He nearly drowned in space when water filled his helmet, now he’s part of NASA’s Artemis III crew: Meet Luca Parmitano |

In July 2013, Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano found himself in a situation no astronaut ever wants to face. While performing a spacewalk outside the International Space Station, water began leaking into his helmet. What initially seemed like sweat soon turned into a life-threatening emergency as the water rose around his face, impairing his vision and…

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Billions under the Pacific Ocean: Apple-sized metal-rich rocks that could power the future of electric cars |

Roughly four kilometres below the surface of the central Pacific Ocean, scattered across a stretch of seafloor the size of the continental United States, lie hundreds of billions of apple-sized rocks. They are dark, lumpy, and almost impossibly slow-growing, a few millimetres every million years. Some of the ones sitting on the seabed today began…

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BYD’s DM-i technology explained: EV driving, petrol backup, 1,200km range

BYD India has just introduced its DM-i (Dual Mode Intelligent) technology in India, bringing its globally established plug-in hybrid system to the market. Designed as an electric-first hybrid powertrain, the technology combines a petrol engine, electric motor and battery pack, while offering a claimed combined driving range of more than 1,200km.How does this work?Unlike conventional…

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Battling medical store’s eye-drop blunder, depression: How UP’s chess whizz Shubhi Gupta became India Girls’ No. 1 | Chess News

Subhi Gupta (Special Arrangements) NEW DELHI: Imagine it is your first international chess tournament on your own. Your parents have burned a hole in their pockets to take you to the scenic country of Uzbekistan. There, you are supposed to play the toughest of opponents from across the globe. You reach the venue, and you…

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‘Slap Ben Stokes with a suspension’: Former England legend on nightclub controversy | Cricket News

England’s Ben Stokes (AP Photo) England’s preparations for the second Test against New Zealand have been overshadowed by a fresh off-field controversy involving captain Ben Stokes and fast bowler Gus Atkinson. The pair are reported to have broken the team curfew after England’s 115-run victory in the opening Test at Lord’s and later become involved…

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Battling medical store’s eye-drop blunder, depression: How UP’s chess whizz Shubhi Gupta became India Girls’ No. 1 | Chess News

Subhi Gupta (Special Arrangements) NEW DELHI: Imagine it is your first international chess tournament on your own. Your parents have burned a hole in their pockets to take you to the scenic country of Uzbekistan. There, you are supposed to play the toughest of opponents from across the globe. You reach the venue, and you…

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