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On This Day in History, June 15: Magna Carta sealed, first blood transfusion experiment, Batman Begins released and other key eventsOn This Day in History, June 15 features landmark moments spanning law, science, war and culture. From the sealing of Magna Carta in 1215 a...- Assam's Karbi Anglong holds rare medieval manuscripts, admin to rope in experts to decode themDeep in Assam's Karbi Anglong district lies a treasure trove of ancient manuscripts, featuring elegant Tai and Sanskrit writings crafted on...
- He was hit by a tram before seeing it finished. 100 years later, Gaudí's vision is real; here's the story of Barcelona's iconic Sagrada FamíliaAntoni Gaudí's Sagrada Família now stands as the world's tallest church. Inspired by ancient arches, modern techniques have perfected its s...
- In 1948, a supermarket problem sketched in simple lines inspired a new code: And the barcode quietly transformed modern shoppingWhat began as a mundane challenge in a local grocery store ignited the spark of a revolutionary idea. Inventors Bernard Silver and Norman J...
- Lord Shiva's ‘oldest prayer’ uncovered: Shiv Trilogy author Amish Tripathi shares how a techie decoded a 4,500-year-old Pashupati sealA computer scientist's cryptographic analysis of the Pashupati Seal suggests its inscription is an ancient invocation to Lord Shiva, aligni...
- The QWERTY keyboard layout may have been designed partly to slow typists down before typewriters jammed themselves apartTypewriters of the past often struggled with jamming, a problem that sparked innovation. Christopher Latham Sholes stepped in with the revo...
- How a 15-year-old boy gave millions of blind people the ability to readLouis Braille, a teenager, created a revolutionary dot-based reading system. This system, based on a six-dot cell, allows blind individuals...
- A hidden city grid is emerging beneath tropical forests as laser scans expose roads, terraces, and ancient platformsDense jungles conceal ancient cities. LiDAR, an airborne laser mapping technique, now unveils these hidden urban layouts. It penetrates fol...
- 110 years ago, a Polish scientist accidentally dipped his pen into molten tin - what he discovered still helps run your smartphoneA lab accident in 1916 led to a breakthrough in crystal growth. Jan Czochralski's method for creating pure silicon crystals is fundamental ...
- In 1979, Steve Jobs Visited Xerox PARC and Saw a Computer Demo: That Insight Established the Foundation for the MacintoshIn 1979, Steve Jobs visited Xerox PARC, a pivotal moment that introduced him to the mouse, windows, and icons. This encounter shifted Apple...
- Agarbatti and cotton for VFX! How Ramanand Sagar created ‘Ramayan’ four decades back without computers for just Rs 7 crA new poster for India's most expensive film, 'Valmiki Ramayana,' has sparked comparisons with Ramanand Sagar's iconic 1987 series. Despite...
- April 1 in world history: From modern April fools’ tradition to most significant battles of WWIIApril 1st marks significant historical events, including the 1945 Battle of Okinawa and the 1976 founding of Apple Computer. It's also know...
- Alan Turing Helped Win World War II but Was Treated as a CriminalAlan Turing, a pivotal World War II codebreaker, developed the theoretical basis for modern computing and artificial intelligence. Despite ...
- Grace Hopper Found the First Computer “Bug”- a Real OneA literal moth found in a 1947 computer led Rear Admiral Grace Hopper to coin the term "debugging." This incident, though humorous, highlig...
- Ada Lovelace Imagined Computers Before They ExistedIn 1843, Ada Lovelace published notes on Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine, outlining how a machine could follow instructions to perform ...
- China launches first AI satellites to build world's first supercomputer in orbitChina has initiated its Three-Body Computing Constellation project. A Long March 2D rocket carried twelve AI satellites into orbit. These s...
- PM advisor Sanjeev Sanyal questions use of 1960s poverty pics in many school text booksEconomist-historian Sanjeev Sanyal criticized Indian textbooks for perpetuating outdated narratives and exaggerating poverty. On X, he argu...
- Abraham Lincoln's letter mystery solved using technique that unmasked JK RowlingIn 1864, it was believed Lincoln had sent a letter to a woman telling her that her sons had been killed in the Civil War.
- Google Doodle marks Antikythera Mechanism's discoveryNew Delhi, May 17 (IANS) Google on Wednesday marked the discovery of Antikythera Mechanism - believed to be the world's first computer - 11...
- Email ‘inventor’ Shiva Ayyadurai seeks public support against his detractors, avoids legal action for nowThe controversy is one of those stories on the Internet that refuse to die, in spite of having been written about and argued over many time...
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