Worst locust attack in three decades
Reading Time: 4 minutesSINCE RECENTLY massive swarms of locusts have been threatening agricultural production and livelihood across South Asia, Africa and the Middle East. These regions which are battling the global Covid-19 pandemic like the rest of the world – have now to deal with locust invasion which is very damaging to their farmland crops. In India, desert locusts […]
Mexican entrepreneurs develop the world’s first animal cruelty-free leather
Reading Time: 2 minutesEVERY year more than a billion animals are slaughtered for their skins and hides to make clothing and accessories. Skin is ripped off from elephants, crocodiles, and snakes to make leather. Sheep are often beaten and mutilated to steal their wool and their skin for shearing. Goats are abused for cashmere and mohair. All these are […]
Don: Lifestyle likely cause of higher Covid-19 deaths among men
Reading Time: 3 minutesACCORDING to global statistics, men are more likely to be infected by the Covid-19 infections and suffer critical complications of the disease compared to the female gender. Based on the four main countries [ihc-hide-content ihc_mb_type=”show” ihc_mb_who=”2,3,5″ ihc_mb_template=”1″ ] affected by Covid-19 such as China, France, Italy and South Korea, the mortality rates of men were more […]
Worshipping at the right times and in the right direction through falak
Reading Time: 6 minutesMUSLIMS perform five mandatory prayers a day – fajr (subh), zhuhr, asr, maghrib and isha’a. Each one of these prayers must be performed within a set time. Islamic astronomy or falak syarie plays a significant role in determining the accurate time for the performance of these prayers. Apart from facing the qiblah (praying facing the […]
A finger-tip snapshot on COVID-19 and other epidemics
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Drinking tea improves brain health
Reading Time: 2 minutesA RECENT STUDY led by researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) revealed that regular tea drinkers have better organised brain regions – and this is associated with healthy cognitive function – compared to non-tea drinkers. The research team made this discovery after examining neuroimaging data of 36 older adults. “Our results offer the […]
Why don’t birds on power lines get electrocuted?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteHave you ever wondered why birds sitting on power lines don’t get electrocuted? Electricity can be very dangerous. We’re always told as children to stay away from electric wires and plug sockets, but how are birds able to sit on electricity wires without getting a shock? Electricity (or current) travels from the point of highest […]
Why do frogs make so much noise?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteDid you know that there are frogs that chirp? Others can whistle, croak, ribbit, peep, cluck, bark and grunt. Why do they make so much noise? When frogs call out they are actually trying to attract a mate. Every different species of frog makes its own special sound allowing their mates to distinguish who’s who […]
What is the maximum distance the human eye can see if unobstructed?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteHow far the human eye can see depends on how many particles of light, or photons, a distant object emits. Dust, water vapour and pollution in the air will rarely let you see more than 20 kilometres away even on a clear day. Often, the curvature of the Earth gets in the way first. For […]
What are fiber optics?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWe are used to the idea of information traveling in different ways. When we speak into a landline telephone, a wire cable carries the sounds from our voice into a socket in the wall, where another cable takes it to the local telephone exchange. Cell phones work a different way: they send and receive information […]