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Quote of the day by Albert Einstein (Image source: Wikipedia) When people think of Albert Einstein, fairy tales are probably not the first thing that comes to mind. Equations, physics, scientific breakthroughs and images of a famous thinker usually arrive much sooner. That is one reason this quote continues to attract attention. It feels unexpected.The…

Mathematical model reveals how ambitious you should be. A mathematical model has now cracked the exact degree to which one should be ambitious and unlike conventional wisdom, it says ‘don’t shoot for the stars’. Researchers at the University of Wyoming, Stanford University and the University of Colorado-Boulder came up with the mathematical model to show…

Image: Left/Canva/Right/Wikipedia Mosquito-borne infections, including dengue, Zika, and chikungunya, continue to pose risks for millions around the world. With the rise in global warming and mosquito numbers, scientists are finding new ways to limit the spread of diseases. The most viable approach appears to be the use of Wolbachia. Wolbachia is a natural bacterium found…

More than a century after she revolutionised astronomy with a discovery that reshaped humanity’s understanding of the cosmos, Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin is receiving fresh recognition for her extraordinary achievements. English Heritage has unveiled a blue plaque at her former home in Notting Hill, London, commemorating the scientist whose groundbreaking work revealed that stars are composed primarily…

Most major archaeological discoveries begin with years of fieldwork, expensive expeditions and painstaking excavation. The discovery of Valeriana, a vast ancient Maya city hidden beneath the forests of southern Mexico, began very differently. Luke Auld-Thomas, a PhD student at Tulane University, was searching online when he came across an obscure LiDAR dataset buried deep in…

Sigmund Freud (Credit: Bettmann/ Getty Images) Freud’s quote keeps appearing in online feeds, quote pages and short commentary columns, often stripped from any wider explanation. It travels well because it is short and slightly unsettling. There is no clean moral instruction inside it, only a comparison that feels unfinished. The line is usually presented as…

Ask almost anyone to name the highest point on Earth and the answer will likely be Mount Everest. Towering above the Himalayas at 8,848 metres (29,029 feet), Everest has long been celebrated as the world’s tallest mountain. Climbers dream of reaching its summit and geography textbooks have cemented its place in popular imagination.Yet there is…

Albert Bandura (Image: Wikipedia) Some quotes remain relevant because human nature rarely changes as much as people think it does. Societies evolve. Technology changes rapidly. Entire industries disappear and new ones emerge. Yet human behaviour often repeats the same patterns generation after generation, especially when responsibility becomes shared among large groups of people. That is…

For a long time, astronomers treated the early universe as a place where galaxies were still finding their footing, small systems forming stars rapidly, while the larger cosmic structures familiar today had not yet settled into existence. Galaxy clusters, the sprawling cities of the cosmos, were thought to become influential much later. Yet fresh observations…

Marie Curie (Image: Wikipedia) There are certain quotations that survive decades because they speak not only to the moment in which they were said but also to experiences that continue to repeat in human lives. Marie Curie’s words belong to that category. The quote does not sound dramatic at first reading. It does not contain…

Wolfgang Pauli (Image: Wikipedia) Something is interesting about certain quotations. They begin as a small sentence but somehow end up sounding larger than the number of words they contain. Wolfgang Pauli’s remark is one of those lines. At first, it feels almost playful, maybe even a little sarcastic. It sounds like the kind of thing…

NASA is preparing to reveal more details about its long-term Moon Base strategy, and the timing feels important. Space agencies around the world are racing towards the Moon again, private companies are joining the push, and interest in lunar exploration seems bigger than it has been in decades. On May 26, the agency will host…