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…
Zohran Mamdani is starting a brand-new livestream show on Twitch called “Talk with the People.” The first stream will happen on May 21 at 4 PM ET. During the livestream, Mamdani will answer questions from viewers live while talking about city issues and daily life in New York City. The stream will also be shown…
Air France and Airbus held guilty over deadly 2009 Atlantic flight disaster Air France and Airbus were found guilty of manslaughter by a Paris appeals court on Thursday over the 2009 crash of Air France Flight 447, which killed all 228 people on board after the aircraft plunged into the Atlantic Ocean during a flight…
Kamala Harris (File photo) TOI correspondent from Washington: After months of secrecy, recrimination, leaks, and intra-party paranoia, the Democratic Party on Thursday released its long-awaited autopsy of the disastrous 2024 presidential campaign that resulted in Kamala Harris losing the election to Donald Trump, turning the post mortem into another debacle. The 192-page review, authored principally…
A US entrepreneur claimed he was approached by Meta for a role the same week Meta fired 8,000 employees. An American entrepreneur, Zach Wilson, claimed on X that Meta reached out to interview him for a principal role the same week the company decided to fire 8,000 people in a major shake-up attributed to AI….
Scientists have discovered a fossilised piece of amber deep beneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, providing the first evidence of amber on the continent The thought of Antarctica brings about many images, and the first things that come to mind when one thinks of Antarctica are those of an endless frozen desert. Large glaciers, harsh…
A remarkable dinosaur footprint, 220 million years old, was found by a young girl in Wales. This trace fossil offers insights into prehistoric life and animal behavior. Image Credits: Greg Willis from Denver, via Wikimedia Commons Some of the most awe-inspiring scientific discoveries have not been made through costly and technologically advanced laboratory experiments. In…
Tucked away in the rolling hills of Cuenca in central Spain, Olmeda de la Cuesta is quietly trying to bring life back to its fading streets. The small rural village, known for its stone houses, peaceful landscapes and slow pace of life, is offering cheap land through public auctions in a bid to attract new…
Immigration attorney Rahul Reddy says stereotyping Indian managers as only hiring Indians is wrong. He said his law firm does not have an Indian partner though he founded the company. Immigration attorney Rahul Reddy said he has been witnessing the social media narrative that Indians in the US will only hire Indians, and H-1Bs, and…
Washington: For years, American commencement (convocation) speakers could safely rely on formulaic speeches involving inspirational cliches, autobiographical struggles, and exhortations to new graduates to “dream big” and not fear failure. In 2026, there’s a new guard rail: mention artificial intelligence at your own risk.Across the United States this commencement season, graduation ceremony speakers invoking AI…
