There’s a lot of hype around AI, and just as much fear. But anxiety over pie-in-the-sky scenarios involving sentient robots and supercomputers obfuscates the real threats that already exist, like AI-assisted scams. AI introduces new scams and enhances old ones Scammers, hackers, and other malicious actors use AI in many...
People tend to harvest trees for lumber and papermaking. But maybe electronics engineers are missing out on something here. “Turns out,” says Magnus Berggren. Two major building blocks of wood have “a lot of electrical properties.” And he’s shown that these blocks could serve as green replacements for some of...
The Third Line participated in the 15th edition of Abu Dhabi Art 2023 with a solo presentation of new works by artist Farhad Moshiri. Moshiri’s art blends the classic shapes of ancient Persian pottery with contemporary colours, evident in large canvases featuring Iranian inscriptions. These jar paintings are a product...
Before we delve into the nitty-gritty of Arvind Adiga’s masterpiece, it’s essential that we understand what the title glorifies. It is said that the white tiger is regarded as a sacred animal in India and a rare find all across the globe. The white tiger is a native feline found...
Nadir is packing his bags. The day has finally come. All the trauma, agony, and suffering are finally about to end. “Nadir, your parents are here,” says someone. Nadir quickly picks up his bags and leaves the room. He breaks down the stairs and moves towards the big, black gate....
Everybody has, at some point in their lives, woken up in a state of sluggishness, laziness, weakness, fatigue, or felt like a dark cloud has come over their heads. Perhaps Shaitan visited you during your sleep in a dream, or otherwise, perhaps you are ill, or perhaps the ebb and...
It’s taken more than four billion years for intelligent life to emerge by natural selection on Earth, but there are billions more years ahead in our planet’s lifetime. Over that time, intelligence could develop in entirely new directions. We human beings may be nearing the end of Darwinian evolution—no longer...
Muslims worldwide engage in prayer to Allah, involving acts of devotion, virtuous deeds, and standing against injustice. Human beings have an inherent tendency to measure everything in numbers. A child may express boundless love for their parents, comparing it to the vastness of the ocean, while another may measure affection...
Since October 7, 2023, the conflict in Gaza has been the center of attention for the whole world. The outbreak of the war between Israel and Palestinian militant Hamas took place when the Hamas militants carried out massive attacks within Israel from the land and air and fired more than...
Who says democracy is dying? More than half of the world’s population will vote in national elections in more than 70 countries this year. Never before have so many countries in the world gone to the polls in the same year. From that point of view, the year is going...
WHEN I consider how my light is spent E’re half my days, in this dark world and wide, And that one Talent which is death to hide, Lodg’d with me useless, though my Soul more bent To serve therewith my Maker, and present My true account, least he returning chide,...
Elevation bestows the sky’s nearness to my abode I am the mountain’s cloud, my skirt sprinkles roses Now the wilderness, now the rose garden is my abode City and wilderness are mine, ocean is mine, forest is mine If I want to return to some valley for the night The...
Dear Readers, Assalamu alaikum. Hope you are well, by the mercy of Allah. The issue of the youth wave will reach you when the world has already seen one of the important elections that will shape up the world. Bangladesh and Bhutan have already seen elections, but bigger countries will...
The key of the progress of human being Hazrat Umar bin Khattab (RAA) is reported to have said that the Prophet (pbuh) once said, Allah through this book (Qur’an) has honoured many nations and blessed them and they were raised to the heights of progress simply because they followed it....
Allah is the real owner of the sovereignty and power Say, “O Allah, Owner of Sovereignty, You give sovereignty to whom You will and You take sovereignty away from whom You will. You honour whom You will and You humble whom You will. In Your hand is [all] good. Indeed,...
You have probably had this problem: you order a smoothie to sip with your lunch, a morning iced coffee, or your Friday night cocktail, and it arrives with a brightly colored tube of paper sticking out the top. After a few slugs, however, the tube quickly flops in on itself,...
No one likes to contemplate their own mortality or the mess that you’re potentially leaving behind. But we’re all going to die someday, and for some of us, death is going to be an unexpected event. You’d like to think you’ll have some measure of control over your demise and that you’ll be...
HE Sheikh Salem bin Abdulrahman Al Qasimi, chairman of the Sharjah Ruler’s Office, inaugurated the “Journey of a Letter” exhibition at the Sharjah Calligraphy Museum. The opening was in the presence of H.E. Mohammad Ahmad Al Murr, Chairman of Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Library Foundation, Salem Ali Salem Ahmed...
How Cotton and Seawater Might Power Our Devices Zip. The power’s out. But on a street in India, there’s a cash machine still happily dispensing banknotes. Thanks, in part, to burnt cotton. This cash machine has a backup battery inside it—a battery that contains carbon from carefully combusted cotton. “The...
Hummingbirds are natural acrobats, twisting their wings in ways that let them fly backward and upside down, unlike any other bird (SN: 1/13/16). A new high-speed video now shows how, using a bit of aerial gymnastics, hummingbirds can also slip through gaps narrower than their wingspan. Most birds can bend...
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