If you are feeling, you’re alive. I mean that’s the fundamental purpose of living, to feel; sorrow, pain, creativity, abundance, anxiety, grief. Existence is dependent on the evidence of feeling. In that regard, Karachi has a lot more of living than most cities, they feel blatantly and echo the emotions for others to feast on. […]
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‘The Upside’ — chemistry between leads fluctuates
We need to talk about comedian and actor Kevin Hart, don’t we? In one of those odd coincidences of timing, we’re getting ‘The Upside’, a buddy dramedy that the stand-up comedian/mega-movie star/tireless showbiz workhorse Kevin Hart signed up for a little over four years ago; shot two years ago; saw premiere in Toronto in September […]
‘Kyun Nikala’ — Anwar Maqsood’s mastery of saying the unsaid
Is there anyone who does not know what happened in Elections 2018? That is, how were these elections conducted? Not everyone knows how long the planning was done before, but almost everyone came to know about the planning and its execution about a year before the election. It was the time when the role of […]
Freefall’s twists are quite predictable
Jessica Barry’s Freefall begins as an action-packed/heart-stopping thriller as it logically and smoothly leads into the self-examination of two women estranged from each other but still united by love. Freefall smoothly moves from Allison’s ordeal in the Rockies, where she is exhausted, hungry and hurt, to Maggie, consumed by grief. But Jessica Barry delves deep […]
The best gadgets of CES 2019
CES, the biggest trade show in the technology calendar, has come to a close in Las Vegas after a week of flexible screens, robots and driverless cars. Here are some of the best new gadgets seen at the show. LG’s rollable TV Flexible screens were one of the themes of this year’s show, but LG […]
Study details how high fiber diets make for healthier lives
People who eat lots of high-fiber and whole grain foods have lower risk of heart disease, stroke, diabetes and other chronic diseases than people whose diets are low in fiber, a study commissioned by the World Health Organization (WHO) says. For every 8 gram increase in fiber eaten a day, total deaths and incidences of […]
Decapitated skeletons, with heads between their legs, unearthed in Roman Cemetery
The discovery of a Roman cemetery in England has archaeologists scratching their heads, mainly because about 40 percent of the bodies buried there are missing theirs. Well, not missing, exactly. Of the 52 skeletons discovered in the fourth-century A.D. cemetery, 17 had been decapitated. And almost every head was resting between its owner’s legs or […]
Air pollution exposure linked to increased risk of miscarriage, study finds
Pregnant women are at an increased risk of miscarrying if they are exposed to elevated levels of a type of air pollution, a study suggests. Researchers in the US found a 16% increase in the risk of miscarriage among women exposed to higher levels of nitrogen dioxide, a gas created by petrol and diesel vehicles. […]
Father creates app to override teen son´s phone in emergencies
A British father has become an accidental web wizard after an app he designed to send emergency messages to his son was downloaded by thousands of parents around the world. The app, ReplyASAP, allows people to send emergency messages with an alarm, even when the receiver’s phone is on silent, and has had more than […]
Games industry asks WHO to hold fire on ‘gaming disorder’
Video games are compelling, but does playing them too much constitute a medical condition? The gaming industry is trying to avoid “gaming disorder” becoming a formally recognised ailment. The World Health Organization (WHO), which has spent years looking into the addictive nature of video games, put “gaming disorder” on its list of health problems last […]