Every summer, a vast stretch of the Gulf of Mexico transforms into what scientists call a “dead zone,” an area where oxygen levels in the water become so low that most marine life cannot survive. Fish flee if they can, while shrimp, crabs and bottom-dwelling organisms are often trapped in what researchers describe as “hell…
Imagine leaving a locked food box in your backyard and returning the next morning to find it open. Now imagine that every raccoon opened it differently. That is exactly what happened during an experiment in Laramie, Wyoming, where researchers installed specially designed puzzle boxes to test the problem-solving abilities of wild raccoons. Equipped with four…
Bengaluru: After nearly 19 years of service at Jain College, a 52-year-old assistant professor was abruptly issued a one-line termination notice, triggering a legal battle that ended in her reinstatement. Usha PS joined the Jain Group of Institutions in 2005 as a lecturer in life sciences at JC Road campus and was shifted in Jan…
times news networkPanaji: As the new admission season begins, adapting to changing academic requirements, the Indira Gandhi National Open University (Ignou)’s Goa regional centre will be introducing a number of new programmes, including a MSc in artificial intelligence and machine learning, and a post-graduate diploma in climate change.Goa regional centre director G Shrinivas said that…
TOI Found That Every Page Of The Books, To Be Used By Students From This Academic Year, Had Illustrations And An Activity Chennai: A primary school student learning mathematics under the state board will no longer be introduced to numbers in the conventional sense, where the teacher jots them down on the black board and…
