DUBAI: Consul General of India in Dubai and Deputy Commissioner-General for India at Expo 2020 Dubai, Dr. Aman Puri said that safeguarding the environment is our duty as the citizen of India and we must all strive to work together in doing so. “As India is home to 18% of the world’s population, it is […]
A company in Sweden has created a microchip implant that can be inserted under the skin to store information on someone’s vaccination status. Epicentre, a startup based in Stockholm, made headlines earlier this year when more than 100 employees got access passes to their office implanted into their arms. Now it’s unveiled a gadget consisting […]
In Towson, Maryland, there is a street called Dunkirk Road. There are 32 homes in Dunkirk, where families of various races, religions, and political views live. The neighbours are all close friends. So when Matt Riggs, who lives on the block with his wife Kerry, found out his neighbour across the street was struggling with […]
Strangers have raised over £5,000 (AED24,586) for a homeless man after a Twitter post went viral. Harry Beardsley, from Reading, bumped into John in the street. After playing a bit of pool and having a chat, Harry shared a post to his account, asking people if they had any work going for him. He wrote, […]
Before the dawn of the smartphone era, manufacturers tried out a variety of different phone styles and designs to see what would stick. From candy bar phones with their clicking dial pads to more advanced flip phones and sliders to phones with full QWERTY keyboards. But in those days, it was the flip phone that […]
The James Webb Space Telescope is finally on the launchpad. The space observatory, safely tucked inside an Ariane 5 rocket, is expected to launch on December 25. The rollout took about two hours to complete, according to NASA. Arianespace’s Ariane 5 rocket, with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope on board, was rolled out to the […]
The discovery of a giant marine reptile skull in the United States has revealed new theories about the speed of evolution and how quickly the process can produce diversity. The giant ichthyosaur fossil — with a skull measuring almost two meters (6.6 feet) in length, an estimated body length of more than 17 meters (55.7 […]
DUBAI: The Germany Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai is not all just about technology and science, energy, future cities, biodiversity and similar serious subjects. It is also a fun place where visitors are invited to join interactive dance sessions at regular intervals throughout the day. The daily ‘Together We Move’ dance sessions, conducted by Germany’s […]
DUBAI: Expo 2020 Dubai is launching a landmark musical spectacle, directed by world-renowned filmmaker Shekhar Kapur, with music by Academy and Grammy award-winning musical composer A.R. Rahman, that will premiere at Al Wasl Plaza in January 2022. Why? The Musical will follow the story of a curious young girl and a wise old man in a dynamic spectacle […]
The holiday season can be overwhelming and overstimulating. With our regular routines not in place, our children out of school, our healthy diets put on hold, while we are dealing with the hecticness of traveling or tourists, holiday parties, and family gatherings, it is easy for things to start to feel emotionally flooded. And for […]
The oldest family tree in the world has been reconstructed through the analysis of ancient DNA taken from a Stone Age tomb in Britain, according to a new study published recently. Researchers extracted DNA from the bones and teeth of 35 individuals buried at Hazleton North long cairn in the Cotswolds-Severn region, England. They found […]
