Facebook could launch its first Smartwatch in the market soon. The social media company is gearing up to unveil its smartwatch with dual cameras and heart rate monitor by next summer. The tech giant’s first smartwatch will reportedly feature a 1080p camera for video calling. It is expected to sport another camera on the back, […]
Two gigantic woolly flying squirrel species, whose scientific name is Eupetaurus cinereus, were discovered last month by scientists from Australia and China in the Himalayas. Through their study, the team of scientists found that there are two distinct species that live thousands of miles apart at some of the highest altitudes in the Himalayas. The […]
The National Geography cartographers have now identified the Southern Ocean as the fifth ocean on the planet. The new ocean has been identified by the National Geography Society which has been making maps since 1915 and had so far recognised the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, and Arctic oceans. Notably, while other oceans are identified by the […]
El Salvador has become the first country to approve Bitcoin as the official currency, announced President Nayib Bukele through Twitter. The President has backed the cryptocurrency’s use in boosting the economy. He announced that people who invest Bitcoin in El Salvador will get the country citizenship. People investing three Bitcoins in country’s economy will be […]
An unmanned aircraft successfully refuelled a US fighter jet in midair for the first time in history, officials said on Monday. A Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet and a Boeing-made drone were briefly connected by a hose as the drone transferred jet fuel to the aircraft in the skies over the Midwest during Friday’s test flight. […]
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 […]
A group of researchers from Singapore are exploring the question what’s the longest life that could be lived by a human system. The researchers from Singapore-based biotech company Gero point to an underlying “pace of ageing” that sets the lifespan between 120-150 years. In the journal which is named as “Longitudinal analysis of blood, markers […]
President Joe Biden issued a presidential proclamation recognising June as Pride Month, vowing to fight for full equality for the LGBTQ community to be codified into law. The official acknowledgment of Pride, a month typically defined for many in the community by marches, parades and parties across the United States, offered Biden his latest opportunity […]
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 […]