To say that John Brockman is a literary agent is like saying that David Hockney is a photographer. For while it’s true that Hockney has indeed made astonishingly creative use of photography, and Brockman is indeed a successful literary agent who represents an enviable stable of high-profile scientists and communicators, in both cases the description [...]
President Barack Obama is highlighting companies that have returned jobs to the U.S. and he says that’s one more way of putting people back to work. The White House plans a forum Wednesday, called “Insourcing American Jobs,” that will bring together business leaders who shifted work back home. The president said Saturday in his weekly [...]
Real Madrid extended their lead over Barcelona at the top of La Liga to six points on Saturday with a 5-1 rout of Granada in the minnows’ first trip to the Santiago Bernabeu in 36 years. The pressure is now on champions Barcelona, who still boast the psychological advantage of having beaten Real last month, [...]
Making for quite the star-laden spectacle, Hollywood’s top names descended upon the Palm Springs Convention Center in Palm Springs, California on Saturday evening (January 7). There for The 23rd Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala were Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, as the “Moneyball” actor was set to receive the Desert Palm Achievement [...]
Childhood was… It was quite ordinary. Being the son of an army officer, I moved a lot around the country. But my primary time of childhood was spent in the midst of hills and trees at Comilla cantonment. Our house was located on a plateau. It was there when I began to feel connected to [...]
The growth of an embryo during the early stages of pregnancy is linked to its risk of miscarriage, says a University of Nottingham study. Scientists found that 78% of single-baby pregnancies which ended in miscarriage were in the smallest 5% of embryos. Researchers measured the length of more than 500 single and twin embryos during [...]
Communications Minister Obaidul Quader on Sunday has sought Japanese cooperation to remove the traffic congestion in the capital permanently. The minister sought the cooperation when Japanese ambassador in Dhaka Shiro Sadoshima called on him at his Secretariat office this morning. During the meeting, they stressed strengthening the existing bilateral relation between Bangladesh and Japan. Obaidul [...]
Dhaka is sinking over half an inch a year on average because of excessive extraction of groundwater and inadequate recharging of the vacuum it creates below the surface, found a recent study. Prof Syed Humayun Akhter, a geology teacher at Dhaka University, conducted the study by analysing data from global positioning system (GPS) at the [...]
A stricken container ship wedged on a reef off a New Zealand holiday spot has broken up in stormy weather but is still on the reef after running aground three months ago, raising fears of a fresh oil spill. The 47,230-tonne Liberian-flagged Rena has been stranded on a reef 22 km (12 miles) off Tauranga [...]
Arab League officials meet in Cairo on Sunday to discuss their Syria mission amid escalating tension and a growing international outcry over the unrest that has killed thousands. Syria has failed to comply with efforts to end the 10-month-long violent crackdown against protesters, and the League should implement action against President Bashar al-Assad’s regime, rights [...]