Italian artist Salvatore Garau, 67, recently auctioned an ‘invisible sculpture’ that is literally made of nothing. The “immaterial” artwork is unusual in that it is ‘nothing’, meaning it literally does not exist in the material world. The ‘invisible sculpture’ was estimated to be sold between €6,000-9,000 (Rs 13, 33,459.70). Garau said that the artwork titled […]
Italian fashion house Gucci is selling a dress that bears a striking resemblance to the traditional Indian kurta, and netizens have a lot to say about it. The ‘organic linen kaftan’ with floral embroidery retails for $3,500 (₹2.5 lakh approximately) on the luxury brand’s website. Customers have the option of paying in monthly installments to […]
China’s ‘artificial sun’ nuclear fusion reactor has set a new world record after running at 216 million degrees Fahrenheit (120million°C) for 100 seconds, according to state media. For another 20 seconds, the “artificial sun” also achieved a peak temperature of 288 million degrees Fahrenheit (160 million degrees Celsius), which is over ten times hotter than […]
Canada’s National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) has announced its updated guidance to allow mixing and matching approved Covid-19 vaccines in most scenarios. Four vaccines, developed by Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson, have been authorised for use in Canada to date. For Canadians who have had a first dose of Moderna or Pfizer, […]
The B.1.617.1 and B.1.617.2 variants of Covid-19, first identified in India have been named as ‘Kappa’ and ‘Delta’, respectively, the World Health Organisation (WHO) announced. The organisation decided to refer to the most worrisome variants known as ‘variants of concern’ by letters in the Greek alphabet. “Today, @WHO announces new, easy-to-say labels for #SARSCoV2 Variants […]
China has relaxed its family planning policy to allow couples to have three children after a census data showed a steep decline in birth rates, state media reported, in a major policy shift to boost birthrate in the world’s most populous nation. For nearly 40 years, China enforced a controversial “one-child policy” – one of […]
Hariman Sharma, a farmer from Himachal Pradesh, has developed an innovative self-pollinating apple variety that does not require long chilling hours for flowering and fruit setting. This cultivation has spread to plain, tropical, and subtropical areas in various parts of India, where the temperature is as high as 40 to 45ºC during summer. Hariman Sharma, […]
Researchers from Vienna’s Austrian Academy of Sciences have grown a bundle of human stem cells into a tiny artificial “heart” the size of a sesame seed. The pulsating mass is the first self-organizing miniature organ to resemble the human heart, including a hollow chamber enclosed by a wall of cardiac-like tissue. Significantly, unlike previous versions […]
US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer told the Indian government on Wednesday that their Covid-19 vaccine can be administered to everyone aged 12 and above, and can also be stored at 2-8 degree temperature for a month. Seeking fast-track approval for its Covid-19 vaccine, Pfizer has told Indian authorities that the vaccine has shown “high effectiveness” against […]
WhatsApp has filed a lawsuit in the Delhi High Court against the government’s new digital rules that take effect today (Wednesday), saying these would compel it to break privacy protections to users. The Facebook-owned messaging service filed its petition on Tuesday against the rules that will require it to “trace” the origin of messages sent […]