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In 1896, a French scientists left uranium salts in a drawer wrapper. What happened next unlocked the atomic ageA cloudy day led to a scientific accident. Henri Becquerel discovered radioactivity when uranium salts exposed photographic plates in a dra...
The age-old problem of not being that youngTurning 55, the author ponders age in rock and roll. Unlike athletes, musicians often continue performing in old age. Examples like Little ...
The Spirit of Science Fiction by Roberto BolanoTwo individuals engage in a peculiar conversation at a lively party. One questions the other's drink choice, while illusions of distant lig...
Oregon ducks debut glow-in-the-dark "Mummy Duck" uniforms for Penn State White Out gameOregon Ducks unveil special "Mummy Duck" glow-in-the-dark uniforms featuring phosphorescent accessories for Saturday's, September 27, White...
20,000 leagues under the seaIn 1866, a strange event occurred. Coastal towns and continents were abuzz with rumours. Seafaring people were particularly excited. Ships ...
'Milky Seas' mystery solved: Scientists close in on the enigma of a 400-year-old maritime phenomenonFor centuries, mariners have reported extraordinary glowing waters, known as milky seas, previously dismissed as myth. A new study compilin...
Alien-like bizarre sea creature washed up on Oregon coast. Mysteries surrounding Pacific football fish unraveledOnly a few Pacific football fish have been recorded in New Zealand, Japan, Russia, Hawaii, Ecuador, Chile, and California and this is the f...
OnePlus Nord 2 Pac-Man Edition review: New model packs in a cool quotientThe 12GB + 256GB model is priced at Rs 37,999, about Rs 3,000 more than the original one.
OnePlus to launch Nord 2 x Pac-Man Edition launch at Rs 38K; trick to get the smartphone for freeThe new OnePlus Nord 2 x PAC-MAN Edition will also glow in the dark.
Reminiscing Past: It wasn't B&W, it was colourThere is a famous 1927 B&W photo of Bhagat Singh in Lahore Jail. He is sitting on a khatiya, slightly leaning back and speaking to a man se...
Here’s to a bright, fuchsia-filled state of playRemember, pink’s short association with cricket prior to Friday’s match has hardly been serious. The first ODI, played under the Big Top of...
How Egypt offers a captivating canvas of the past and the presentTreasure hunters and archaeologists have been combing the Valley of the Kings for centuries. Yet the mysteries of the world’s most expansiv...
Why De Beers lab makes diamonds it will never sellThe aim is to create new gems that can fool the detection machines so that the company will have a sense of what it will be up against from...
Why De Beers lab near London makes diamonds it will never sellThe company’s Element Six unit, named for the carbon atom’s rank on the periodic table, makes gems that are as perfect as any found at Tiff...
Why De Beers lab near London makes diamonds it will never sellScientists at De Beers can make near- flawless diamonds in a lab, but they will never sell you one.
Domestic honeymoon destinations: A luxury befitting a KingWhat’s the best aspect of a domestic honeymoon? You save time to reach there and you don’t need to convert currency.
- Rare earth prices double on China mining control
Prices of the rare earths used in lasers and plasma televisions more than doubled in the past two weeks as China tightens control of mining...
- Macau: Authentically Portuguese, emphatically Chinese
Neeta Lal couldn’t get enough of the equal melange of east and west that is Macau, one facet is authentically Portuguese while the other is...
- Page 3 by the sea
The first thing that strikes you about Brighton - on England’s south coast - are the happy colours that suffuse its landscape.
- 3-D camera makes animation look real
In a darkened garage here, Steve Perlman, A former Apple Computer engineer is giving digital actors a whole new face