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22 May

Einstein handwritten “Theory of Special Relativity” sells for $1.2 million

editor0 CommentsNorth EastE=mc2, Einstein, history, international, science

Albert Einstein's letter in which he writes out his famous E=mc2 equation has sold at auction for more than $1.2 million about three times more than it was expected to get Boston-based RR Auction said Friday. Archivists at the Einstein Papers Project at the California Institute of Technology and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem say there are only three other known examples of Einstein writing the world-changing equation in his own hand. This fourth example the only one in a private collection only became public recently according to RR Auction which had expected it to sell for about $400,000. It’s…

20 May

China releases first pictures taken by its Zhurong rover on Mars.

editor0 CommentsNorth EastChina, international, mars, space

The forward view shows the landscape ahead of the robot as it sits on its landing platform; the rear-looking image reveals Zhurong's solar panels. The rover touched down on the Red Planet early on Sunday, Beijing time. In doing so, it made China only the second nation - after America - to successfully put a probe on the surface of Mars and operate it for a significant length of time. Chinese scientists hope get at least 90 Martian days of service out of the six-wheeled robot at its location on Utopia Planitia, a vast terrain in the planet's northern hemisphere.…

18 May

The United States provides assistance to India, as its “important partner” continues to fight COVID-19

editor0 CommentsHealthCovid-19, Health, INDIA, international, USA

President Joe Biden, who has announced a USD 100 million worth of COVID-19 assistance to India, is deeply engaged with the assistance program, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki told reporters at her daily news conference. “The President is, of course, kept abreast of the COVID pandemic – how it’s impacting different regions in the world, including our important partners in India. And he has been deeply engaged as we’ve made determinations about the type of relief and assistance that we can and should provide,” Psaki said. Responding to a question on India’s COVID-19 situation, Psaki said the United States…

12 May

Ellen DeGeneres to end her talk show in 2022 after airing for 19 years

editor0 CommentsEntertainmentEllen, international, world

"As great as this show is, and as fun as it is, it's just not a challenge anymore," she told the Hollywood Reporter. The announcement comes just months after the show faced accusations it was a toxic place to work. It led to three senior producers losing their jobs and DeGeneres opening the current season with an on-air apology. The Ellen DeGeneres Show, which has aired since September 2003, will come to an end in 2022 after its 19th season. The daily mix of comedy, interviews and human interest stories has been a US television staple, though ratings have declined in…

12 May

Study crushes myths: Says Covid Vaccines can be safe in pregnancy

editor0 CommentsHealthCovid-19, Health, international, pregnancy

COVID-19 vaccines may be safe during pregnancy, suggests a study that found no evidence of injury to the placenta in pregnant women who received the preventive. The first-of-its-kind study, published on Tuesday in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology, adds to the growing literature that COVID-19 vaccines are safe in pregnancy. “The placenta is like the black box in an airplane. If something goes wrong with a pregnancy, we usually see changes in the placenta that can help us figure out what happened,” said Jeffery Goldstein, assistant professor at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in the US. “From what we can tell,…

11 May

US man arrested as pet tiger goes loose

editor0 CommentsHealthcrime, international, tiger, USA

A murder suspect in Texas who was out on bail has been taken back into custody after neighbours called the police to alert them to a pet tiger wandering around a Houston neighbourhood. When officers arrived on Sunday, the man put the Bengal tiger in an SUV, and drove off, police said. Victor Hugo Cuevas, 26, now faces a separate charge of evading arrest, police said. The tiger is still on the loose. Footage shared on social media appeared to show a tiger on the leafy suburban streets. Houston Police confirmed that Mr Cuevas had been arrested for evading arrest…

06 May

Pet dog exposes owner, a German fraudster

editor0 CommentsHealthfraudster, international, pet dog, spain, world

The 47-year-old woman, arrested by Spanish police, is suspected of having embezzled around €1m (£866,000; $1.2m) from the German solar power firm she worked for, DPA news agency reports. Private detectives hired by the firm sniffed around on social media and found that she owned a "giant" poodle. Their dogged work led to her arrest. The woman is now out on bail and has reportedly admitted having faked her own death. The detectives tracked her down to a chic villa in Santa Ponça after spotting a man walking such a poodle, which is not a very common breed on the…

06 May

Scientist find the oldest burial of a human being

editor0 CommentsNorth Eastafrica, burial, history, international

About 78,000 years ago, deep inside a cave near the coast of what is now Kenya, the body of a small child was carefully laid to rest in a tiny grave. Now, an international group of researchers has used advanced scientific techniques to peer into the past, revealing for the first time details of the ancient interment — finding that it is the oldest deliberate burial of a Homo sapiens individual in Africa. The child was only about 3 years old when they died. Their body was curled up on their side, as if to sleep or to keep warm, and the…

05 May

West African woman gives birth to nine babies at once

editor0 CommentsHealthafrica, international, nine babies

Halima Cisse gave birth to the nonuplets in Morocco. Mali's government flew her there for specialist care. "I'm very happy," her husband told the BBC. "My wife and the babies [five girls and four boys] are doing well." A woman who had eight babies in the US in 2009 holds the Guinness World Record for the most children delivered at a single birth to survive. Two sets of nonuplets have previously been recorded - one born to a woman in Australia in 1971 and another to a woman in Malaysia in 1999 - but none of the babies survived more…

05 May

On Karl Marx’s 203rd birthday, here are some lesser known facts about him

editor0 CommentsNorth Eastcommunism, international, Karl Marx, marxism

Karl Marx was a journalist, revolutionary, sociologist, historian, and economist. He made various contributions and published ‘The Communist Manifesto’. These writings form the basis of the belief known as Marxism. The Marxist theory is followed by people worldwide. Life of Karl Marx Karl Marx was born in 1818 in Trier, Germany. In the young age, Karl was influenced less by religion and more with the critical and radical social policies of the enlightenment, which Jewish background exposed him to. Thus, prejudice and discrimination have led him to question the role of religion in society and gave him a reason to…