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Earth's inner core slowing down, could change day's length: Study

A new study has provided "unambiguous evidence" that the Earth's inner core began to slow down its rotation in 2010, compared to the planet's surface. Photograph: Kind courtesy NASA Researchers......

Will Usha Vance Be First Hindu Second Lady?

Indian-American lawyer Usha Chilukuri Vance has burst into the spotlight after her husband, J D Vance, was named by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump as his running mate. Usha, 38,......

Oceans get warmer as climate change WORSENS

It is believed that global warming is quite a recent phenomenon, but a new study has suggested that the world's oceans began warming more than 100 years ago, much earlier than previously believed.......

Hindu group objects to 'dismantling Hindutva' conference in US

A prominent Hindu American group on Friday urged several US universities not to support an online conference titled 'Dismantling Global Hindutva' next month. Illustration: Dominic Xavier /......

Lost your sense of smell, taste? It may be COVID-19

Researchers have reported the first empirical findings linking the loss of smell and taste in patients with COVID-19, a finding that may become a new clinical screening measure for the virus.......

IIT alumnus named the next UC San Diego chancellor

Pradeep K Khosla, dean of Carnegie Mellon University's College of Engineering, also known as the Carnegie Institute of Technology, has been selected as the eighth chancellor of the University of......

New system predicts global trends on Twitter in advance

A new method can identify what information will be relevant on social networks such as Twitter and predict what will ‘go viral’ across the Internet up to two months in advance. This may......

Facebook posts more memorable than faces

People are much more likely to remember 'spontaneous' Facebook posts than human faces and text from books, according to a new study."Facebook is updated roughly 30 million times an hour so it's......

Now, a robot that can smile and grimace

Scientists have developed a new 'empathetic' robot that can go through a range of baby expressions, including smiling, grimacing and frowning.The robot baby called Diego-San is modelled on a......

Asia:Rising temperatures to affect rice production

Increasing temperaturesbecause ofclimate change will hit rice production in Asia, says a new study. Rising temperatures during the past 25 years have already cut the yield growth rate by 10-20 per......

Looking at Carrie Fisher's life in pictures

Carrie Fisher, who made Star Wars character Princess Leia so popular, passed into the ages on December 28. Fisher, who made a mark as a tremendous writer and character actress,......

How a desi is making waves at MoMA

'We'll certainly have Hollywood productions, so why wouldn't we have Bollywood?'Indira Kannan reports. IMAGE: Members of the 69th Berlin film festival's international jury arrive for the awards......

Sports Shorts: CWG champ Bhaker to pursue pol science

Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday IMAGE: India shooter Manu Bhaker. Photograph: ISSF/Twitter Commonwealth Games and Youth Olympics gold medal-winning shooter Manu......

Life Lessons from soccer star Alex Morgan

IMAGE: Alex Morgan attends The 2018 ESPYS. Photograph: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images Everyone has a dream of making it to the top, but what happens when you actually get there? Only a handful......

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