On Sunday morning Eastern US time, four astronauts will zoom into space on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida.Commanding the spaceflight is Raja Chari, a United......
The competition for the 'Oscars' in the photography world is heating up in the National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year contest. Entries have been a mixture of breathtaking beauty,......
Think that you need a fancy camera to take a good picture? WRONG! The next few images prove an iPhone camera and a good eye is all you need to shock people. The tenth annual iPhone Photography......
Professor Mohammad Ismail Bhat, former head of the geology and geophysics department at the University of Kashmir, tells Mukhtar Ahmad/Rediff.com that despite warnings, the Jammu-Kashmir government......
Nik Wallenda, the king of high wire, made history once again by walking across the Grand Canyon on Sunday.This was the highest tightrope walk ever attempted by Wallenda -- towering 1,500 feet above......
Oct. 13's 937-point surge in the Dow notwithstanding, the economic crisis has left Americans -- even those with no obvious connection to Wall Street -- wondering about their own future. The 401(k)s......
More than 85 percent of gold mined today will end up as jewelry tomorrow. Gold mining is not an essential industry like the harvesting of food or even paper production. It is certainly not......
Benjamin Wood swings his bulky frame over the saddle, straps on his helmet, and settles onto a vintage motorcycle with sidecar. The American architect kicks the engine into life with a single......
Aseem Chhabra watched some great films and some huge disappointments in 2021. IMAGE: Aditya Rao Hydari and Konkona Sensharma in Ajeeb Daastaans. Year two of the pandemic was a challenge in so many......
With her final act, paddleboarding from Rishikesh to Varanasi during the last months of her battle with cancer, Michele Baldwin fought for the promise of life. Filmmaker Frederic Lumiere tells......