Monthly Archives: October 2024
Life Science laureates Gary Ruvkun (left) and Victor Ambros speak on stage during the 2nd annual Breakthrough Prize Awards in Mountain View, California on November 9, 2014. — Reuters United States scientists Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of microRNA and its role in […]
Urban Smart Buds were launched in India on Monday. They come with support for up to 32dB ANC and claim to offer up to 48 hours of total battery life. The TWS earphones sport an in-ear design with silicone tips and are equipped with 13mm drivers, quad-mic systems and an IP55 rating. The USP here […]
Representational image (Pic credit: Reuters) Stormy weather has threatened to delay the launch of Europe’s Hera spacecraft, which is scheduled to blast off on Monday, SpaceX has said.The probe will head off on a mission to inspect the damage a NASA spacecraft did to an asteroid when it smashed into it in 2022 during the […]
A representational image showing Pakistani and Indian cricket fans holding their national flags during a match. — AFP/File LAHORE: Right-handed batter Mohammad Haris will be leading Pakistan Shaheens in the Asian Cricket Council Men’s T20 Emerging Teams Asia Cup where the national side is set to lock horns with arch-rival India. Prior to leaving for the […]
The average UK house price came close to reaching a record high last month as falling mortgage rates helped to boost confidence among buyers, according to Halifax. The UK’s largest mortgage lender said the average price hit £293,399 in September, just short of the record £293,507 reached in June 2022. Prices have now risen for […]
Replicas of the obverse and reverse of the Nobel Peace Prize medal displayed at The Norwegian Nobel Institute in Oslo, Norway on September 25, 2024. — AFP Cancer research or drugs treating cardiovascular illnesses could win a Nobel Prize on Monday when a week of laureate announcements kicks off, bringing a ray of optimism to […]
Representative AI image (Pic credit: Lexica) Global warming. Disappearing plant and animal species. Fertile land turning to desert. Plastic in the oceans, on land, and the air we breathe.These urgent environmental challenges will be in the spotlight over the next few months as the United Nations hosts four major sessions to address key threats to […]
Pakistan cricket team on Monday recovered in the first Test against England courtesy of captain Shan Masood’s century on the opening day at the Multan Cricket Stadium. Winning the toss and electing to bat first, the national side suffered an early blow with opener Saim Ayub (4) getting caught behind against Gus Atkinson. However, Masood […]
Navratri is not just a festival; it’s a celebration packed with devotion and joy. This year, the vibrant nine-day festival kicked off on October 3, 2024, and will run until October 11, 2024, leading up to Vijayadashami Dussehra on October 12, 2024. Each of these nine days is dedicated to one of the nine forms […]
Representative AI image (Pic credit: Lexica) NEW DELHI: Extinction of bird species caused by humans over the last 1,30,000 years have substantially reduced functional diversity of birds in the environment, a new study has found. The extinction also resulted in a loss of three billion years of unique evolutionary history, it found. At least 600 […]