Like several others, historian A. Roger Ekirch thought that sleep was a constant in our lives, eight hours of rest a night never really varied over time and place. But in the course of his research on the nocturnal life in preindustrial Europe and America, he found the first evidence that many humans used to […]
A rare snowy owl from the Arctic is touring monuments across Washington DC, with several birdwatchers flocking to catch a glimpse of the creature. The owl is quite far from its summer breeding grounds in Canada and was first seen during a winter storm that dumped eight inches of snow across the city. Since then, […]
Various people across the UAE are facing issues as Microsoft Outlook is down. Several headed to social media platforms to express their inability to access their emails via web or mobile browsers. They then sent out requests to Microsoft to resolve the issue as soon as possible as it affected their respective business operations. Microsoft […]
In the summer of 2021, Allen Roach saw something that really upset him: His then-11-year-old son, Peyton, used a sword to slice off the characters legs as well as arms in a virtual reality medieval fantasy game which he then threw off a bridge. It did all happen in VR, but for Roach — who […]
Small birdhouses motivated Bhagvanji Rupapara to develop a novel device for birds. Rupapara, a Gujarat native, spent AED544,514 to build this 140-foot-long, 70-foot-wide, and 40-foot-high birdhouse with his own money and land. This became a safe haven for birds and to keep them protected from the elements. By employing 2,500 earthen pots custom-made this birdhouse was […]
DUBAI: The Expo 2020 Dubai souvenir passports have become the hottest item among visitors, with sales crossing the 1 million mark in just three months. Alongside, many other Expo-branded souvenirs and merchandise are in high demand, including models of Opti, the AI-powered child-size robot that greets, guides and entertains visitors at different locations. The Opti robot […]
DUBAI: Technological innovations that could shape the cities of the future were the focus of a discussion at Expo’s Estonia Pavilion earlier this week, with business leaders and innovators from Estonian companies Telia, Datel, Mobi Lab, Auve Tech, Positium, Eyevi Technologies and Bercman Technologies debating smart solutions for everything from future living to sustainability. The […]
In the world of medicine, for the first time, Maryland doctors have transplanted a genetically modified pig’s heart into a patient in a last attempt to save his life. The surgeons at the University of Maryland medical centre said that the patient was recovering well after the experimental surgery, though it would be too soon […]
Researchers have found that Goldfish are capable of navigating on land in a recent study. A team at the Ben-Gurion University has developed a FOV — a fish-operated vehicle. The FOV is a robotic car is fitted with lidar, a remote sensing technology that uses pulsed laser light to collect data on the vehicle’s ground […]
ABU DHABI: The ‘Joint Emirates Shield / 50’ military drill, launched by the Ministry of Defence on January 8th, continued today west of the Maritime Theater of the UAE. The exercise, which will continue until January 14, is part of a series of operational drills slated for 2022 and aims to boost the combat readiness […]
From first showing in the Asterix comic book series to appearing as an avatar on “The Masked Singer,” Vikings have been seen across pop culture adorning horned helmets to symbolise their power. However recently two-horned helmets first discovered in Viksø, Denmark have been traced back to Sardinia in the Bronze Age — eliminating any myths […]
