Quote of the Day by Nikola Tesla Some quotes sound wise immediately. People read them once, understand them, perhaps save them somewhere, and continue scrolling. Nikola Tesla’s quote is not really one of those. It behaves differently. It slows people down a little. You read it once, and there is a small pause afterwards because…
Remains of Noel Rodriguez found years after he disappeared. His mother fled to India with the help of his stepfather Arshdeep Singh, and was arrested in 2025. Noel Rodriguez -Alvarez was born with disabilities. In March 2023, the six-year-old was reported missing by worried relatives, prompting cops to do a welfare check at his home…
Q Manivannan, an Indian-origin Scottish Green MSP elected to the Scottish Parliament last week, has drawn criticism after endorsing calls for reparations to Palestinians funded by Scottish taxpayers.Manivannan, who represents the Edinburgh & Lothians East regional list, supported a manifesto issued by the group Art Workers for Palestine Scotland ahead of the Holyrood election.The document…
Some quotes are designed to comfort people. Others inspire. Then some quotes feel more like someone holding a mirror up to society and asking people to look carefully.This quote from Amal Clooney sits in that category.The first reaction many people have after reading it is often discomfort. The image itself feels sharp because it places…
The one donation made a New York medical school tuition-free forever. Image credit – Wikimedia Besides the fact that when Ruth Gottesman made her donation of $1 billion to Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 2024, it was immediately a huge deal because of the amount, there was more to the story. The funds allowed…
Yale’s David Geffen School of Drama removed tuition fees with a $150 million donation. This move opened doors for talented students previously excluded by financial barriers. Image Credits: Wikipedia The cultural environment is quick to assume that creativity is entirely based on merit. We all think that as long as one is gifted enough, determined,…
The strange invention called “The Isolator” was conceived by Hugo Gernsback, a prolific inventor and science-fiction writer, in 1925. More than seven decades ago, before anyone talked about noise-cancellation, productivity tools, and deep work techniques, the inventor felt that humans require complete seclusion from everything else to concentrate and be productive. To achieve such an…
Every time someone snaps a selfie, records a sunset or scans a QR code, they are unknowingly using technology built on a scientific idea once dismissed as strange and almost unbelievable. More than a century ago, Albert Einstein proposed that light behaves not just as a wave, but also as tiny packets of energy capable…
A UK family donated a hand-built Lancaster cockpit after their father spent 40 years creating it. The family of a Berkshire man has donated a hand-built Lancaster bomber cockpit replica to an RAF visitor centre after he spent nearly 40 years creating it in his garden shed.Leon Ellison, a retired electronics engineer from Binfield, started…
A strong 5.2-magnitude earthquake struck southwest China’s Guangxi region on Monday, killing 2 people, damaging buildings, disrupting transport, and forcing thousands of residents to evacuate, according to Chinese authorities.The quake struck near Liuzhou city in Guangxi at a shallow depth, intensifying tremors across nearby areas, the China Earthquake Networks Centre (CENC) said.Residents rushed out of…