| The Brand Psychology Of The Metal Card
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 Everyone's got metal cards on their mind at the moment, whether they like them or not. While N26 and Revolut have already released metal versions, news of Monzo's upcoming metal experiment and Apple's titanium credit card US launch have got people in the fintech industry asking: why?
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| Meet WASP-121b, a hot 'heavy metal' exoplanet
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 Artist's concept of WASP-121b, which orbits so close to its star and is so hot that heavy metal gases in its atmosphere are escaping into space. Image via Engine House VFX/At-Bristol Science Centre/University of Exeter/JPL. Exoplanets – worlds orbiting other stars – have been discovered in a wide variety of types and sizes, from small rocky worlds to sizzling hot gas giants orbiting close to their stars. The phrase "music of the spheres" comes to mind, an ancient philosophical concept that regarded the movements of the sun, moon and planets as a form of music. While that phrase tends to evoke thoughts of classical melodies, one exoplanet in particular seems to fit the heavy metal genre better. The planet – WASP-121b, a hot Jupiter 900 light-years from Earth – orbits so close to its star that its upper atmosphere is a sizzling 4,600 degrees Fahrenheit (2,500 Celsius). The gravity of its host star has distorted the planet into the oblong shape of an American football. First discovered in 2015, the planet is ...
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| How These Sharks Glow Neon Green to their Friends
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 The biofluorescent shark Scyliorhinus retifer. (Credit: David Gruber) (Inside Science) -- When we look at the seafloor, we might not see the bottom-dwelling sharks that blend in with the rocks and the sand. But to other sharks of the same species, they stand out like green glow sticks. Now scientists know how. In 2014, marine biologist David Gruber, from the City University of New York, and his team discovered that two species of bottom-dwelling sharks are biofluorescent. The swell shark
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| Ancient African Ancestors Lived In High Mountains, Ate Rodents of Unusual Size
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 Ethiopia's Bale Mountains. (Credit: Michele Alfieri/Shutterstock) High-altitude environments are not exactly welcoming places to call home. It's hard to breathe, there's little shelter and being that much closer to the sun means more exposure to UV radiation. The inhospitable conditions are why high mountains and plateaus were some of the last places on Earth humans occupied. Now researchers find prehistoric humans lived in a high-altitude rocky outcrop in Ethiopia's Bale Mountains 31,00
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| AIIMS reschedules counselling dates for MBBS
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| The All India Institute of Medical Sciences on Sunday rescheduled the counselling dates for MBBS programme from August 20 and 21 to August 26 and 27, hospital authorities said on Sunday, a day after a massive fire broke out on its premises. Online registrations for the counselling started on Sunday and can be done till 5 pm on August 21, a notice issued by AIIMS read. "Considering the large number of candidates and guardians participating in the open round of counselling for MBBS 2019 under the prevailing circumstances, it has been decided by the competent authority that for adequate arrangement and ensuring safety, the open round of counselling has been rescheduled from Aug 20 and Aug 21 to August 26 and 27," according to the notice. The fire started around 5 pm on Saturday from the Microbiology department and thick plumes of smoke billowed from the building, triggering panic and affecting the emergency services. According to officials, patients were evacuated as a precautionary ...
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| US government researchers recover rare earths from e-waste
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| Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy have invented a process to extract rare earth elements from the scrapped magnets of used hard drives and other sources and are working with colleagues at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory to scale up the process and produce commercial batches of rare earth oxides. At present, the goal is to recover hundreds of kilograms of rare earth oxides each month and validate that manufacturers can use the recycled materials to make magnets equivalent to those made with virgin materials To extract the REE, the scientists dissolve the magnets in nitric acid, and continuously feed the solution through a module supporting polymer membranes. The membranes contain porous hollow fibers with an extractant that serves as a chemical "traffic cop" of sorts, as it creates a selective barrier and lets only rare earth elements pass through. The rare-earth-rich solution collected on the other side is further processed to yield rare earth oxides at purities exceeding 99.5%. Typically, ...
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| Dinosaur egg bonanza gives vital clues about prehistoric parenting
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 Perhaps the most amazing thing about fossils is that they don't just show us what extinct animals looked like, they can also reveal how those animals lived. Even a fossilized dinosaur egg can provide a wealth of clues about its parents' behavior. Dinosaur hunters in the Javkhlant region of the Gobi Desert in Mongolia recently discovered 15 exceptionally well preserved clutches of eggs that came from a species of theropod dinosaur. Through some fantastic detective work, the researchers argue that this fossil site provides the strongest evidence yet that such dinosaurs nested in colonies and protected their eggs. I'm a… This story continues at The Next Web
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| 'Skilltastic,' Rhea Chakraborty is highly impressed with rumoured boyfriend Sushant Singh Rajput's sketching skills
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 After dating Ankita Lokhande and Kriti Sanon, Sushant Singh Rajput has apparently found the love of his life in Rhea Chakraborty. Their multiple dinners and lunch dates left people thinking if there is something cooking between the two. Ever since gossip mills have been abuzz with their relationship rumours. And while Sushant has denied these rumours, Rhea Chakraborty's latest comment on his social media speaks a thousand words. Rhea and Sushant's social media PDA game is on point like many Bollywood couples. Today, when the Kai Po Che! actor shared one of his sketches on his Instagram ...
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