Posts by Julia Soh
Crown Shyness – An Amazing Phenomenon Waiting To Be Understood
When you take a stroll next time in the woods, remember to look upwards and you might see streams of sunlight seeping in through the cracks of fissures between fine definitions of tree canopies. This picturesque known as “Crown Shyness” is when the summit of tree canopies refuses to be in contact with their neighbours.…
Read MoreMicrosoft ‘Read-Aloud’ feature for People with Learning Complications
Microsoft‘s Office 365 insiders version has initiated ‘Read Aloud’ feature. The ‘Read Aloud’ is user-friendly such as adjusting speech and voice, highlighted texts, reading aloud suggestions, and spaces between each syllable while editing text. The feature help proofreading process and learning complications such as Dyslexia or visual impairment. Further plans in making the feature avail…
Read MoreArtificial Glacier – New Cure for Water Crisis in Indian Desert
The cold desert mountain of Ladakh has extremes temperatures and insufficient rainfalls. Steady streams of fresh water are affected by global warming to water shortages and volatile water supply. The local engineer Sonam Wangchuk has deviced “Ice Stupas” to answer the volatile water supply in the villages of Ladakh. Ice Stupas / Artificial glaciers can…
Read MoreIndian Desserts for Dummies
The continent is a hidden deep reservoir of heavenly patisseries where it has earned an international fan base and still luring unwitting folks into addiction. To get your gears started, Mithai (defined as ‘sweets’ in Hindi or Urdu) are made with Khoya (milk and condensed milk boiled till curdled milk), sugar, and complementariness of legumes…
Read MoreStudy Reveals ‘Puppy Dog Eyes’ Are Meant For Us Only
Think twice before caving into those puppy dog eyes. Because researchers discovered that our four-legged friend only reserved their cuteness for human audiences and nothing else – not even food. Well sorry to burst your bubbles when you must have thought that our dogs’ expressions are purely natural and are reflexes that ride on their…
Read MoreThe Sinister Blue Whale Challenge
The Blue Whale Game or Blue Whale Challenge was inspired by the beaching of the whales, where they intentionally stranded themselves to die on the beach. The grim foreshadowing of origins revealed the Blue Whale Challenge to be a suicide game. A group of administrators or a particular curator of the game would delegate different…
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