Two people can look at the same career and weigh its achievements using completely different scales. One treats a small number of high-stakes tournament results, especially a World Cup title, as the single decisive measure of greatness, the tiebreaker that settles any debate regardless of everything else on the résumé. The other argues that a…

Tarique Rahman says all Bangladeshis enjoy equal rights in Janmashtami message Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Thursday extended Janmashtami greetings to the Hindu community and said the country belonged to all its citizens, with everyone enjoying equal rights.Speaking at a state-sponsored reception and honourarium distribution programme for prominent members of the Hindu community, priests…

Dog waste is usually treated as an unpleasant urban problem, something to be collected, bagged and thrown away. But researchers are investigating whether it could instead become a source of renewable energy. A new study has examined dog faeces as a feedstock for producing biohydrogen and methane through anaerobic biological processes. The research, published in…

Hooper Island Lighthouse. Image Credit: WBOC For more than a century, the 1902 Hooper Island Lighthouse has stood three miles offshore in Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay. Years of exposure have left the historic structure badly in need of repair, but its latest owner sees an opportunity to give it a new purpose. Pennsylvania painter Rich Cucé…