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Modern air conditioning was invented in America, but not to keep people coolA printing issue in Brooklyn led to the invention of modern air conditioning. This innovation, initially for paper, became a lifesaver, dra...
- Honouring the departed
Across religions, honouring the departed is a common practice. Hinduism regards the Bhadrapada month as sacred, with the waxing fortnight d...
Hoping for & dreaming about a YR4 endAn asteroid, 2024 YR4, once posed a 3.1% threat to heavily populated Indian cities like Kolkata, raising hopes for a communal end. Though t...
Dennis the Menace actor Jay North dies at 73 due to cancerJay North passed away at the age of 73. The actor was best known for his role as the mischief maker on the CBS sitcom, Dennis the Menace.
Who was Polaris guitarist Ryan Siew, who passed away at age of 26?Polaris, an Australian metalcore band, has announced the demise of its guitarist Ryan Siew at the age of 26.
An NFHS question shows why questionnaires need to be reworked and updated from first principlesSurvey questionnaires need to be reworked from first principles in consultation with today’s policymakers rather than blindly perpetuating ...
- Cigarette butts to eliminate mosquitoes?
Bengaluru, Sep 22 (IANS) Cigarette butts (CBs) thrown into garbage as trash can be turned into a valuable resource for killing mosquitoes t...
Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe thinks he should stay in office till he turns 100Hopefully, his 50-year-old wife does not harbour similar personal and professional ambitions!
The Real ThingsThe human body is base, since it dies and disintegrates, but the ghost in the machine is its soul that is forever beyond mortal coils.
Is the Land Acquisition Bill spurring Indians for a one-way trip to Mars?The implementation of the Land Acquisition Act could also spur some last-minute applications, attracted by the lack of stubborn local Marti...
Fleeting permanenceThe rationale of ephemeral art is just as imperative as that of art meant to endure.
Love and lossImpermanence is an undeniable and inescapable fact of life from which nothing that belongs to the realm of earthly existence is ever free.
Not with a bangAcc to American evangelist & radio host Harold Camping, today is indeed Judgement Day when the curtain comes down on all of us.
On a wing and a prayerBritish-American literary pundit Christopher Hitchens needs little introduction. Besides being an author and journalist for over four decad...
- Internet lifestyles leave digital estates for descendants
As lives move increasingly online, Legacy Locker is building virtual safe-deposit boxes where people can leave digital estates for descenda...
The divine self lives within youThe little book came by post. The title on the blue jacket simply said Bodhvachne (aphorisms of wisdom) of Sri Brahmachaitanya Gondvalekar ...