Manya TewariHari Bhimaraju Creates Tools and Technology for the Visually ImpairedABC NewsShe's made a periodic table and a prescription label reader. — -- Growing up in the shadow of Silicon Valley, 12-year-old Hari Bhimaraju of …
Manya TewariZero: The number of new Zika cases from the Rio Olympicsverified_publisherVox - Julia BelluzIn the lead-up to the Rio Olympics, there was a flurry of panic around whether the games might act as a super-spreading event for the Zika virus, flinging cases out of the hot zone (Brazil) and into the far corners of the earth. Some worried critics even called for the games to be postponed or …
Manya TewariUzbek president’s death puts a new spotlight on the strange story of the country’s ‘jailed princess’verified_publisherThe Washington Post - Rick NoackAs the head of an authoritarian regime sometimes likened to North Korea, Islam Karimov was known to be ruthless. The president of Uzbekistan whose death became public Friday was accused of having his political opponents jailed, exiled or even killed. A particularly delicate case, however, is his …
Manya TewariOnly known white killer whale sighted by scientists for first time since 2012The Telegraph - Helena HortonAn extremely rare white killer whale - the first adult of its kind ever spotted - has been rediscovered by scientists. The whale, who they have named Iceberg, was seen off the coast of Russia's Kuril Islands. Iceberg was last spotted in 2012 off the coast of Kamchatka in eastern Russia, and seems to …
Manya TewariRoger Tsien, Nobel Prize-Winning UC San Diego Professor, Dies At 64kpbs.org - The Associated PressRoger Tsien, a University of California, San Diego professor who shared the 2008 Nobel Prize in chemistry for helping develop fluorescent markers …
Manya Tewari'Life-threatening' Hurricane Hermine nears the Florida coastapnewsarchive.com - JOSH REPLOGLECARRABELLE, Fla. (AP) — Hurricane Hermine roared ever closer to Florida’s Gulf Coast early Friday, sending battering waves against docks and …