Scientists at Cornell University are developing a real-life version of the “stillsuit” seen in the Frank Herbert sci-fi film Dune, which could be used by future astronauts on missions to the International Space Station, the Moon and beyond. In order to survive on the brutally arid world of Arrakis, the humans inhabiting Herbert’s fictional desert … Read more
Two NASA astronauts who flew the new Starliner spacecraft in June unexpectedly enjoyed an extended stay in space. While sensational headlines described the test pilots as “stuck” or “beached,” Boeing, the company that built the capsule, has assured the public that the crew is not in danger and does not need to be rescued. Prime … Read more
Did Xbox Paid Too High a Price? (Microsoft) A reader isn’t surprised by the recent Xbox rumors, claiming the cost of acquiring Activision Blizzard is higher than even Microsoft realizes. They say money can’t buy love and we’ve seen that to be especially true for Xbox. Over the last few years they’ve spent over $76 … Read more
Did Xbox Paid Too High a Price? (Microsoft) A reader isn’t surprised by the recent Xbox rumors, claiming the cost of acquiring Activision Blizzard is higher than even Microsoft realizes. They say money can’t buy love and we’ve seen that to be especially true for Xbox. Over the last few years they’ve spent over $76 … Read more
OOn Sunday, the Observer magazine published a sensitive piece on video game addiction, featuring therapists working in the sector and a family affected. True, compulsive, life-altering addiction, whether to video games or otherwise, is of course devastating for those affected. Since the WHO classified gaming addiction as a specific disorder (separate from technology addiction) in … Read more
Football and music are married. Two social weathervanes that are eternally intertwined with the hearts of the country. There is a huge age difference—about 50,000 years—but they do it. There are plenty of musicians who are/were handy footballers—Bob Marley, Robbie Williams, Serge Pizzorno, that guy from One Direction. Some great footballers are also talented musicians. … Read more
Keir Starmer has pledged to keep mortgage rates ‘as low as possible’ Higher mortgage rates have been a thorn in the side of homeowners for almost two years. According to Moneyfacts, the average interest rate on five-year fixed-rate mortgages is still above 5%, while the interest rate on two-year fixed-rate mortgages is closer to 6%. … Read more
Space agencies around the world are working on building planetary defense capabilities to protect Earth from asteroids and ISRO too is keen to take responsibility in this regard. Representative Image/AP Apophis, a near-Earth asteroid with a diameter of 370 metres, is being called the most dangerous of the current era, will fly by us on … Read more
Kyrenia ship hull during excavations. Kyrenia ship hull on the seabed off the coast of Northern Cyprus during underwater excavations in the late 1960s. Credit: Image provided to authors by the Kyrenia Ship Excavation team for use with this article, CC-BY 4.0 Cornell researchers have refined the estimated sinking period of the Kyrenia shipwreck to … Read more
Astronomers are witnessing a never-before-seen spectacle in the cosmos: the awakening of a supermassive black hole at the center of a distant galaxy. In late 2019, a team of astronomers took note of an otherwise unremarkable galaxy called SDSS1335+0728, located 300 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. A sudden spike in the galaxy’s brightness … Read more