price and subsequently sunk, transforming it into a vibrant artificial reef...
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In 1998, NASA sent oyster toadfish into space on Space Shuttle Columbia; over 16 days in orbit, researchers studied how their balance systems adapted to microgravityIn 1998, saltwater toadfish participated in the Columbia's Neurolab mission, offering insights into the effects of microgravity on the nerv...
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School buses aren't yellow by accident: 44 standards came from a seven-day 1939 Columbia conference, and the color stimulates two types of cone cellsA 1939 meeting established the distinctive school bus yellow color for national transportation standards. This specific shade, National Sch...
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Leading universities join forces privately to counter Trump administrationSeveral leading US universities have formed a private collective to counter the Trump administration's efforts to control research funding ...
28 Apr, 2025, 10.44 AM IST
Trump threatens to cut another $1 billion in Harvard fundingU.S. President Donald Trump is escalating tensions with elite universities, particularly Harvard, threatening to cut an additional $1 billi...
21 Apr, 2025, 10.28 AM IST
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Slain photojournalist Danish Siddiqui among 4 Indians honoured with Pulitzer PrizeSiddiqui, 38, was on assignment in Afghanistan last year when he died. The award-winning journalist was killed in July last while covering ...
10 May, 2022, 07.55 AM IST
Biden nominates tech critic Lina Khan for FTC commissionerIf confirmed, Khan, 32, from Columbia Law School would be one of three FTC Democratic commissioners (and the youngest ever) overseeing priv...
23 Mar, 2021, 12.01 PM IST
Breathe easy: Aspirin may reduce adverse effects of air pollution on lungsAccording to a study, aspirin mitigates the inflammation caused by air pollution.
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Did you know that every person you've ever met is keeping at least 13 secrets from you?And most of them are likely to take five of these to the grave.
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Let your kids play outdoors! It will make them want to protect the environmentSchools should connect positive experiences in nature with mindful learning and reflection.
18 Mar, 2017, 05.34 PM IST
US 'bigger enemy' than India for Pakistan: Imran KhanImran Khan voiced concern that his country is 'petrified' it could be bombed every time a terror attack takes place in India, US or Europe.
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