Japan is an island nation with plenty of wind and a whole lot of ocean, but building wind turbines out at sea has never been simple for the country. Most coastal waters around Japan drop off steeply into deep water within just a few kilometres of shore, which rules out the fixed, seabed-mounted turbines used…
At 23, Julia Butterfly Hill climbed nearly 180 feet into the canopy of a towering 1,000-year-old redwood in northern California, expecting to spend only a few days there as part of an environmental protest. Instead, the ancient tree, known as Luna, became her home for the next 738 days. Living on two small wooden platforms…
In Germany, Scientists have found a new species of ancient flying reptile. It comes from a new scientific study of a flying reptile that lived about 150 million years ago during the Late Jurassic period. The fossil was found in the ancient and fossil-rich rock layer in southern Germany. This area is already very famous…
In a laboratory in Maryland during the late 1960s, a small group of mice entered what looked, at least on paper, like an ideal home. There was no shortage of food, clean water arrived without fail, temperatures barely changed and disease had largely been removed from the picture. Every practical need had been anticipated. If…
According to a statement from United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the two boats had left Myanmar’s Rakhine state in late June carrying mostly Rohingya passengers. At least 500 people are feared dead after two boats carrying Myanmar’s Rohingya minority capsized in the bay of Bengal.According to a statement from the International Organisation for Migration…
Long before AI companies began building teams of specialised AI agents that collaborate to solve complex problems, legendary MIT professor Marvin Minsky had already proposed a strikingly similar way intelligence works. In his landmark 1986 book The Society of Mind, Minsky argued that intelligence is not the product of one all-powerful brain but the result…
Diego Maradona (Image: Wikipedia) Diego Maradona‘s life resists a simple summary, genius on the pitch, controversy everywhere else. He captured both sides of that in one sentence during his emotional farewell to football. “I made mistakes, and I paid for them,” he told the crowd. “But the ball is still pure.” He was not denying…
Space and its mysterious world never fail to surprise humans. According to the latest report, 14 years after touching down on the Red Planet, NASA’s Curiosity rover has snapped a photo of a mysterious honeycomb-like texture on the Martian surface, lending yet another mystery to an ever-expanding list of Martian geological features.NASA’s veteran Curiosity rover…
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday issued a stern warning to Iran, saying “they better behave” if Tehran wants negotiations with Washington to resume.In an interview, Trump claimed that Iran wanted to meet and was interested in reaching a settlement with Washington.“We’ll find out if we settle with them,” he said, adding, “They better behave.”This…
US defence secretary Pete Hegseth NEW DELHI: US defence secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday announced a new annual testosterone screening programme for military personnel aged 30 and above, saying the initiative is aimed at ensuring troops can perform at their “absolute best.“The screening will become part of the military’s mandatory annual medical examinations for service…
