Monthly Archive: April 2022
Sikh men and women during a prayer service during the Baisakhi festival. Giovanni Mereghetti/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images – By Simranjit Khalsa, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Memphis Published: 2022 Apr 13 – Sikhs all over the world celebrate the …
QR codes are visual patterns that store data smartphones can read. AP Photo/Vincent Yu – By Scott Ruoti, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, University of Tennessee Published: 2022 Apr 07 – Among the many changes brought about by the pandemic is the widespread …
An orange flag with the traditional Indian swastika on top of ancient Hindu temples in the Himalayas. (Shutterstock) – By James M. Skidmore, Director, Waterloo Centre for German Studies, University of Waterloo Published: 2017 Aug 17 – The images from Charlottesville, Va., of …
An artist’s concept of the MOST system charging a mobile device. Chalmers University of Technology/Daniel Spacek/neuroncollective.com – By Nick Lavars 2022 Apr 12 – Back in 2017 we caught wind of an interesting energy system from researchers at Sweden’s Chalmers University of Technology designed …
The first vertical test shot of Green Launch’s hydrogen-powered impulse launch cannon, in Arizona last December. Green Launch – By Loz Blain 2022 Apr 14 – Rockets are expensive, complex, bad for the environment and prone to occasionally exploding – so alternative launch technologies …
Children celebrating Easter, with their Easter Bunnies and Easter eggs. Sanja Radin/Collection E+ via Getty Images – By Tok Thompson, Professor of Anthropology and Communication, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences 2022 Apr 13 – The Easter Bunny is a much …
Mathematicians have long known infinity comes in many sizes, but how do they relate to one another? The key lies in a 150-year-old mystery known as the continuum hypothesis. Shutterstock/ Image Flow – By Timothy Revell 2022 Apr 13 – INFINITY is a …
Cyclotech and Yamato Holdings have put together a fascinating cargo-carrying concept drone using cyclic propulsion systems. Cyclotech/Yamato Holdings – By Loz Blain 2022 Apr 13 – Innovative vertical propulsion company Cyclotech has partnered with Yamato, one of Japan’s largest delivery companies, to produce a …
Frederick Lanchester – City of Canada Bay Heritage Society Updated on 2019 Nov 18 – When Frederick Lanchester, the man who built Britain’s first all-British car, fell on hard times in 1944 he applied to the British government for a special pension on …
A new film and play about an allied intelligence operation resonate at a time when conflict and propaganda haunt Europe again. ‘They got completely obsessed by it’: Matthew Macfadyen as Charles Cholmondeley, Colin Firth as Ewen Montagu and Johnny Flynn as Ian …
