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Explained: Why pet cats (and possibly lions and tigers) are vulnerable to coronavirus Next to humans, ferrets, and then cats, are the most vulnerable to coronavirus infection, new research finds. How does it reach this conclusion, and what about big cats? Updated: December 21, 2020 3:07:04 pm Domestic cats can be infected with the novel coronavirus, new studies show. (File Photo) Reports at various stages during the pandemic have shown that domestic cats, as well as lions and tigers, can be infected with the novel coronavirus. New research has provided evi...

Explained: Why a Nike advertisement in Japan has generated backlash The two-minute video, titled ‘The Future Isn’t Waiting’, is Nike's latest attempt to expand its marketing strategy to focus on socio-political issues. Updated: December 16, 2020 10:30:04 am Across social media platforms, the advertisement has racked up millions of views, featuring the hashtag #YouCantStopUs. (Photo: YouTube/Screengrab) In the last week of November, Nike Japan released a video highlighting the issues of racism and bullying in the country. This set off a firestorm, wit...

Explained: Before Mamata, recalling when Jayalalithaa refused to send IPS officers to the Centre While declining the Centre’s demand Jayalalithaa had said, like Mamata said on Saturday, that there was already a dearth of good officers in the state, which needed those officers. Updated: December 21, 2020 3:04:12 pm Jayalalithaa and Mamata Banerjee in New Delhi in 2012. (Express Archive) In the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government’s refusal to send three IPS officers on central deputation, there is an echo of a similar refusal by then Tamil Nadu Ch...

Explained: In weird planet 336 light-years away, clues about our own Planet Nine Like the presumed Planet Nine in our Solar System, newly described exoplanet orbits its star from a great distance, at an extreme tilt, and influences the behaviour of various objects in its system. What have scientists learnt about its formation and behaviour, and how does it mirror Planet Nine? Written by Kabir Firaque , Edited by Explained Desk | New Delhi | Updated: December 21, 2020 3:05:17 pm Artist’s impression of the exoplanet HD106906 b. Credit: ESA/Hubble A ...

The Experts Lt Gen Girish Kumar is the Surveyor General of India, and Nitin Joshi is Deputy Surveyor General, Survey of India. The responsibility of the Survey of India is to prepare authoritative maps, and its work involves carrying out extensive land surveys and mapping topographical features. Starting in 1952, the Survey of India undertook an exercise to measure the height of Mount Everest (then known as Peak XV). That exercise measures the height at 8,848 m (29,028 feet), which remained the globally accepted standard, until now. Can it be that simple for measuring a mountain? The princip...