Science & Space Roundup: Top News of the Day (April 16)

Here are today’s most important updates from the realm of Science and Space. James Webb Telescope Unveils New Secrets of Exoplanet HATS-75 b Astronomers from Johns Hopkins University (JHU) used the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to observe a giant exoplanet known as HATS-75 b. This exoplanet is one of the recently discovered Giant Exoplanets orbiting M-dwarf Stars (GEMS). It was discovered in 2021 with the help of Automated Telescope Network-South (HATSouth) and NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). This exoplanet is at a distance of some 637 light-years. Astronomers have already learned various aspects of the exoplanet, but recently, ...

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Lifestyle

The Cinematic Clean Slate: Celebrating Poila Boishak and Bengali New Year with Bollywood’s Best Sisterhoods

Forget the spring cleaning for a second. Let's ring in Nobo Borsho with screen queens who actually have each other's backs. April in Kolkata is unapologetic. The heat settles over the city like a wet, heavy blanket, yet there’s that undeniable, frantic buzz in the air. Poila Boishak is practically ...

Entertainment

Charlie Chaplin’s Birthday: How The Silent Tramp Built Raj Kapoor’s Post-Colonial Bollywood Persona From Scratch

Baggy trousers, a borrowed bowler hat, and an uncanny waddle. How London’s most famous cinematic export gave India’s 'Showman' his definitive soul. Let’s just state the obvious right up front. If you look closely at Raj Kapoor’s most iconic silhouette - the rolled-up pants, the slightly-too-tight jacket, that duck-like gait ...

The Cinematic Clean Slate: Celebrating Poila Boishak and Bengali New Year with Bollywood’s Best Sisterhoods

Forget the spring cleaning for a second. Let's ring in Nobo Borsho with screen queens who actually have each other's backs. April in Kolkata is unapologetic. The heat settles over the city like a wet, heavy blanket, yet there’s that undeniable, frantic buzz in the air. Poila Boishak is practically ...

The Yash Raj Delusion: Channeling Your Inner Bollywood Extra for a Very Cinematic, Happy Vaisakhi

Forget the wind machine and the mustard-yellow dupatta. Here is how to capture that peak cinematic harvest energy without ever leaving your living room. April rolls around, and suddenly, my brain is entirely hijacked by vintage Shah Rukh Khan aesthetics. It happens every Vaisakhi. You start seeing those WhatsApp forwards ...

Charlie Chaplin’s Birthday: The Fascinating 1931 Clash When The Iconic Tramp Debated Mahatma Gandhi

One wanted machines to liberate the working class. The other saw the spinning wheel as salvation. It was brilliantly awkward. It was 1931, somewhere in the murky damp of London’s East End. Two of the most recognizable faces on the planet finally sat down together inside a rather unassuming house. ...

Sports

On This Day (Apr. 18): A Game in Hand Lost – When Chahal Derailed KKR With a Fifer + Hattrick!

KKR was right on track to win the game, but in the 17th over, Chahal completely flipped the game’s course Since 2008, the Indian Premier League (IPL) has witnessed numerous five-fors, but only a handful of bowlers have managed a five-wicket haul plus a hat-trick in the same game – Yuzvendra Chahal is one such bowler who did the impossible against the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on this day in 2022. Buttler’s big game Batting first, Rajasthan Royals (RR) posted a massive score of 217 runs on the board at the expense of five wickets. The star of RR’s batting ...

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  • IPL 2026: Is MI’s Emotional Attachment Hurting Them?

    IPL 2026: Is MI’s Emotional Attachment Hurting Them?

    Several old players in the team are no longer performing, and yet MI seems to have no intention of letting them go On the evening of April 16, the five-time champions Mumbai Indians (MI) will take on the Punjab Kings, who are in second place. Unfortunately, the Mumbai Indians are ...

  • Did You Know THIS Sport Helped IPL Get Its Trumpet Riff?

    Did You Know THIS Sport Helped IPL Get Its Trumpet Riff?

    What's one thing common across all IPL stadiums? Different jerseys, teams, fans, theme colours, players, and cheerleaders, but one thing in common – the tune of the trumpet The Indian Premier League (IPL) has built an identity of its own among the plethora of franchise-based T20 domestic leagues organised in ...

  • IPL 2026: THIS Player Has Never Missed a CSK vs. KKR Clash

    IPL 2026: THIS Player Has Never Missed a CSK vs. KKR Clash

    Since 2008, the player has missed only eight IPL matches, but never one versus KKR On Tuesday evening, i.e., April 14, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) will host the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at their home stadium. Despite sharing eight IPL trophies, both teams are at the bottom of the table, ...

Science

On Einstein's 147th Birthday : "It Has Become Appallingly Obvious”: A Look at the The Physicist's Prophecy on Technology

We built the ultimate toolbox, but maybe forgot who is supposed to swing the hammer. Albert saw the glitch coming a mile away. I caught someone totally ignoring a rather magnificent sunset the other evening. They were entirely lost in a digital void. It immediately dragged my mind to a ...

Science

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World Sleep Day Spotlight: The Night Janitor - How Your Brain Literally 'Washes' Itself While You Sleep on World Sleep Day

You think you are just resting your eyes, but there is a hardcore power-washing crew scrubbing out the day's toxic gunk right behind your forehead. Ever tried to run a massive software update while playing a heavy video game? Yeah, your laptop probably sounded like it was prepping for takeoff. ...

Science

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World Sleep Day Special: The Save Button - How Sleep Moves Memories from RAM to Hard Drive

You know that panicked feeling when your laptop freezes before you hit CTRL+S? Your brain does that exact same thing every time you pull an all-nighter. Think of your hippocampus - that little seahorse-shaped structure deep inside your head - as your brain's RAM. All day long, it absorbs data. ...

Science

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