A family in Mumbai has preserved the body of their deceased member for four years.(File photo) MUMBAI: Deeply disturbed by the death of an 80-year-old family member, his wife and two adult children preserved his body for four years, spending more than Rs 50 lakh and researching whether it could eventually be sent to a…
Patrick Mahomes, Brittany Mahomes, Chris Long and Angie Long (Instagram) The Kansas City Current are preparing to make their already successful home even bigger. CPKC Stadium, the first venue built specifically for a professional women’s sports team, has quickly become one of the NWSL’s most sought-after destinations. With thousands of fans waiting for tickets, the…
The wider project also examined how woody debris could be used in different coastal settings. At Pemaquid Beach in Bristol, the storm had carved steep, eroded faces into the dunes. After a powerful winter storm stripped away sections of Maine’s coastline in December 2022, an unlikely form of coastal protection began taking shape on the…
Serge Boghossian. Image Credit: INSAUGA Mississauga/Website 16-year-old Serge Boghossian has turned a problem he faced while looking for work into a platform designed to help other teenagers find their first jobs. The Mississauga student taught himself to code and built Jobbli, a free online service connecting local teenagers with businesses offering part-time work. The idea…
Between August 19 and 23, 2022, Omar Yaghi’s team placed a thermos-sized cylinder in Furnace Creek, inside the Death Valley National Park. The device was not connected to anything and for three complete cycles of night and day the device extracted liquid water from the air of one of the driest and hottest places on…
Scientists have developed and optimised python-specific environmental DNA (eDNA) markers to detect Burmese pythons through water samples collected in southern Florida. The work focuses on Stormwater Treatment Areas, the Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed, and nearby rivers and canals connected to waterways previously sampled. The interconnected canal and river network can help non-native and invasive species…
In pic: Michael and Susan Dell In 2021, the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation pledged $36.6 million to help expand Community First! Village. This master-planned neighbourhood in Austin is designed to provide permanent housing and a supportive community for people exiting homelessness. The foundation’s commitment was part of a larger capital campaign to add 1,400…
There’s nothing quite as disappointing as pulling out a favourite white shirt only to find those dreaded yellow patches sitting right under the arms, no matter how carefully you washed it. Those stubborn stains happen when sweat, deodorant, and body oils build up in the fabric over time, reacting with the aluminium compounds in most…
NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday hit out at the INDIA bloc, saying the opposition alliance’s proposed nationwide protests against the Election Commission are aimed at “saving dynasty” rather than “saving democracy”.After INDIA bloc’s meeting, Union minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan accused the opposition of attacking the poll panel to create an “advance excuse” for…
A fugitive who was wanted in Wyoming on an attempted murder charge spent more than four decades living under the identity of a deceased former college classmate, according to the US Department of Justice. Stephen Craig Campbell, 76, assumed the identity of Walter Lee Coffman, who died in 1975 at age 22. Campbell first applied…