A big, hairy Spider skitters across the floor of your room; its eight, long, rangy legs moving almost robotically. It stops. Horrified, you picture its fangs clicking together, and its many eyes jerkily twitching to and fro. Suddenly, the spider scuttles under your bed. Though you wait five minutes for it to reappear, it does…
A seventy-two year old self-taught Bosnian innovator has built a rotating house as a symbol of love for his wife. Vojin Kusic built this house near the city of Srbac in Bosnia and Herzegovina, so that his wife can witness more diversified views from their house, from passes-by one moment to a sunrise in the next. The…
For the first time in cricket, fans will witness tracking off the bat, which will be provided by Hawk-Eye in select matches. In a bid to provide an “unparalleled” experience to cricket fans all across the globe for the T20 World Cup 2021, the International Cricket Council (ICC) is all set to introduce bat-tracking technology…
For this particular experiment, scientists first looked at the sequences of genes in a typical banana genome. “We then used these DNA sequences to predict the amino acid sequence of all the proteins that would be made from those genes,” Brody says, noting that the protein sequences were placed in a file. “We then did…
The Covid-19 pandemic accelerated digitization and automation, allowing companies to remain resilient even in adversity. Many businesses adopted disruptive technologies and modified their business models. The pandemic’s effect will be felt for a long time, and the digital transition will continue. If businesses do not keep up with technological trends, it will be challenging to…
India will soon come out with a new foreign direct investment (FDI) policy for the space sector, Indian Space research Organization (ISRO) Chairman K. Sivan said on Monday. In his address at the International Space Conference and Exhibition, organised by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), on the theme ‘Building NewSpace in India’, Sivan, who is…
Through their evolution, sharks have shaped our oceans into the rich habitats we know today. As apex predators (animals that are at the top of the food chain), sharks play an important role in the ecosystem by maintaining the species below them in the food chain – helping remove the weak and sick, helping keep the…
The 120-year-old beverage has become an iconic part of global pop culture and shows no signs of stopping. PEPSI-COLA WAS ONCE CALLED “BRAD’S DRINK The inventor of Pepsi-Cola was a druggist in North Carolina named Caleb Davis Bradham. In 1893, Bradham began selling “Brad’s Drink” at the soda fountain in his store. The beverage was…
First, the male and female scorpion grab each other with their pincers, and ‘dance’ – a process which allows the female to test the strength of the male, and the male to lead his partner around to find a suitable spot to leave his sperm packet for her to take. Scorpions have four pairs of legs, two pinchers and…
When humans get hot, we sweat. Our bodies need to stay about the same temperature — 98.6° F — all the time. To keep our bodies at the correct temperature, our sweat glands secrete sweat (also called “perspiration“) when we get hot. Sweat is mostly water with small amounts of salts and amino acids. As you sweat, the water evaporates into the air and cools the skin beneath it. Unfortunately, pigs have…
