A quiet road in southern Illinois has an unusual distinction: it disappears from the traffic map twice a year, leaving snakes, frogs and turtles to cross without the threat of passing cars. Known as Snake Road, the route runs through the Shawnee National Forest between LaRue Swamp and the LaRue-Pine Hills limestone bluffs. National Geographic’s…

NASA seeks cost-effective solution for the Artemis Moon mission with Boeing-Lockheed component (Image source: Canva) NASA is thinking about using a rocket part made by Boeing and Lockheed Martin for its next Moon mission because the costs of the Artemis program keep going up. Costs are going up, so NASA is looking into other ways…

Nepal-China border disaster has killed hundreds and left thousands missing, exposing gaps in cross-border Himalayan disaster data sharing The August 26 disaster, triggered by a glacier collapse, has killed hundreds of people and left thousands missing, including hundreds of Indians, on Nepal-China border. Catch up quick Nepali authorities said on Monday that 903 people had…

A Redditor asks whether Rs 28LPA in Bengaluru is better than $60K per year in the US. $60K per year is obviously more than Rs 28 LPA but salary conversion can be misleading and the dollar option may not be lucrative at all when the expenses of the US are taken into account. An F-1…