Articles by Pinaz Kazi

Lost city of Cambodia: Scientists rediscover ancient city of the Khmer Empire hidden for centuries

An early Angkorian capital city which was also the capital of the Khmer Empire was rediscovered with the help of airborne laser scanning (Lidar).

Oct 17, 2019

New study shows how scientists turn carbon dioxide to organic matter

Japanese scientists turn carbon dioxide to organic matter, useful for clothing, packaging and more

Reportedly, the material can be eventually turned into an ingredient for clothing, packing and many more things.

Oct 16, 2019

Man keeps six adult children in cellar for nine years 'waiting for the end of time'

Police find a secret flight of stairs in a room that's hidden behind a cupboard in the family's farmhouse

Oct 16, 2019

Rare footage shows how whales manipulate bubble 'nets' to catch their prey

"The footage is rather groundbreaking," Bejder said. "We're observing how these animals are manipulating their prey and preparing the prey for capture."

Oct 15, 2019

$10-year-old girl makes a stand against an 'offensive' question on her school math test$

Find who is heavier: 10-year-old marks maths question offensive, refuses to write answer

The Utah student says she doesn't want to judge people's weight. "This is offensive. Sorry I won't right this it's rood [sic]", she wrote.

Oct 14, 2019

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New study explains how black holes impact the evolution of dwarf galaxies

Study used Sloan Digital Sky Survey's data mapping over 35% of the sky, which helps to identify around 50 dwarf galaxies. As many as 29 of them had signs of being associated with the black holes in their centres.

Oct 14, 2019

Space

Man complaining of vertigo and earache finds spider in his ear

He is still worried and said that he did not think of checking the gender of the spider and he hopes that it was a male spider.

Oct 12, 2019

Heard of suicide disease? It can provoke the 'worst pain known to man' even if you yawn

What is suicide disease? Even a simple yawn can trigger 'the worst pain known to man'

The condition known as trigeminal neuralgia causes high rates of suicidal ideation in the patients and on an average, 27 percent of sufferers kill themselves because they can't bear the pain.

Oct 12, 2019

This chart compares the smallest known exoplanets, or planets orbiting outside the solar system, to our own planets Mars and Earth.

Nobel-winning astrophysicist says humans will never colonise exoplanets: Here's why

If we are talking about exoplanets, things should be clear: we will not migrate there, says scientist, crushing dreams of anyone wanting to migrate far and out.

Oct 12, 2019

Space

Hot fishcake can kill you? In very rare case, man burns throat and dies in 12 hours

Man's voice box swelled up and he could no longer swallow or breathe. At hospital, he was sent home with paracetamol.

Oct 11, 2019

Oxygen from moon? Scientists succeed in extracting it from 'lunar regolith', the surface rubble

New research provides a "proof-of-concept" that it is possible to extract as well as utilize the oxygen from lunar regolith.

Oct 11, 2019

Space

Armed robber demands cash, McDonald's staff tells him to buy cheeseburger first

The robber went to the store, placed a note on the counter stating, "I am armed. Give cash now." The counter staff told him the till won't open unless he bought something first.

Oct 10, 2019

Cancer patient says her benefits stopped because she survived longer than expected

The 44-year-old single mum was told in 2016 that she had just six months to a year to live after being diagnosed with a brain tumour.

Oct 10, 2019

You can now visit Chernobyl control room, where radiation level is 40,000 times higher than normal

In order to ensure the safety of the visitors, the tourists will have to wear a hazmat suit, helmet, mask, and industrial boots

Oct 9, 2019

Singapore: Couple opens home to pregnant women amidst Zika threat

Woman finds surrogacy to be like an 'addiction' after giving birth to her niece

Jenna said after she told about her surrogacy to her family, her cousin came forward and told her that they were having trouble conceiving.

Oct 7, 2019

Mass extinction: It means 2 million years for oceans to recover, says study

According to the research published in the journal Natur it took a further 8 million years for the global species numbers to fully recover.

Oct 7, 2019

Asteroid

Like humans great apes also use empathy to anticipate others' actions, study claims

Great apes, therefore, appeared to attribute differential visual access based specifically on their own past perceptual experience to anticipate an agent's actions in a false-belief test.

Oct 6, 2019

Man sues tech giant Apple, claims that it made him gay

Man sues Apple claiming it changed his sexuality and made him gay

While explaining the situation further he said, "I have a steady boyfriend and I don't know how to explain it to my parents."

Oct 6, 2019

T.O.P's Drug scandal: Trainee involved might receive a new sentence

Initially, after the first trial she has been sentenced to a probation period of four years and there is also a possibility of a three-year prison sentence if during her probation period she repeats the offense

Jun 21, 2017

Bride of the Water God releases new posters featuring Nam Joo Hyuk and Shin Se Kyung

Bride of the Water God is all set to premiere on July 3 at 10:50 pm KST.

Jun 21, 2017

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