BBC Greta Thunberg's father has said he thought it was "a bad idea" for his daughter to take to the "front line" of the battle against climate change. Millions of people have been inspired to join the 16-year-old in raising awareness of environmental issues.But Svante Th ...বিস্তারিত
With some blockbuster space missions underway, 2019 saw some amazing images beamed back to Earth from around the Solar System. Meanwhile, some of our most powerful telescopes were trained on the Universe's most fascinating targets. Here are a few of the best. Up in the ...বিস্তারিত
The first time my parents went with a marriage proposal to the home of my future wife, she refused our proposal after she learned that my name is Kala Chan (black moon). My mother liked her so much that I had to go myself to the bride’s home straightway to prove that I am ...বিস্তারিত
Ten years ago, America was in an awful way. It had been through a decade of terrorism, war and recession, which combined to create a pervasive sense of anxiety. The worldwide expansion of democracy had shifted into reverse. At the end of the first decade of the 21st century ...বিস্তারিত
National Geographic In the last 10 years, space missions have given us a more sophisticated look at other worlds’ carbon-based organic molecules, which are necessary ingredients for life as we know it. The European Space Agency’s Rosetta mission orbited and landed on ...বিস্তারিত
WITH 2019 drawing to a close, all political parties, governing and opposition, are claiming 2020 as the year Lady Luck will smile on them and them alone. Let’s examine whose optimism appears more rooted in reality. Prime Minister Imran Khan has said the new year will see ...বিস্তারিত
John Naughton, The Guardian Shadowy firms collect detailed data on where we go and who we meet through our apps. Yet where is the protest that would fuel change? When the history of our time comes to be written, one of the things that will puzzle historians (assuming any ...বিস্তারিত
“Like everyone else, I was always crushing on different people throughout school and college. I would fall in love with and hit on all the cute boys... they would then go and complain to my twin brother that I was weird. My brother, just like everyone around me, didn't und ...বিস্তারিত
It was the middle of the night. After the tormenting heat of daytime, the weather of Guinea-Conakry, a tropical country in West Africa, started freezing in that November night. A group of eight adventurers was weak and starving in a mangrove jungle by then, a nine-hour long ...বিস্তারিত
Being pitied makes people feel less than As someone with an external disability, I'd like people to know there's a line between kindness and pity. It's a realization I've come to after a lifetime of struggling with stuttering. Every single time my mouth opens, my disabilit ...বিস্তারিত