Quote of the day by Xenophanes: ‘If horses or oxen or lions had hands… horses would paint the forms of gods like horses’ and a universal truth about human psychology

Quote of the day by Xenophanes (Photo: AI) Xenophanes of Colophon (c. 570 – c. 478 BCE) was an ancient Greek philosopher, poet, and social critic. Born in Ionia (modern-day Turkey), he spent most of his long life wandering across the Greek world as a traveling poet after his hometown was conquered by the Persians.Unlike…

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Canada college issues statement on Indian students being rejected for work permit, asks them to consult immigration lawyers

Indian students continue protests in Canada after they were refused post-graduate work permit. Portage College of Calgary, which is facing protests by Indian students as they were refused post-graduation work permits by Canadian immigration, issued a statement on the situation and said the college body is speaking with immigration authorities. “Students seeking advice should consult…

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Scientists studying bee brains found clues to how colonies coordinate complex behaviour without a central controller, relying instead on many small individual decisions

Honeybee colonies organise work without any leader assigning tasks, but scientists have now discovered that specific brain circuits help control this process. (Representational photo) Honeybee colonies work in an organised way even though no bee tells the others what to do. Young bees look after the queen and baby bees, older ones build and guard…

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A UK village spent £35,000 building four beaver-style dams after homes flooded. It is now waiting for the next deluge during a hosepipe ban

Leaky dams, also known as logjams, allow water to flow through slowly instead of blocking it. (Representational AI image) East Anglia, a rural region in eastern England, is facing a hosepipe ban after becoming the driest part of the UK. But in one village in Norfolk, people are also preparing for the opposite problem of…

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Indian-origin doctor sentenced to jail for six months in Ohio for secret bathroom recordings, will be registered as a sex offender for 15 years

Advait Deshmukh apologized to his victims during the sentencing. An Indian-origin doctor in Ohio’s Toledo has been sentenced to six months in jail after he admitted that he secretly recorded women in employee restrooms at Toledo Hospital. Advait Deshmukh was sentenced in June after he pleaded guilty to one count of attempted tampering with evidence…

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‘Afraid he would not stop’: New UK charges detail rape allegations against Tate brothers

Andrew and Tristan Tate arrested in Miami over rape and sex trafficking charges Newly unsealed court documents have revealed detailed allegations against social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate, including rape, choking and sex trafficking, as the brothers remain in US custody while fighting extradition to the United Kingdom.The federal filings, released Monday night, detail…

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California deploys 400 goats and sheep as ‘firefighters’ to eat an invasive weed fuelling wildfires and threatening native ecosystems | World News

As California prepares for another intense wildfire season, an unlikely team of firefighters has taken to the fields of northeast Fresno. Around 400 goats and sheep have been deployed to graze across 180 acres of land overrun by yellow star-thistle, an invasive plant that not only crowds out native vegetation but also creates dry fuel…

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US student visa rules are changing on September 15: Who could be affected and how

Trump administration introduces fixed visa stay limits for foreign students (Representative Photo) The United States has overhauled its student visa framework, replacing the decades-old “Duration of Status” (D/S) system with fixed periods of admission for F-1 students and J-1 exchange visitors.According to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the changes are aimed at curbing visa…

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Scientists deploy robot birds in Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park to lure a critically declining local sage-grouse population away from an airport and revive its numbers | World News

Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming has turned to an unusual conservation strategy to save one of its fastest-declining bird populations: robot birds. Park officials and wildlife experts have deployed lifelike robotic greater sage-grouse that mimic the species’ elaborate courtship dances, puff out their chests and broadcast recorded mating calls in an effort to attract…

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