Bhavya Chowdhury Number of words: 291 Superhard materials are of the incredible interest in different handy applications, and an increasing number of research efforts are centered around their turn development. A superhard material has two crucial features, hardness, and fracture toughness, representing its resistance to deformation and cracks propagation, respectively. Materials with such properties that would suit … Read more
Number of words: 1,375 We asked GPT-3, OpenAI’s powerful new language generator, to write an essay for us from scratch. The assignment? To convince us robots come in peace. For more about GPT-3 and how this essay was written and edited, please read our editor’s note below.I am not a human. I am a robot. … Read more
Number of words: 991 Falling fertility rates mean nearly every country could have shrinking populations by the end of the century. And 23 nations – including Spain and Japan – are expected to see their populations halve by 2100. Countries will also age dramatically, with as many people turning 80 as there are being born. … Read more
Number of words: 357 While India had the world’s harshest lockdown, Pakistan barely had one at all. Indian economist Kaushik Basu proposed a theory where India’s lockdown “itself became the source of the virus’s spread”. “By having people huddle together, infecting one another, and then having the same people travel hundreds of miles, the pandemic … Read more
Number of words: 313 A team of researchers and engineers along with a drone pilot from the Dutch-based Technical University of Delft (TU Delft) have successfully conducted the first real test flight of the scaled model of the ‘Flying V’, a futuristic and fuel-efficient long-distance aircraft that could one day carry passengers in its wings. … Read more
Number of words: 1,688 There are things we say when we catch the eye of a stranger or a neighbor walking by. We say, “Hello, how are you? It’s a beautiful day. How do you feel?” These sound kind of meaningless, right? And, in some ways, they are. They have no semantic meaning. It doesn’t … Read more
Number of words: 2,511 PA: I want to ask you guys a question. How many languages do you speak? This is not a rhetorical question. I actually want you to think of a number. For some of you, it’s pretty easy. Inside your head, you’re like, “It’s one. You’re speaking it, buddy. I’m done.” Others … Read more
Number of words: 1,644 Every working morning for the last 26 years, Michael Boyer has slipped into a pair of neon-bright, multi-coloured tights, tied on his lipstick-red cape, grabbed his flute and marched out into the medieval streets of Hamelin, a town of 60,000 residents in Lower Saxony, Germany. “People sometimes mistake me for a … Read more
Number of words: 1,214 We are used to thinking of idleness as a vice, something to be ashamed of. But when the British philosopher Bertrand Russell wrote “In Praise of Idleness” in 1932, at the height of the Great Depression, idleness was an unavoidable reality for the millions who had lost their jobs. Russell realised … Read more
Number of words: 1,533 Some call it the Rolls Royce of chalk, the Steinway of writing utensils. Some say it’s unbreakable, others say it leaves no dust behind. And it turned the world’s brightest minds into hoarders, going to great lengths just for a few sticks of the stuff. “I would reach into my cupboard … Read more
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