Indian techie shares his experience of coming back to India from the US and landing a job within 40 days. At a time when several Indian students and professionals in the US are staring at an uncertain future because of visa issues and the ongoing crackdown on OPT programs, Indian techie Aditya Kumar Thota shared … Read more
A fluorescent green dye released nearly 1,870 metres below the surface of the North Atlantic has helped scientists directly observe a long-suspected movement of deep ocean water, and the water was rising far faster at the study site than the global average previously estimated.In an experiment conducted in 2021, researchers released about 55 gallons of … Read more
Former JPMorgan Chase worker (left) files lawsuit against his then-boss for disparaging remarks. Brian Larson, a former senior associate in JPMorgan’s rotational Chase Associate Program, has filed a discrimination lawsuit in Manhattan federal court and complained that his boss, Peter Bergman, repeatedly made disparaging comments about his sexual orientation and eventually forced him to resign. … Read more
More than 575 Nevada volunteers worked across 26 Truckee River watershed sites and removed 120,125 pounds of waste in one day (Image Credit: KTMB) A single day of community cleanup across Nevada’s Truckee River watershed resulted in more than 60 tons of waste being removed from public spaces, waterways and surrounding areas. According to Keep … Read more
“To leave the world better than you found it, sometimes you have to pick up other people’s trash.” — Bill Nye Bill Nye during the Clinton Global Initiative 2026 Annual Meeting in New York City, (REUTERS/Jeenah Moon) A piece of litter lying on a street corner may not belong to the person who notices it. … Read more
As per the report, engineers will use accelerated bridge construction methods to limit disruption to one of the region’s busiest transportation corridors. A bridge that has carried Washington traffic for more than seven decades is headed for a major transformation, but commuters may barely notice the most dramatic part of the work. The nearly half-mile-long … Read more
“I don’t want to be known just as ‘Carrot Top.’ I don’t always want to be this crazy, goofy guy.” — Scott Thompson, a.k.a. Carrot Top For decades, the world has known him by two words — Carrot Top. Carrot Top’s has often discussed the difficulties of maintaining a public persona that served as both … Read more
Illegal hunting and the ivory trade have reduced the populations of elephants in Africa drastically over the past century. Millions of these mammals once roamed the iconic jungles, but their long ivory tusks made them targets of big game hunters and poachers who have decimated their numbers by roughly 95% over the past 100 years. … Read more
Two people can look at the same career and weigh its achievements using completely different scales. One treats a small number of high-stakes tournament results, especially a World Cup title, as the single decisive measure of greatness, the tiebreaker that settles any debate regardless of everything else on the résumé. The other argues that a … Read more
“Every person on this earth — regardless of religion, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation or socio-economic status — deserves equal human rights, dignity and, of course, freedom.” — Melissa Barrera In a period when Hollywood is once again debating the limits of artistic expression, Melissa Barrera’s words about equality, dignity and freedom have resurfaced. Melissa … Read more