Stephen Hawking quote of the day Some quotes sound intelligent immediately and then disappear from memory a few minutes later. Others seem to sit quietly in the mind and become more interesting with time. This quote, widely associated with Stephen Hawking, feels like one of those lines that grows heavier the longer a person thinks … Read more
Indian-American educator and policy professional Pia Dandiya has shifted her US Congressional campaign to Florida’s newly redrawn 22nd District, moving from her earlier bid in the 21st District as she enters a closely watched open race in the state, according to the American Bazaar.Dandiya is a former high school principal and technology manager. She is … Read more
An illegal migrant has been charged with killing four young people after driving the wrong way under the influence (DUI) on an Oklahoma highway.The suspect wasidentified by police as 27-year-old Michael Rosario-Cruz. He was released from hospital and booked into the Canadian County Jail on multiple charges, including four counts of second-degree murder, DUI causing … Read more
Sabeer Bhatia (Left) Sridhar Vembu (Right) An online fight between two billionaires over how India should view its past has stirred a row on social media, with Indian-origin tech entrepreneurs Sabeer Bhatia and Sridhar Vembu clashing after Vembu compared Bhatia’s remarks to asking Jews to “appreciate” the Holocaust.The row began after Bhatia, the Indian-American co-founder … Read more
TOI correspondent from Washington: In the summer of 1976, a Kanpur-born teenage engineering student from BITS Pilani stood in the lobby of the US embassy in New Delhi after being denied a student visa for the third time. His father, who had accompanied him, refused to leave. He had seen the photo of the consular … Read more
Some quotes survive because they sound wise. Others survive because they create a small moment of discomfort. They stay in people’s minds because they touch something that still feels real long after the world around them changes. This line linked to Plato belongs in that second category. It does not sound gentle or reassuring. It … Read more
A 37-year-old man has been charged in connection with the fatal shooting of an award-winning young farmer in Derbyshire, more than two years after the incident shocked the local farming community in the UK.According to a BBC report, the body of 23-year-old Charles Kinston was found in a field off Brizlincote Lane in Bretby, near … Read more
For a long time, astronomers treated the early universe as a place where galaxies were still finding their footing, small systems forming stars rapidly, while the larger cosmic structures familiar today had not yet settled into existence. Galaxy clusters, the sprawling cities of the cosmos, were thought to become influential much later. Yet fresh observations … Read more
A technology that could propel crewed missions to Mars and robotic spacecraft throughout the solar system was recently put to the test at NASA‘s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. The result was a milestone that engineers and space scientists have been working toward for decades, and one that brings the prospect of humans setting … Read more
At several hundred metres below the surface, the limestone caves around Minamidaito Island are mostly untouched by sunlight, currents, and routine marine surveys. The landscape is narrow, uneven, and difficult to navigate even with modern submersibles. During one of those deep exploratory dives last year, a remotely operated vehicle passed close to a colony of … Read more