Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, has liquid rain, rivers and seas much like Earth, except its clouds are made of methane rather than water vapour. Planetary scientists studying the moon found that its rainstorms are far more extreme than anyone had anticipated. Vast stretches of the moon sit dry for long spells before being struck by…
“The Odyssey” has crossed $1 billion in global ticket sales at a mind-boggling pace. After just three weeks of release, Christopher Nolan‘s epic, starring Matt Damon as the Greek king Odysseus, has generated $429.65 million domestically and $578.8 million internationally for a grand total of $1.008 billion. It’s the director’s first movie since 2012’s “The…
Walk down the wellness aisle of any large store, and you’ll find many products promising to help you stay calm. Most of them deliver atmosphere. A candle with a soothing word on the label does nothing measurable to your nervous system, and the same goes for most of what gets sold as stress relief. A…
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping. | Photo Credit: Reuters China has lodged a “serious diplomatic” protest with Japan over its latest defence white paper, which portrayed Beijing as Tokyo’s “greatest strategic challenge” and made “brazen comments” on Taiwan, further escalating tensions between the two countries. “The white paper…
Researchers are refocusing the search for elusive toroidal transitions within atoms, revealing that the most promising signals will likely emerge from examining transitions involving low principal quantum numbers. This work builds upon a 2022 Science Advances proposal by I. Kuprov et al., to directly observe these transitions in hydrogen and alkali atoms, but identifies a…
The old average had a basic flaw. An index fund promises to match the index, and the index is built on closing prices. From August 3, 2026, the closing price of every stock in the F&O segment comes from an auction instead of a 30-minute average. Long-term investors need to do nothing. Traders, index funds…
Fiscal first quarter Net Bookings were $1.39 billion, slightly above Company’s guidance range Company updates fiscal year 2027 outlook and reiterates expectation for Net Bookings of $8.0 to $8.2 billion NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Aug. 7, 2026– Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ:TTWO) today reported results for the first quarter of its…
Europa Clipper is no longer a spacecraft waiting on a launch pad. NASA launched it on 14 October 2024, and it is now following a long route through the Solar System towards Jupiter. That path will cover about 1.8 billion miles, or 2.9 billion kilometres, before the spacecraft reaches the Jupiter system in April 2030….
The UAE has announced Friday, August 28, 2026 as a holiday for public and private sectors this year for the birthday of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). This makes it a three-day weekend for UAE employees who enjoy Saturday and Sunday as official days off every week. Public sector employees in Sharjah already get Fridays off as part…
Google will begin phasing out Google Assistant from Android phones and connected devices starting September 4, pushing remaining holdouts onto Gemini — even though the newer assistant still can’t match every capability of its predecessor. The rollout will hit Android phones and tablets, Wear OS watches, headphones, earbuds, and vehicles connected through phone-based Android Auto….
