Image Credit: NASA Tue 10 October 2023: NASA is gearing up to unveil the sample collected from the Bennu asteroid during the groundbreaking OSIRIS-REx mission on October 11. The results of their analysis of the returned asteroid sample will also be discussed for the first time on the same day. Launched in September 2016, OSIRIS-REx […]
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Mon 09 October 2023: Russia’s space agency said on Monday that its multipurpose Nauka module attached to the International Space Station suffered a leak of a backup cooling system used to regulate onboard temperatures for astronauts. The crew and the station “are not in danger” as astronauts assess the leak, Roscosmos, the Russian space agency, […]
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Mon 09 October 2023: Police chiefs have been urged to step up patrols to prevent anti-Jewish disorder following the violence between Hamas and Israel. Home Secretary Suella Braverman has written to forces in England and Wales telling them to “use all available powers to prevent disorder and distress to our communities”. She said officers should […]
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Mon 09 October 2023: Russian ruble plunged to a 18-month low against U.S. dollar on Monday, exceeding 102 level. According to data from the Moscow stock exchange, the ruble lost 1.7% to 102.1 per dollar, the lowest since March 2022. Analysts said the fall was led by the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war besides the escalating conflict […]
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Mon 09 October 2023: Harvard University Professor Claudia Goldin has been honoured with the Nobel Prize in Economics for 2023, as announced by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. This esteemed recognition, officially known as the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, was awarded to Professor Claudia Goldin in acknowledgment […]
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Mon 09 October 2023: Oil prices soared more than four percent today, sparking concerns about possible supply shocks from the crude-rich region. Any sustained rally in oil prices would act as a tax on consumers and add to global inflationary pressures. Meanwhile, gold prices climbed more than 1 percent as the risk of a wider […]
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Sun 08 October 2023: French government were forced to close seven schools throughout the country due to a bedbug infestation, Education Minister Gabriel Attal said France 5 on Friday. The official stated that the number of reported instances is increasing. According to Attal, bedbugs have been identified at various levels at around 17 institutions, seven […]
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Sun 08 October 2023: The masterwork Femme A La Montre by Pablo Picasso, created in 1932, will be on exhibit at Sotheby’s in London and is expected to sell for more than $120 million at auction. The painting, which once belonged to art patron and collector Emily Fisher Landau, shows Picasso’s “golden muse” Marie-Therese Walter, […]
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Sun 08 October 2023: Researchers have developed a wearable bracelet and shared preliminary findings of using wearable technology to measure electrical impulses in the skin and other physiological biomarkers which may be associated with mood changes in bipolar disorder. This will help people suffering from bipolar disorder and offer quick and personalised treatments. Bipolar disorder […]
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Some of the many birds that were killed when colliding with McCormick Place in Chicago. Sun 08 October 2023: Locals in Chicago were baffled after an odd phenomena caused at least 1000 birds to die when they collided with a single building. According to media accounts, there were so many dead birds on the […]
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