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Earth’s tilt causes extreme light and dark periods near the poles. Places like Svalbard and Tromsø in Norway, and Utqiaġvik, Alaska, experience weeks of continuous daylight in summer and prolonged darkness in winter. Antarctica sees nearly six months of sun followed by six months of night, impacting local wildlife and human life. Earth loves to…
Most of us think of sunlight as something that just makes mornings nicer or gives us a decent mood boost after a gloomy week. But a recent study by AIIMS has added a much more serious reason to step into the sun: it may actually help people recover better after a stroke.The findings of the…
Travellers in Goa face significant challenges with local taxi services. Many report inflated prices and harassment from taxi operators. App-based ride-hailing services struggle to operate due to the powerful local taxi union. This situation creates a stressful and negative experience for visitors, overshadowing the state’s attractions. Ensuring fair and accessible transport is crucial for Goa’s…
For residents of Utqiagvik (formerly Barrow), Alaska, living in natural darkness is a part of their lives.We are talking about the northernmost city in the United States where the Sun has officially set and it won’t rise until January 22, 2026. The city has entered its annual polar night, which is a phenomenon where the…
“Hadd hai bhaiya, aap khud socho aap kya maang rahe ho!” I still remember my pleading words to a taxi driver on a hot and humid August day in Goa. The Goa trip I had been dreaming of for the longest time, I had never imagined would begin with a fight-for-my-hard-earned-money-note! I was excited about…
Greenland, a paradise where mountains of ice float in the sea and the sun shines at midnight Greenland feels distant even before you look at a map. It is spoken of as ice, as emptiness, as somewhere untouched, yet people have lived there for thousands of years. Hunters crossed frozen water, families settled along fjords,…
MUMBAI: After months of sluggishness, demand recovery is in sight for consumer goods companies, partly helped by GST cuts which drove down prices of a host of household essentials and left more money in the hands of shoppers. There have been some initial signs of revival on the ground already, firms said in their recent…
Astronomers have signalled the discovery of a planetary body roaming the Milky Way that is not gravitationally bound to the Sun or any other star. The entity is termed a free-floating planet, a class that embraces planetary mass bodies that are travelling in interstellar space independently. These bodies do not shine in a way that…
Archaeologists in the north of Egypt have uncovered large parts of a 4,500-year-old sun temple complex that was associated with King Nyuserre, a ruler of the Fifth Dynasty, who was most closely linked to the cult of the sun god Ra. The findings made by the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities of Egypt help to…
Houseplants are great visual enhancers, purify the air and generate a relaxing atmosphere inside, but they don’t all have the same requirements; in fact, they do not all thrive under bright direct sun. As a matter of fact, a great number of indoor plants grow naturally under forest canopies where they receive filtered or indirect…
