The 1,110-kg test vehicle, developed at Donghu Laboratory, achieved the milestone in its latest trial China has pushed maglev technology into a speed range far beyond conventional high-speed rail, with an experimental train car reaching 800 kmph in only 5.3 seconds on a 1-km test track in Hubei.The 1,110-kg test vehicle, developed at Donghu Laboratory,…
Shackled skeletons, PC: Athens Journal of History, 2021 In 2016, archaeologists digging at the Phaleron cemetery on the coast near Athens uncovered one of the most unsettling finds in Greek archaeology, a mass grave holding nearly 80 adult men, many still shackled at the wrists with iron restraints. The men, known as the Esplanada group,…
Baby holding mother’s hand (Representative Image, Canva) A complex surrogacy dispute involving California, Alaska and Texas intensified after surrogate McKenna West gave birth in Texas to a baby with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, a severe and life-threatening congenital heart condition. The baby was born on August 12 and is receiving specialised medical care. According to…
Santos’ Neymar (AP Photo/Andre Penner) Brazilian superstar Neymar hit back at sections of the Santos crowd after being booed during the club’s 2-1 comeback victory over Macara in the first leg of their Copa Sudamericana round-of-16 tie. Despite delivering a match-winning performance with two assists, Neymar was unhappy with the negativity from some supporters and…
18-year-old Bianca Adler turns back 400m from Everest summit, returns a year later to make historyPhoto: Bianca Adler/ Instagram In the pre-dawn darkness of the world’s highest mountain, an 18-year-old from Melbourne stood on top of the world. Bianca Adler had just become the youngest Australian to summit Mount Everest, completing a feat that had…
Sunny Deol has been touring the country with ‘Batwara 1947’ director Rajkumar Santoshi and the film’s cast to promote the movie. During a Kolkata stop, he caught fans off guard by recreating a well-known line from the animated show ‘Oggy and the Cockroaches’, in a lighthearted moment that unfolded at one of the last legs…
Australia’s camel population is difficult to count, partly because the animals are scattered across an immense stretch of desert and semi-desert country. Estimates have placed the feral herd anywhere from about 300,000 to one million, depending on the year and the method used to survey it. Their presence is a legacy of a very different…
Preble’s meadow jumping mouse (Image Credit: Wikipedia) Colorado’s efforts to protect the threatened Preble’s meadow jumping mouse are gaining momentum as conservationists work to restore the streamside habitat the tiny species depends on. In northern Colorado, restoration has focused on improving riparian areas, reconnecting streams with their floodplains and encouraging landowners to protect suitable habitat….
The Supreme Court has brought a significant turn to the controversy surrounding Samay Raina, Ranveer Allahbadia and others over the contentious remarks made on the show ‘India’s Got Latent’. On Friday, the court quashed all FIRs registered against them in connection with remarks concerning persons with disabilities, according to Bar and Bench.The legal controversy dates…
In the quiet pools of the New York Aquarium, a groundbreaking experiment was unfolding. It was 2001, and a team of scientists was about to test a question that had long fascinated researchers: could beluga whales, the white Arctic cetaceans known for their expressive faces and complex social lives, recognise themselves in a mirror?Over the…