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Scientists finally think they've worked out exactly why we have eyelashes... and how they function

Scientist have finally discovered why we have eyelashes and how they function. Although traditionally thought to protect your eyes from debris and shield them from bright lights, scientists have now found another function — they repel water. Although traditionally thought to protect your eyes from debris and shield them from bright lights, scientists have now found another function — they …

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For travellers and workers ‘Music for Airports’ is now a thing of the past

The Independent

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Background music is no longer an afterthought at many airports, which are hiring local musicians and …

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For airports, background music no longer is an afterthought

Associated Press

SEATAC, Washington — Background music is no longer an afterthought at many airports, which are hiring local musicians and carefully curating playlists to help lighten travelers’ moods. Phoenix’s Sky Harbor International Airport began a live music program five years ago and now has two stages featuring local artists. “I get really sweet responses from people all the time, saying, ‘That …

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4 days, 18 hours ago

Delhi government schools now at par with private schools, says Atishi

India Today

Delhi Chief Minister Atishi declared a significant transformation in government schools, highlighting their rise to match private institutions' standards over the past decade. Speaking at the inauguration of a new academic block at Government Girls Senior Secondary School in Mukundpur Village, she attributed this success to the AAP government's relentless focus on education. ADDRESSING LOCAL NEEDS Burari MLA Sanjeev Jha …

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4 days, 18 hours ago

Sussanne Khan wishes boyfriend Arslan Goni on birthday, Hrithik Roshan sends love

India Today

Sussanne Khan extended her birthday wishes to her boyfriend Arslan Goni along with a heartfelt note. Sussanne’s ex-husband Hrithik Roshan also wished his dear ‘friend’ on the special occasion. Sussanne thanked Arslan for making her the ‘happiest woman on this planet.’ “All I ever want for Life. He reacted to the sweet post and wrote, “Thank you my love.I don’t …

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5 days, 7 hours ago

How to catch a supernova explosion before it happens – and what we can learn from it

Raw Story

Stars are born, live and die in spectacular ways, with their deaths marked by one of the biggest known explosions in the Universe. In 2009, astronomers observed a bright event 65 million light years away that on first impressions resembled a supernova explosion. Dubbed SN 2009ip, the explosion did not brighten as expected and was reclassified shortly after discovery as …

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Mary Jane Veloso, Filipina nearly executed in Indonesia, arrives home

Al Jazeera

Mother of two, who became a poster child for anti-trafficking groups, now awaits potential pardon in a Manila prison. Mary Jane Veloso, 39, landed at Manila airport early on Wednesday following a repatriation deal between the two countries that eliminated the threat of her execution, as the Philippines has long abolished the death penalty. She flew home without handcuffs alongside …

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6 days, 18 hours ago

Mars (yes, the planet) has its own Grand Canyon

NPR

Mars has its own Grand Canyon Research is revealing similarities between Earth's Grand Canyon and ones on the red planet. RAE SOLOMON, BYLINE: Maybe it's the intriguing red color, but us earthlings have always been drawn to the planet Mars. That doesn't sound much like today's Mars, all cold and ice-capped with a surface mostly devoid of liquid water. SOLOMON: …

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A Word, Please: 5 language resolutions for the new year

LA Times

Even if you know a lot about grammar, there’s always more to learn. The most common modal auxiliary verbs are “must,” “can,” “should,” “would,” “may” and “might.” They’re similar to the two regular auxiliary verbs — “be” and “have” — in that they team up with other verbs. If that’s not advanced enough for you, memorize the past forms of …

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Sarcophagus of St. Nicholas — inspiration for 'Santa Claus' — may have been found: report

Raw Story

The coffin of St. Nicholas — considered the primary inspiration for Santa Claus due to his generosity — may have been discovered at an archeological dig site. The church has a tomb on display that is considered the burial location for St. Nicholas, but there has long been debate about whether it matches the history following the theft of the …

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Japan’s SoftBank plans to invest $100 billion in US projects over the next four years.

Associated Press

PALM BEACH, Fla. — President-elect Donald Trump joined SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son to announce plans by the Japanese company to invest $100 billion in U.S. projects over the next four years. The president-elect said that since his election, people have expressed interest in “coming in with tremendous amounts of money.” The investments by SoftBank, Trump said, are “a monumental …

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‘Her English will be good but deeds are not’: Kharge vs Sitharaman in Rajya Sabha | Watch

Hindustan Times

A war of words was witnessed in the Rajya Sabha on Monday as the House took up the debate on the Constitution of India, with union minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge locking horns in the Parliament. Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge were speaking during the Constitution debate in Rajya Sabha. TRACK …

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Student wears lehenga to graduation ceremony in Switzerland: 'My classmates loved it'

Hindustan Times

An Indian-origin student has gone viral for wearing a lehenga to her graduation ceremony in Switzerland. In a conversation with HT.com, Lakshmi explained that this was the first lehenga she has ever owned, and she worked extra hard to have it delivered to Switzerland in time for her graduation. Lakshmi Kumari wore a lehenga to her graduation ceremony at the …

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Mallikarjun Kharge's dig at Nirmala Sitharaman for Nehru attack: Studied in JNU

India Today

In a swipe at Nirmala Sitharaman over her attack on former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru during a debate on the Constitution, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge underlined that the Union minister herself graduated from Jawaharlal Nehru University. 'RSS DIDN'T ACCEPT CONSTITUTION, TRICOLOUR' Accusing the BJP of abusing the Gandhi family, Kharge said "those who hated the tricolour, Ashok Chakra and the …

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Raj Kapoor@100: Directors Anees Bazmee, Imtiaz Ali, Hansal Mehta remember showman of Hindi cinema

Hindustan Times

Mumbai, A passionate filmmaker who effectively translated the realities of life on screen without compromising on the entertainment quotient of his films is how the current crop of directors in Hindi cinema describe Raj Kapoor, who would have turned 100 on December 14. "Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3" director Anees Bazmee, who worked as a sixth assistant to Raj Kapoor on 1982's …

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Frustrated with high drug costs, biohackers are reverse engineering medical treatments

Salon

The crescendo of outrage at the health care system lately has some arguably valid complaints. “Among diabetics, there is quite a lot of desperation, and there’s quite a lot of people facing really serious health consequences and often even death because of the fairly arbitrary and often deeply flawed ways that the system that provides us with the medicine we …

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Outcry after RFK Jr linked to effort to nix US approval for polio vaccine

Al Jazeera

Robert F Kennedy Jr, a vaccine sceptic, has sought to distance himself from his lawyer’s polio vaccine petition. In the statement, Kennedy’s camp attempted to distance the nominee from a New York Times report that his lawyer Aaron Siri had petitioned to suspend approval for the life-saving vaccine. “Mr Kennedy believes the Polio Vaccine should be available to the public …

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Trump nominees should ‘steer clear’ of undermining polio vaccine, McConnell says

LA Times

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, left, wears a bandage on his face and wrist after falling during a luncheon on Capitol Hill on Tuesday in Washington. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, who had polio as a child, says any of President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees seeking Senate confirmation should “steer clear” of efforts to discredit the polio vaccine. “Anyone seeking the …

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1 week, 2 days ago

Bovine H5N1 displays pronounced neurotropism in many mammals

The Hindu

A study investigated and compared the tissue tropism of a 2004 H5N1 strain isolated from a fatal human case and the 2024 bovine strain of H5N1 that is currently circulating in mice and found that the two strains displayed significantly different abilities to infect different tissues. Also, mice challenged with the 2024 bovine H5N1 isolates exhibited clinical signs consistent with …

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Congress govt. striving to reform education system in Telangana: Revanth

Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad: Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy here on Saturday said that the State government was endeavoring to upgrade the skills of the students and make them partners in the reconstruction of Telangana. He said the State government was providing free electricity to all government schools and added he already instructed officials and public representatives to visit residential schools two to …

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1 week, 2 days ago

OpenAI whistleblower Suchir Balaji, Indian-American, found dead in San Francisco apartment. Who was he?

Live Mint

Suchir Balaji, a 26-year-old former OpenAI researcher who had voiced concerns about the company's policies and procedures, was discovered dead in his San Francisco apartment on November 26, the Chicago Tribune reported. Balaji’s death comes three months after he publicly accused OpenAI of violating US copyright law while developing ChatGPT. Suchir Balaji's last social media post "At first, I knew …

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Why Destroyer is still crushing it at breakfast and lunch

LA Times

“This is so 2017 of me,” I texted my journalist friend Meghan McCarron earlier this week, “but I’m spontaneously going to Destroyer today. A return to Destroyer Fast-forward to 2024, when I realized it had been a couple years since I’d had a meal at Destroyer. He’s nailed his recent one: ribbons of zucchini tangled among salad greens, dressed in …

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How the Greenland shark can live for centuries

CNN

Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. After mapping and studying their extraordinary genomes, scientists think the sharks’ unusually long lifespans are rooted in their unique genetic makeup — with insights that could be used to extend human lifespans. Now, scientists studying the remains have confirmed the “really stocky, powerful-looking little animal” is …

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Italy grants Argentina’s Milei citizenship sparking outrage

Al Jazeera

Critics call the decision ‘intolerable discrimination’ against young Italians on ‘an arduous journey to gain citizenship’. The Italian government has granted Argentinian President Javier Milei citizenship based on his Italian heritage, according to Italian news agency ANSA, sparking outrage across the country. Riccardo Magi, a lawmaker from the opposition party +Europa, condemned the decision, calling it “intolerable discrimination” against young …

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Scientists finally think they've worked out exactly why we have eyelashes... and how they function

For travellers and workers ‘Music for Airports’ is now a thing of the past

For airports, background music no longer is an afterthought

Delhi government schools now at par with private schools, says Atishi

Sussanne Khan wishes boyfriend Arslan Goni on birthday, Hrithik Roshan sends love

How to catch a supernova explosion before it happens – and what we can learn from it

Mary Jane Veloso, Filipina nearly executed in Indonesia, arrives home

Mars (yes, the planet) has its own Grand Canyon

A Word, Please: 5 language resolutions for the new year

Sarcophagus of St. Nicholas — inspiration for 'Santa Claus' — may have been found: report

Japan’s SoftBank plans to invest $100 billion in US projects over the next four years.

‘Her English will be good but deeds are not’: Kharge vs Sitharaman in Rajya Sabha | Watch

Student wears lehenga to graduation ceremony in Switzerland: 'My classmates loved it'

Mallikarjun Kharge's dig at Nirmala Sitharaman for Nehru attack: Studied in JNU

Raj Kapoor@100: Directors Anees Bazmee, Imtiaz Ali, Hansal Mehta remember showman of Hindi cinema

Frustrated with high drug costs, biohackers are reverse engineering medical treatments

Outcry after RFK Jr linked to effort to nix US approval for polio vaccine

Trump nominees should ‘steer clear’ of undermining polio vaccine, McConnell says

Bovine H5N1 displays pronounced neurotropism in many mammals

Congress govt. striving to reform education system in Telangana: Revanth

OpenAI whistleblower Suchir Balaji, Indian-American, found dead in San Francisco apartment. Who was he?

Why Destroyer is still crushing it at breakfast and lunch

How the Greenland shark can live for centuries

Italy grants Argentina’s Milei citizenship sparking outrage