The story of the tortoise and the hare is one of the most widely told fables across cultures. Parents, teachers, and elders have long used it to explain how success can come not from speed alone, but from patience, discipline, and persistence. The lesson is applied everywhere, from preparing for exams and surviving a competitive…
Elon Musk (Image source: Reuters) Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX, has given a clear picture of how his space company plans to make money in 2026. In a post on the platform X, Musk said that NASA’s share of SpaceX’s revenue next year will be only about five per cent. That is a small portion…
Anand Mahindra’s Monday Motivation – Dr Shubha V Iyengar Every Monday, India’s well-known industrialist Anand Mahindra shares a short post on social media that many people look forward to. He calls it Monday Motivation, and his messages range from lessons in life to stories of people doing remarkable work. On one recent Monday, he posted…
Mars, the Red Planet, seems to have had rivers, lakes, maybe even seas. Minerals, channels, and rock formations all hint at water once flowing freely. Scientists have long wondered what happened. Recently, researchers reported a rare dust storm might have played a role not just any storm, as cited in the study published by the…
SpaceX has shifted its long-standing ambition of sending humans to Mars to the backburner and is now prioritising the establishment of a human settlement on the Moon, founder Elon Musk said on Sunday.The move marks a strategic recalibration for the private space company, which has emerged as a major contractor for NASA, and also brings…
AI expert Dr. Yampolskiy warns nearly all jobs could disappear by 2027, leaving few survivors/ Youtube A leading artificial intelligence researcher has issued a stark warning about the future of work, arguing that most human jobs could disappear within the next five years and that society may pass a technological point of no return by…
It almost sounds like a sci-fi movie. But scientists say something like this could really happen to Earth, just not for billions of years. Astronomers have spotted a bizarre strip of iron stretching across the Ring Nebula, like a cosmic bar floating in space. Experts suggest it could be the remains of a planet, ripped…
Nikola Tesla (Image source: Wikipedia) Nikola Tesla was a scientist and inventor whose work helped shape the modern world. Born in 1856 in what is now Croatia, Tesla went on to study engineering and physics. Over the course of his life, he imagined and created many ideas that became part of everyday life. His work…
Can Mars let humans age faster? It sounds more poetic than reality, but it may be true technically. Two identical clocks: One on Earth other on Mars, after months, they slowly drift apart. Space already feels strange to most of us. A strange revelation: Time itself doesn’t behave the same everywhere. Recent research suggests clocks…
For centuries, people all over the world have told stories about ghosts. In many cultures, the dead are believed to come back in spirit form. Some believe ghosts live in old houses. Others think they appear near cemeteries or old battlefields. These stories have been passed down for generations. They make for good campfire tales…
