SUBHASH MISHRA Dhanbad, December 3: A team from the Department of Management Studies, Indian School of Mines (ISM) today visited Senior High School in Purbi Tund block of Raghunathpur district and informed the rural students about the importance of science and mathematics in life. Prof. Rajni Singh, Dean, Media and Branding, IIT ISM, said a … Read more
Like every World Cupwhen 2022 FIFA World Cup Players in Qatar will use new balls. The last thing competitors want is for the most important tool in the most important tournament in the world’s most popular sport to behave unexpectedly, so every new World Cup ball goes to great lengths to ensure players are familiar … Read more
Digital rendering of an astronaut walking on the moon. (Image credit: fStop Images – Caspar Benson) The flags of the two countries fluttered not in any breeze, but on iron wire, on the desolate and eerily motionless surface of the moon. One is the Stars and Stripes of the United States; the other Chinese crimson. … Read more
ATHENS – Agriculture has a huge impact on how our modern global society functions. The University of Georgia’s Impact of Global Agriculture on World Cultures course is a way for university students to learn about the role agriculture plays in our daily lives today and throughout human history. “I start in early history and move … Read more
Duke Wheel Orkney Harry Josephine Giles (Picador)2022 Arthur C. Clarke Award Winner, it’s a stunning feat of language and imagination: a verse novel written in Orcadian Scots, with a lively, fresh southern English translation at the bottom of the page. If this sounds taboo or cheesy, it shouldn’t be: Deep Wheel Orcadia is a great … Read more
Duke Wheel Orkney Harry Josephine Giles (Picador)2022 Arthur C. Clarke Award Winner, it’s a stunning feat of language and imagination: a verse novel written in Orcadian Scots, with a lively, fresh southern English translation at the bottom of the page. If this sounds taboo or cheesy, it shouldn’t be: Deep Wheel Orcadia is a great … Read more
You and I know that a few men have won a Nobel Prize by the age of 23. Examples I know of were physics classes. Something similar was the main idea of Isaac Asimov’s short story “Mirror image,” I re-read last week. In it, a young man shows his findings to his senior colleagues. The … Read more
TWhile the Covid-19 pandemic may be fading for many in the rich world, software pioneer and philanthropist Bill Gates wants those in power to learn a quick lesson. in How to prevent the following Great plague (Allen Lane) he uses his technocratic approach to prepare the world for future public health emergencies. This means creating … Read more
Scientists have compiled a record of galaxies emitting mysterious bursts known as gamma-ray bursts (or SGRBs). A new study suggests that the explosions are coming from the distant universe and are much younger than scientists had previously thought. These powerful bursts of gamma rays appear to be coming from galaxies that are still forming stars. … Read more
At Central Hardin High School, the Department of Applied Family Science is particularly distinguished. Mayor Jeff Gregory presented a proclamation at the school Thursday declaring Family and Consumer Science Day to coincide with National Family and Consumer Science Day on Saturday. Applied family science is concerned with the study of well-being, relationships, growth, and nutrition … Read more