Kathmandu / May 12: Nepathya’s new song ‘Hami Nepali…’ has experimented double exposure effects recently, with its bold rock rhythm and patriotic theme. Nepathya has been performing this song Hami Nepali with a high priority during their recent concerts, calling for unity among diverse Nepali people. As unity remains a vital call amidst Nepali of […]
Kathmandu : Journalist by day and poet by night, Nabaraj Lamsal recently launched his new book Dhara, an epic poem. He penned the book over a course of a decade, in which he travelled to various parts of the country collecting inspiration. In this conversation Lamsal talks about what it takes to be a poet, […]
May 14: Airborne dust is normally seen as an environmental problem, but the lack of it is making air pollution over China considerably worse. A new study suggests less dust means more solar radiation hits the land surface, which reduces wind speed. That lack of wind in turn leads to an accumulation of air pollution […]
May 14: Glass manufacturer Corning is the first to receive an investment from Apple’s new $1 billion U.S. manufacturing fund. Apple (AAPL, Tech30) on Friday said Corning (GLW) will receive $200 million from the fund. Last week, Apple CEO Tim Cook said the tech giant would put $1 billion into a fund aimed at bringing […]
May 14: A massive ransomware attack was carried out Friday, hitting hospitals, companies and government offices in nearly 100 countries. It spread through a vulnerability leaked last month in a trove of hacking tools believed to belong to the NSA. The ransomware outbreak has reignited the debate about when spy agencies should disclose these vulnerabilities […]
May 14: Astronomers have discovered a potential recoiling supermassive black hole (CXO J101527.2+625911). This recoiling black hole candidate is located about 3.9 billion light-years from Earth. Supermassive black holes are generally stationary objects, sitting at the centers of most galaxies. However, under some circumstances, these black holes that contain millions or even billions of times […]
May 14: A New York man set a new world record by extinguishing more than 30 matches with his tongue in a minute. Ashrita Furman, who holds more than 200 Guinness World Records, claimed the new title for “most matchsticks extinguished with the tongue in 1 minute.” Furman, 61, sat at a table at the […]
May 14: If ever there was a case for Cookie Monster to investigate. A Kentucky woman was charged this week with stealing $15,000 worth of Girl Scout cookies and has since disappeared, state police said. A grand jury in Pike, Ky., indicted Leah Ann Vick, 26, on one count of felony theft after troopers said she […]
May 14: A pair of Scottish college students jokingly left a common pineapple on an empty table at a modern art museum, only to find days later it had been encased in glass and had become part of the exhibit. The prank was the work of Lloyd Jack and Ruairi Gray, both 22. They attended […]
May 13: A California police department is reveling in Facebook fame thanks to a viral post offering to make sure drug users’ meth is gluten free. The Newark Police Department posted a photo to Facebook showing some crystal meth and a glass pipe. The caption reads: “Is your meth laced with deadly gluten? Not sure? […]