Did we all take the blue pill in the end?By: Web Desk on May 29, 2020The Matrix wants us to imagine the terrifying possibility of living in a false world where we’re being controlled by machines and juxtaposes this with a world where people are free, real, authentic. Unfortunately, life outside the Matrix isn’t glamorous or even fun, and humans have all the same problems they did before – blind faith, […]
Uzma Khan controversy: Amber Malik leaves the country in chartered flight?By: Noor ul Ain Ali on May 29, 2020A Pakistani journalist residing in UK claims that Amber Malik has left the country in a chartered flight after the hashtag #ArrestAmberMalik became top trend on twitter. Such a shame if true. #ArrestAmberMalik pic.twitter.com/SyFpz2U8Xc — Sandhu Speaks (@Tonyformanite) May 28, 2020 So police fails to arrest daughters of malik riaz. And rumour is they’ve flown […]
In lean times, fierce dinosaur Allosaurus resorted to cannibalismBy: Agencies on May 29, 2020The dreaded dinosaur Allosaurus was the scourge of the Jurassic Period landscape some 150 million years ago, an apex predator just as Tyrannosaurus rex was 80 million years later during the Cretaceous Period. And, like T. rex, Allosaurus may have engaged in cannibalism to keep its tummy filled during lean times, based on a western […]
Bali zoo names new born baby giraffe ‘corona’ amid pandemic outbreakBy: AFP on May 28, 2020A Bali zoo has named a baby giraffe ‘Corona’ in order to honour the birth of the animal during coronavirus. The calf was born on April 9 to mother Sophie and father Matadi, joining two other siblings at Bali Safari Park on the Indonesian holiday island. A video released by the zoo showed the calf […]
Singapore jails man for making false claim in Facebook post about pandemicBy: Reuters on May 28, 2020SINGAPORE: Singapore jailed a taxi driver for four months on Wednesday for urging people into panic buying via a message amid the coronavirus pandemic. The taxi driver wrote a Facebook post in which he falsely claimed food outlets would close and urged people to stock up due to impending COVID-19 restrictions. Kenneth Lai Yong Hui, […]
Asteroid that killed the dinosaurs hit at “deadliest possible” angleBy: Web Desk on May 28, 2020A 10-km asteroid crashed into Earth near the site of the small town of Chicxulub in Mexico at the end of the Cretaceous period, about 66 million years ago. The impact unleashed an incredible amount of climate-changing gases into the atmosphere, triggering a chain of events that led to the extinction of non-avian dinosaurs and 75% of […]
Man demands return of ‘spy’ pigeon detained in IndiaBy: Web Desk on May 28, 2020A man has claimed to be the rightful owner of a pigeon supposedly held by Indian authorities for allegedly being used for spying. The villager named Habibullah is a resident of Bagga-Shakargarh village, situated four kilometres along the Working Boundary. The man has refuted Indian allegations and said he used the pigeon to send messages […]
SpaceX Astronaut Launch Postponed Due to Bad WeatherBy: Web Desk on May 28, 2020The rocket was fueled and sitting on the launchpad. Officials had conducted final reviews to make sure everything was ready for liftoff, which was scheduled for 4:33 p.m. ET. NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley were suited up on board. The mission was a go. But just 17 minutes before the scheduled liftoff, bad […]
The universe’s ‘missing matter’ problem has finally been solvedBy: Web Desk on May 28, 2020Astronomers have used mysterious fast radio bursts to solve a decades-old mystery of “missing matter,” long predicted to exist in the universe, but never before detected. Lead author Associate Professor Jean-Pierre Macquart, from the Curtin University node of the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) said astronomers have been searching for the missing matter […]
New study finds the egg may actually ‘choose’ the spermBy: Web Desk on May 28, 2020As believed by Scott Gilbert, developmental biologist at Swarthmore College, the “egg engages in a dialog with the sperm rather than locking it down.” So, fertilization is not actually a conquest, but more like a fair race. After much research, it has also been proven that eggs tend to attract a particular kind of sperm if given the chance. This is in sharp contrast to what scientists have been portraying for […]