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Those men who find it too embarrassing to visit a fertility clinic to test the health of their sperm have reasons to cheer, thanks to a new smartphone-based system that allows men to have a semen test at home to know about potential fertility problems. Using a low-cost lens, Yoshitomo Kobori from Dokkyo Medical University Koshigaya Hospital in Japan and his colleagues at the University of Illinois in Chicago created a smartphone microscope to analyse semen samples at home, with help from an app that is in development. Clipped onto the camera of a smartphone, the lens magnifies an image by 555 times – perfect for looking at sperm cells, New Scientist reported. “I thought a smartphone microscope could be an easy way to look at problems with male fertility,” Kobori was quoted as saying. To do a home test, a man would have to wait for around five minutes after ejaculation for the semen to liquefy, then apply a small amount to a plastic sheet and press it against the microscop

We humans are always pushing limits ― skydiving, downhill skiing, car racing. The stark reality, however, is that our bodies are not built to survive accidents involving many of the technologies we’ve come to love and rely on, namely automobiles. Then there’s Graham ― a bulging, unsightly and very crash-proof specimen. Developed as part of a new road safety campaign in Australia, the lifelike sculpture highlights our own vulnerabilities, “designed with bodily features that might be present in humans if they had evolved to withstand the forces involved in [car] crashes,” according to the Transport Accident Commission in the state of Victoria. Graham was produced by Melbourne-based artist Patricia Piccinini, with help from road safety engineer Dr. David Logan and trauma surgeon Christian Kenfield.  His superhuman features include a massive skull to protect the brain; a flat, fatty face capable of absorbing the energy of an impact; no neck, eliminating the possibility of it

The highly anticipated  Kabali  , starring none other than superstar  Rajinikanth  finally hit the theaters today and while fans have been going crazy celebrating seeing their idol on the screen today all across the country, they have also kept the  Kabali fever  riding high in the weeks leading up to the film's release.  It's a known fact that Tamil actor  Rajinikanth  has an almost cult following of fans- who are not only loyal to him and his movies, but also worship him as their god.  Evidence of his popularity can be seen right from  companies based in Bengaluru and Tamil Nadu declaring a holiday  on Friday so that their employees can enjoy the movie first day first show to bulk bookings for the movie by corporate and employees faking illness to go watch  Kabali .  And, then there's the fact that Kabali's first day first show was at 4 am and not the usual 8 am. Such was the impatience of the fans. Again, this only happens in a Rajinikanth movie, no doubt.  Keep

Zakir Naik's now-infamous Peace  TV  has its offices in Dubai, Saudi Arabia, the USA and the UK, but none in India. Officially speaking. However, India - more specifically, the tiny area of Dongri in South Mumbai - is actually where Naik's videos are made. A bit of background: Naik's 'provocative'  Peace TV speeches and videos are said to have inspired some of the Bangladeshi terrorists, who killed 22 people, mostly foreigners, in the month of Ramzan at an upscale restaurant in Dhaka on 1 July. For the past 11 years,  Peace TV  videos have been produced - if not made - in Dongri. The residents of the crowded Dongri area are predominantly members of the Muslim community. The production company that produces the videos is called Harmony Media Pvt Ltd and it is a medium-scale video and television production company that produces religious and educational videos to be telecast across various channels. Harmony Media came into existence in 2005. However, speaking wi

There is a reason for this that is rooted in Civil Engineering. Thomas Tharu, who is one of the finest engineers I know, showed me a monograph he’d written about this topic a while back. It was a fascinating scientific insight into a problem that most of us dismiss with a non-scientific explanation like corruption. (Asphalt) roads around the world have pretty much the same construction. There is a layer of gravel (I’ve heard it called ‘jelly’ in Chennai and possibly the rest of India too) and on top of that, there’s asphalt - a concrete mixture with a substantial bituminous / tar component. The asphalt is mildly permeable and can deform to bear very heavy loads; the gravel layer underneath and the basic soil itself provide the structural strength for the road to ‘re-form’ after plastic deformation by a truck or bus that passes over it. If you observe the degradation of Indian roads carefully, you will find one remarkably consistent property: roads are not destroyed during reg

If Your Answer for "Rasagola" Origin is West bengal. Than you are wrong. Let's see here some facts that proves where Rasagola was invented. People in Odisha on Sunday celebrated ‘Rasagola Dibasa’ while the state government claimed to have found evidence about the origin of the syrupy sweet in the state. Following the sweet battle with neighbouring West Bengal over its origin, some youngsters and sweet traders observed, for the second year in succession, the day on the occasion of Lord Jagannath’s “Niladri Bije” (return to the temple after annual Rath Yatra). During Niladri Bije, Lord Jagannath offers the sweet to appease his wife Laxmi, who was upset after Jagannath went on the nine-day Rath Yatra to his aunt’s house. While people took to social media to celebrate ‘Rasagola Dibasa’, noted sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik created a sand art at Puri beach on the occasion. Meanwhile, the state government claimed that it had found a new evidence about the origin o

Photo: Wikipedia The rent begins where your imagination stops-  It’s practically impossible to find a half-decent place in your budget. No matter how much the budget, you’ll always overshoot it. The bachelor locha-  If you are a single woman/man, you can’t find a nice place without unfair restrictions even if you are ready to shell out some extra money. Actually you’d be lucky even to find a nice place. Bachelors are considered sub-human by the urban khaps called societies. Living in boxes-  Houses or the bungalow, as it’s called here, are either very old dilapidated ones, or are owned by the Kapoor family and other bollywood stars. Everyone lives in flats. If you tell your colleague that you’ve an actual house back home with a terrace and everything, you’d be considered seriously rich, and extravagant. The 1RK phenomenon- There exists something even smaller than a 1bhk. It’s called the 1rk- one room kitchen. What is a balcony?  Having a balcony is a privilege that very few h

What comes to your mind when you think of mineral water in India or if I ask for few brands of mineral water in India? You will surely think of following: But none of them are mineral water as all of them fall in the category of packaged drinking water and there is difference between the two. Mineral water brands in Indian market are following: Add caption So if you want to check next time whether you are buying packaged drinking water or natural mineral water then kindly refer to BIS code.  BIS  has published two  Indian  Standards for  Packaged Drinking Water  namely  IS 13428 for  Packaged  Natural  Mineral Water  and  IS 14543 for  Packaged Drinking Water  (Other Than  Packaged  Natural  Mineral Water ). You don’t have to remember full codes instead just first two characters of the code. 13 for mineral water and 14 for drinking water. Difference between packaged drinking water and natural mineral water The Bureau of Indian Standards recognizes two varieties of brand

Call me sick and twisted, but one of my favorite psychological studies found that many people would rather give themselves  electric shocks than sit alone and unstimulated for up to 15 minutes. The research, published in 2014, nicely illustrates how painful it can be to experience your own thoughts and emotions without anything to distract you. It's part of the reason why meditation is so hard for so many people (including me): You can't escape yourself. And while meditation per se isn't necessary to be a fully functioning person, that process of getting to know yourself just might be. On a recent episode of the James Altucher Show, Maria Konnikova, a psychologist and the author of "The Confidence Game," talked about ways to avoid getting conned in everyday life. One of the best strategies? Mindfulness, which means being aware of your thoughts, feelings, bodily sensations, and environment, and accepting your thoughts and feelings without judging them

After leaving school, Grylls briefly considered joining the IndianArmy and hiked in the Himalayan mountains of Sikkim and West Bengal.Eventually, Grylls joined the Territorial Army and, after passing selection served as a reservist with 21st SAS Regiment the until 1997. In 1996, Grylls suffered a freefall parachuting accident inZambia. His parachute ripped at 4,900 metres (16,000 ft), partially opening, causing him to fall and land on his parachute pack on his back, which partially crushed three vertebrae He later said, "I should have cut the main parachute and gone to the reserve but thought there was time to resolve the problem". According to his surgeon, Grylls came "within a whisker" of being paralysed for life and it was questionable whether he would ever be able to walk again. Grylls spent the next 12 months in and out of military rehabilitation at Headley Courtbefore being discharged from his medical treatment and directing his efforts to getting we

Actress Divyanka Tripathi says her husband Vivek Dahiya, whom she married just last week, is very supportive, caring, and has filled her life with positivity. Divyanka and Vivek got married in Bhopal on July 8. Their reception took place in Chandigarh on Sunday. “Happiness is being content with what you have, living in freedom and liberty, having a good family life and good friends. Vivek is very supportive and caring, and goes out of his way to see whether I am comfortable or not," Divyanka said. “He makes me confident as a person, he has filled me with positivity and I love the side of me that he has made (of) me,” Divyanka, best known for her role of Ishita in popular ongoing TV show “Ye Hai Mohabbatein”, added. The couple was glowing with joy at their wedding and reception. Now a honeymoon is not on the cards for them anytime soon as they will resume their respective shoots this week. Vivek is seen as Rajbir Bundela in 'Kavach...Kaali Shaktiyon Se'.

The internet may just have found  Priyanka Chopra  her doppelganger. Yep, no kidding.  Navpreet Banga, a Canada-based  Youtube  fitness vlogger seems to have caught the fancy of  Instagram  users due to her striking resemblance to none other than  Quantico  star Priyanka Chopra.  Her instagram account browngirllifts has over 23,000 followers and went viral yesterday after the internet just couldn't stop talking about herl.  We don't blame them. The similarity is just way too real.  Having herself realised how similar she looks to the  Bollywood  superstar and  Hollywood 's new import, Banga also dresses up as the actress from time to time to surprise her social media followers.  As of now, she's already dressed up as Kashibai, from Priyanka's last Bollywood outing '  Bajirao   Mastani'  and we can't wait to see her don Chopra's Veronica from  Baywatch  as well.  Now, time for the big reveal-  Here's how Queen Priyanka Chopra looks like-  A

Employees carrying their smartphones and using them for office work is a common practice these days. It is a lot easier for most professionals, as they do not need to carry multiple devices, particularly when they are travelling or running from one meeting to the other. The reality is that phones can work brilliantly for e-mails, document editing and conference calls, for example, and can replace a laptop in most cases. Here are some smartphones that can double up as great productivity phones for work on the move. Microsoft Lumia 950XL Price: Rs 34,999 Besides being the only major Windows 10 based flagship smartphone, the Lumia 950XL comes with a 5.7-inch display with a resolution of 2560x1440p. The Windows 10 OS looks a lot more sophisticated than its predecessor and offers some handy new features such as the personal assistant Cortana, the iris scanner and USB type-C fast charging. The phone’s biggest bonus is that it works with Microsoft’s new display dock which transfor

Sikh groups form panels to stop Sardar jokes. SIKH ORGANISATIONS have set up committees comprising former Supreme Court judges to suggest guidelines on enforcing a ban on jokes on Sikhs. Former Supreme Court judges H S Bedi and M Y Eqbal are members of the committee constituted by the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) to formulate measures on how to stop such jokes, which, according to a PIL, are a violation of their right to equality and an attack on the dignity of the Sikh community. Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) too has set up a panel, headed by retired Punjab and Haryana High Court judge K S Grewal, to recommend guidelines on how to stop Sardar jokes and for issuance of appropriate directions to the central and state governments to make the ban enforceable. On Tuesday, a bench led by CJI T S Thakur was informed about the committees constituted by the Sikh bodies. Senior lawyer R S Suri, representing the DSGMC, told the bench that the c

The first few minutes of an interview are crucial and can be a make-or-break factor. First impressions are really important and will last long after you leave the room.  Learning how to make a memorable impact in a few minutes is a powerful tool that applies to all interviews. There may be a time in your job-hunting adventures when you come across a speed interview - the interview version of speed dating - in which you have a limited time span to convince an interviewer to hire you. Or perhaps you'll bump into a manager hiring for a position at a networking event and need to sell yourself in a quick conversation. Here are some tips for a lasting impression. 1. Pick one good story that wows If you only have a few minutes to make an impact, prepare one really memorable story that displays the qualities the hiring manager is looking for. It should be something that showcases an instance when you went above and beyond and an example that is truly unique. It could be a women&#