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Hidden Chamber found in Great Pyramid using Cosmic Rays

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How sub-atomic particle detectors are enabling archaeologists to peer inside ancient structures as never before Archaeologists have uncovered a mysterious chamber deep within the Great Pyramid of Giza , using a cutting-edge imaging technique based on the detection of subatomic particles created by cosmic rays. Dubbed the ScanPyramids Big Void , after the name of the project that discovered it, the cavity is approximately 30m long and 3m high and is situated above the Grand Gallery, a large corridor that connects the two largest of the iconic structure’s three main chambers. The Great Pyramid, also known as Khufu’s Pyramid , was built during the reign of Pharaoh Khufu, who reigned from 2509 to 2483 BC. Constructed from limestone and granite blocks, and rising to 139 metres, it is the oldest and largest of the Giza pyramids and one of the most impressive structures to survive from the ancient world. Despite years of extensive research, there is no consensus on how exact...

How Cambridge Analytica managed to influence American Voters using their Brand Preferences

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Cambridge Analytica, "special information-sharing service", partnerships with the US Government, Facebook? User Profiles? 50 million...87 million...120 million...fake news...apologies...more fake news...more apologies...and the headlines went on... You gotta agree. 2018 was not quite an year for Facebook. The 2018 Facebook Timeline (No Pun Intended) In January 2018, when Zuck posted a New Year's Resolution to "fix" Facebook's failings, no one could have possibly imagine what fate had in store for him, or for those 87 million unlucky users, for that matter. The matter started in February 2018, when some Russian organizations were revealed to have interfered US political and electoral processes, including the 2016 presidential elections. The Facebook ads cited during this time, it was later speculated, had been seen by more than 11.4 million Americans. In March, the renowned The New York Times, revealed in a breakthrough article that a...

Netflix vs Disney: The War of Streaming Services is finally here!

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By late 2019, Disney has promised to launch its own online streaming service, further complicating the options for viewers who just want to watch their favorite films and TV online. The competition between streaming services has been great for consumers, so far. Outlets like Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, Shudder, and Filmstruck have been ramping up content and giving us a lot for very little money, but they have the power to take it away too (password lockdowns, pull content). As corporate consolidation heats up, that deal may get a lot worse, and faster... With a plethora of OTT streaming services coming into the market after the rise of Netflix, more & more companies that make video content are finding their way into the streaming media business. And the mightiest of them all, the company which is best known for its unique marketing strategies, is finally getting into the business too. At the mid of 2019, Disney will be launching its OTT streaming service, Disney+, ...

Having an Ambition limits you from exploring Infinite Possibilities!

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P.S- This article ain't motivational stuff, even though the image strongly implies so! It's insanely logical, so you can go ahead... We are living in a world that encourages youth to be ferociously ambitious. If we talk in terms of the Generation-Z, ambition is considered as the ultimate prerequisite for a preordained & definite success. I've heard my teachers, my parents, my friends say the same thing: if you haven't got a goal set in your mind, you can't succeed in life. I outrightly refuse to believe this. You are talking about ''infinite", so you gotta have a picture with stars. What is ambition anyway?   To put it in layman terms, it's simply a thought that is a product of the human mind, to which one decides to give a certain significance, above all other aspects of one's life. And when it turns gradually into your life goal, you endue all your energy into it, to such an extent that it begins to rule your existence! But but...

The inexplicable science of The Egg: Uncracked, Unhatched, Unbroken

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Y'all know this guy, don't you? In fact, we all know him. We made him famous! He's Eugene btw. Why, just why? Everybody is getting behind this egg. Why, you might wonder, did an egg capture our hearts and double taps? Well, silly, eggs are perfect. Versatile, tasty, encased in their own packaging, and stacked with nutrients, they're as wholesome as you can get. If you get home and have nothing but eggs in your refrigerator, you still have everything. You can fry them, scramble them, poach them, hard or soft boil them. They are pure, uncomplicated and inanimate. They are simple, and yet they are powerful, packed with 6 grams of protein. More importantly, they are not shouting for your attention. Compare them to the pathetic attempts by celebrities to wear laughable outfits – or sometimes wear nothing – to attract your eyeballs and make you press the like button. Like it or not, you are fed up of those wannabe people. Done. They get a zero. They get a...

Staying focussed on what you really like is the real game

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Have you heard about the Warren Buffett's 2-list strategy? Of course not. I bet there are very rare people in this world who follow the most successful people's career advice. But right now, what I am gonna tell you, would not only help you focus in studies, but in shaping your future too in the long run. And yeah, this list will definitely help you prepare for studies mentally, as well as psychologically. Now, I don't know about any top student other than Warren Buffett himself. The CEO of Berkshire Hathaway , he is considered one of the most successful investers of all time with a net worth of whopping $86Billion USD. His career & to-be-successful advices have always inspired me to do my best. However, this one has changed my life and it's going to change yours too. Buffett's two-list strategy for giving your best and achieving success has a little backstory behind it. What's inside Warren's brain? Mike Flint , who was Warren's perso...

According to the Quantum Suicide Thought Experiment, YOU NEVER DIE

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The laws of the quantum world are so bizarre that if you follow them to their logical conclusions, you get some very strange results. That's why quantum physics is so full of thought experiments. You may have heard of Schrödinger's cat , for example: If you put a cat in a box with a vial of poison that has a 50/50 chance of killing the cat, the cat is both alive and dead — in a superposition of states, you might say — until you open the box. Well, try the quantum suicide thought experiment on for size: In that scenario, you're the cat — except you never die. Quantum Suicide, Explained. The quantum suicide thought experiment was first posed by Max Tegmark in 1997 , and it goes something like this: Imagine a gun is hooked up to a machine that measures the spin of a quantum particle every time the trigger is pulled. If the particle is measured as spinning clockwise, the gun will fire; if it's spinning counter-clockwise, it won't. A man points the gun at a s...