Number of words: 303 The Cretaceous period ended about 66 million years ago, with the extinction of almost three-quarters of life on Earth, including dinosaurs. The extinction was triggered by an asteroid impact that created the 180-kilometre wide Chicxulub crater. Scientists were able to describe what happened the day after the impact event, the First … Read more
Number of words: 320 We know that Earth’s magnetic North Pole doesn’t quite line up with the North Pole on a world map — it’s wandered, at a glacial pace, about 1,400 miles since its first discovery in 1831, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). What scientists didn’t expect, however, is that … Read more
Number of words: 2,450 The phenomenal rise of the SUV all started with a squabble over chicken. It was 1963 – the height of the Cold War – and US president Lyndon Johnson was fuming over a tax that France and West Germany had imposed on cheap, intensively-farmed US chicken flooding European supermarkets. In December … Read more
Number of words: 1,972 Unless you’ve spent quality time on the International Space Station, this is probably not a view you are super familiar with. This is the east coast of the United States. That’s New York down there in the lower right, and it’s a band of light all the way up through Washington … Read more
Number of words: 632 Toyota Motor and Volkswagen each sell 10 million cars, give or take, every year. Tesla delivered about 367,500 in 2019. But when it comes to electronics technology, Elon Musk’s scrappy company is far ahead of the industry giants. This is the takeaway from Nikkei Business Publications’ teardown of the Model 3, the … Read more
Number of words: 1,922 If you’re on the hunt for a new job, there’s a new twist to the hiring process that’s increasingly common: Getting judged by artificial intelligence. Major businesses like Unilever and Ikea are turning to AI programs to sniff out suitable applicants — and predict future job performance — partly as a way … Read more
Number of words: 1,784 It has been reported that the prime minister’s patience with the IAS is wearing thin. One of the reasons conjectured is that the efforts of the government do not seem to percolate down towards its intended recipients and hence it is vigorously pursuing the idea of taking more and more senior officers … Read more
Number of words: 617 Most people turn to personal narratives or philosophical justifications to explain why they hold a particular political opinion. A recently published psychology study suggests they should also look to the size and shape of their brains. Psychologists conducted brain scans on a total of 93 adults (first they studied 48 Caucasian … Read more
Number of words: 158 The custom of exposing the dead is widespread. Certain Kshatriya clans practiced it in ancient times; the Parsis mantain it to this day. It has been recorded from Melanesia and Madagascar. It exists only in a comparitively small area of north-east India. Dr. Hutton has drawn a distinction between the Western … Read more
Number of words: 187 ‘Only two ancient customs have had to be put down by Government: the sacrifice of mithuns by cruel methods, and head-hunting. The suppression of the first is wholly good, and more humane methods of killing can be substituted without detriment to the rites. ‘The suppression of head-hunting, though necessary in any … Read more
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