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World's deepest lab

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The Jinping Underground Laboratory (Jinping UGL) is a world-renowned research facility located beneath the Jinping Mountain in Sichuan Province, China. It is one of the deepest underground laboratories in the world, with a depth of 2,400 meters below the surface. The laboratory was built in 2010 as part of China's efforts to expand its scientific research capabilities. It is operated by the Chinese Academy of Sciences and has been designed to conduct experiments in the fields of particle physics, astrophysics, geology, and other related fields. The Jinping UGL is unique in several ways. First, its depth allows researchers to shield their experiments from cosmic rays, which can interfere with sensitive equipment. The laboratory is also shielded from the natural radioactivity present in the Earth's crust, allowing researchers to detect extremely rare events that would be impossible to detect on the surface. One of the main research areas at the Jinping UGL is the study of neutrin...

Unraveling the Mystery of Dark Matter: The Invisible Backbone of the Universe

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The universe is a vast and enigmatic place, filled with wonders that challenge our understanding of physics and cosmology. One of the greatest mysteries of modern science is the elusive substance known as dark matter. Though it cannot be seen or directly detected, scientists believe it makes up about 27% of the universe. But what exactly is dark matter, and why is it so crucial to our understanding of the cosmos? What Is Dark Matter? Dark matter is a form of matter that does not emit, absorb, or reflect any electromagnetic radiation, making it completely invisible to traditional telescopes. Its presence, however, is inferred from its gravitational effects on visible matter, radiation, and the large-scale structure of the universe. Without dark matter, the movements of galaxies and galaxy clusters cannot be adequately explained. The Evidence for Dark Matter The concept of dark matter was first proposed in the 1930s by Swiss astronomer Fritz Zwicky. While studying the Coma Cluster, h...

Pakistan court issues non-bailable arrest warrants for Imran Khan in woman judge threat case.

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  A court in Pakistan on Wednesday issued non-bailable   arrest warrents  for former prime minister Imran Khan  in a case related to alleged threats made to a woman judge. Islamabad-based judicial magistrate Malik Aman presiding over the hearing rejected a plea by Khan's counsel to grant him exemption from in-person appearance. He also rejected a plea by Khan's lawyer to allow the former prime minister to appear on March 30 when the prosecution lawyer opposed the move by saying that he should have appeared by the deadline of the arrest warrants. The judge issued non-bailable arrest warrants against the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief and directed the authorities to present him before the court on April 18. At the last hearing on March 24, the court converted the non-bailable arrest warrant issued for Khan into a bailable warrant. He was supposed to appear by March 29 but failed to come to the court. Earlier, Senior Civil Judge Rana Mujahid Rahim had on March 13 issued...

How and When Did Netflix Start? A Brief History of the Company.

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Netflix is an American media-services provider and production company that allows its members to watch a wide variety of award-winning TV shows, movies, documentaries, and more on internet-connected devices. It has changed the way we consume entertainment and has become a household name in the United States and around the world. But how did Netflix form and grow into the entertainment giant it is today? Let’s take a look. The Early Years Reed Hastings, one of Netflix's co-founders, has always been interested in the intersection of entertainment and technology. In the late 1980s, he started his own software company, Pure Software, which developed software for UNIX-based computers. During his time at Pure Software, Hastings met Marc Randolph, who had founded an online service called Freeloader that allowed users to share software over dial-up connections. Hastings and Randolph decided to start their own company together and named it Netflix after their shared passion for movies (the ...

JUICE Space Mission of Europe.

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  NASA's JUpiter ICy moons Explorer (JUICE) mission is a flagship mission designed to explore the outer planets of our solar system. It is set to launch in 2022 and arrive at Jupiter in 2029, where it will study the giant planet and its icy moons Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. The primary objective of the JUICE mission is to study the potential habitability of Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto, three of Jupiter's largest moons. These icy moons are believed to have subsurface oceans, which may contain the ingredients necessary for life. JUICE will investigate these moons in detail to better understand their potential for supporting life. The JUICE spacecraft is being developed by the European Space Agency (ESA), in partnership with NASA and several other international space agencies. The spacecraft will carry a suite of scientific instruments to study Jupiter and its moons, including cameras, spectrometers, and radar instruments. One of the key instruments on board JUICE is the Ul...

Tornadoes kill 23 and bring devastation to Mississippi.

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  At least 23 people have died after tornadoes tore through the US state of Mississippi on Friday night. More people are thought to be trapped under the rubble of destroyed buildings. The twisters caused devastation in several rural towns, where trees and power lines were torn down and tens of thousands of power outages were reported. Several other southern states are also braced for powerful storms. Hail the size of golf balls and heavy rainfall were reported in several areas of the state. Residents of Rolling Fork, a small town town in western Mississippi, said that a tornado blew the windows out of the back of their homes. The damage in the area is reported to be particularly bad. Local resident Brandy Showah told CNN: "I've never seen anything like this... This was a very great small town, and now it's gone." Cornel Knight told the Associated Press that he, his wife and their three-year-old daughter were at a relative's home in Rolling Fork and that it was ...

China and Russia: Explaining a long, complicated friendship.

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China’s President Xi Jinping has said he signed an agreement with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin bringing their ties into a “new era” of cooperation, as the two leaders called for “responsible dialogue” to resolve the Ukraine crisis. “We signed a statement on deepening the strategic partnership and bilateral ties which are entering a new era,” Xi said following talks with Putin in the Kremlin on Tuesday. He added that China and Russia should work more closely to push forward greater “practical cooperation”. In turn, Putin said “all agreements have been reached” and that economic cooperation between Moscow and Beijing was a “priority” for Russia. The Chinese leader visited Moscow days after the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for Putin for crimes committed in the neighbouring country, where Russian forces have made little progress in recent months despite suffering heavy losses. The talks were intended to cement the "no limits" the two leade...

Is Your Job Safe? This OpenAI Study Lists Professions That Could Be Replaced By ChatGPT.

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  an artificial intelligence-powered chatbot, people are worried that the powerful technology may eliminate several jobs in the future. Recently, Sam Altman, the CEO of the company that created ChatGPT, also revealed that he was  "a little bit scared" of his company's invention. Now, a new study by OpenAI, Open Research, and the University of Pennsylvania has revealed the jobs that are most at risk of being lost due to the  According to the study, higher-paying jobs are more likely to be affected compared to lower-paying ones. Jobs that don't require formal educational credentials are safe from ChatGPT while professions that require proficiency in programming and writing are more susceptible to being automated. Jobs that are heavily reliant on scientific and critical thinking skills are less prone to automation.  Here's a list of occupations safe from ChatGPT: Agricultural Equipment Operators Athletes and Sports Competitors Auto Mechanics Cem...

Sri Lanka to be first country in Asia to come under IMF's governance diagnostic exercise.

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  Sri Lanka  will be the first country in Asia to undergo a governance diagnostic exercise   by the IMF  which will assess corruption and governance vulnerabilities in the debt-trapped country, the global lender said on Tuesday. The International monetary fund  's Executive Board approved on Monday a 48-month extended arrangement under its Extended Fund Facility (EFF) with an amount of SDR 2.286 billion (about USD 3 billion) to help Sri Lanka overcome its economic crisis.  The IMF emphasised the importance of anti-corruption and governance reforms as a central pillar of the EFF-supported programme. "We emphasise the importance of anti-corruption and governance reforms as a central pillar of the EFF-supported programme-they are indispensable to ensure the hard-won gains from the reforms benefit the Sri Lankan people," Peter Breuer, the senior IMF official responsible for Sri Lanka, told reporters "The authorities have committed to fundamentally improve ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin visits occupied city of Mariupol.

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  Russian President  Vladimir Putin  has visited the occupied port city of  Mariupol , Russian state news agencies reported Sunday, his first trip to the Ukrainian territory that  Moscow  illegally annexed in September. Earlier, on Saturday,  Putin  traveled to Crimea, a short distance southwest of Mariupol, to mark the ninth anniversary of the Black Sea peninsula's annexation from  Ukraine . Mariupol became a worldwide symbol of defiance after outgunned and outmanned Ukrainian forces held out in a steel mill there for nearly three months before Moscow finally took control of it in May. The visits, during which he was shown chatting with local residents in Mariupol and visiting an art school and a children's center in Crimea, were a show of defiance by the Russian leader two days after a court issued a warrant for his arrest on war crimes charges. Putin has not commented on the arrest warrant, which deepened his international isolation despit...