Showbox Not Working? It is one of the most popular apps when it comes to video streaming applications. It is hugely popular among the youth as it is cost-free and you do not have to register your account for watching videos or movies. Moreover, it does not bug you with the unnecessary advertisements, has a […]
Does playing video games increase behavioural violence in individuals?
Parents often wonder, are their children safe while playing the video games which are action packed and leaps the adrenaline rush? When a child is playing a video game for extended period of time, parents are concerned that it might engage violence in their behaviour, or children might try to imitate the acts of violence […]
Female Composers Are Trying to Break Film’s Sound Barrier
Composers have been hired for two forthcoming blockbusters about warrior women — “Wonder Woman 1984,” directed and co-written by Patty Jenkins, and “Mulan,” directed by Niki Caro from a screenplay by three women. More than just a missed opportunity to lend flinty female heroes a female musical voice, the announcements were simply the latest examples […]
Mark Zuckerberg’s Golden Rule Of Hiring
“I will only hire someone to work directly for me if I would work for that person,” Zuckerberg told an audience gathered in Barcelona during the fourth instalment of ‘Q&A with Mark’. The “Zuckerberg Golden Rule” holds value for both employers and employees. For those doing the hiring, he stresses the importance of resisting the […]
Amazon Great Indian Sale 2019 Starts From January 20, Major Deals
Amazon’s Great Indian Sale is coming back this month. The sale will kick off from January 20 and will go on until January 23. The four-day Amazon sale promises big deals on smartphones, laptops, cameras, headphones, appliances, and a lot more. The Great Indian Sale will include great deals from lakhs of sellers, according to […]
Nature and science come together at NUH’s new paediatric centre
And that is exactly the intention behind the NUHkids Specialist Centre, which opens to the public today. The 10-storey building brings together all the hospital’s outpatient paediatric services under one roof, with a design that incorporates nature and science. It has a one-queue system, in which patients get a ticket with one queue number for […]
Nearby planet could support primitive life, scientists announce
The nearby world – orbiting around Barnard’s Star, the second closest star system to our own – is known as a super-Earth and has the potential to serve as a home for simple alien life, researchers have said. The planet is probably very cold, at minus 170 degrees centigrade. But it could be a better […]
After Divorce, Jeff Bezos May No Longer Be the World’s Richest Man
Divorce always impacts the finances of both halves of a couple, but when the world’s richest man gets divorced, that impact goes to a whole other level. The announcement that Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, whose net worth is pegged at $137 billion, and his wife MacKenzie are ending their 25-year marriage could remove the “world’s […]
Hubble Space Telescope Will Last Through the Mid-2020s, Report Says
SEATTLE — Despite recent issues with one of its instruments, the Hubble Space Telescope is expected to last at least another five years. A new report suggests that the iconic spacecraft has a strong chance of enduring through the mid-2020s. “Right now, all of the subsystems and the instruments have a reliability exceeding 80 percent […]
President Trump can’t stop U.S. coal plants from Retiring
More U.S. coal-fired power plants were shut in President Donald Trump’s first two years than were retired in the whole of Barack Obama’s first term, despite the Republican’s efforts to prop up the industry to keep a campaign promise to coal-mining states. U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a “roundtable discussion on border security and […]