Name: Former SpaceX engineer makes furniture that folds like origami
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Description: Giving a new meaning to minimal space design, product designer Brian Ignaut from California makes furniture that folds like origami. His interior products are so dynamic that they can stand upright and then be folded flat after being used. Ignaut uses the same principles he used while working at SpaceX to design his contemporary 'loop tables'.

Giving a new meaning to minimal space design, product designer Brian Ignaut from California makes furniture that folds like origami. His interior products are so dynamic that they can stand upright and then be folded flat after being used. Ignaut uses the same principles he used while working at SpaceX to design his contemporary 'loop tables'.

China is planning to begin its hunt for extra-terrestrial life this year, reports Chinese state media outlet&nbsp;Science and Technology Daily. A massive five-hundred aperture telescope (FAST) that was unveiled earlier this year will kick start its official search for aliens from&nbsp;September. Dubbed to be the world largest telescope, China&nbsp;will be able to use FAST&nbsp;to scan twice the sky area covered by the&nbsp;previous record holder for the largest single-aperture radio telescope in the world. Apart from alien life, the telescope will also help scientists study distant galaxies, phenomenon like the black hole, pulsars and more.&nbsp;

The ayurvedic department in Rajasthan has undertaken a unique initiative to boost immunity to fight the&nbsp;Covid-19 crisis. The programme called 'Har Ghar Giloy', promoted in&nbsp;Jodhpur,&nbsp;suggests that any household interested in planting giloy, an ayurvedic herb known for its immunity-boosting properties, can contact the authorities and the municipal corporation will provide them with the plant. District Collector Prakash Purohit&nbsp;stated that the aim is to make the medicinal properties of giloy&nbsp;universally available.

A 'Parenting Matters: Examining Parenting Approaches and Practices' study by the UNICEF&nbsp;has found that Indian parents&nbsp;use at least 30 different forms of physical, verbal and emotional abuse and violence to discipline children.&nbsp;The study was conducted in the states of Madhya&nbsp;Pradesh, Rajasthan, Odisha, Maharashtra&nbsp;and Chhattishgarh.&nbsp;From&nbsp;pinching, slapping or burning and verbal abuse like criticism and shouting to emotional violence like denying food or instilling fear -- children are exposed to a variety of punishments in Indian households. The analysis also revealed that girls were burdened with more restrictions and expected to do more household chores from a young age as compared to boys.&nbsp;

Air pollution levels had reduced significantly above China as cities went under lockdown to control the epidemic but as the country returns to normal, so does the polluted skies.&nbsp;Data from the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air shows that PM 2.5 and nitrogen dioxide in China have returned to the same level as one year ago. A Guardian report suggests that the same suit will follow in Europe and other countries as well.&nbsp;Crea&rsquo;s lead analyst told Guardian, 'highly polluting industries have been faster to recover from the crisis. It is essential for policymakers to prioritise clean energy.'&nbsp;

A top destination for Indian travellers, the island nation of&nbsp;Maldives&nbsp;may reopen to visitors as early as July 1. While the final rules have not been finalised yet, the report says that visitors may need to present a confirmed booking at a tourist facility that possesses a safety license. An earlier report said that guests may be charged an additional fee but the ministry has clarified to CNN that there will be no such fee. A Telegraph report states that visitors may have to&nbsp;submit either a negative antigen test or a positive antibody test a week before their arrival but it is not clear if this mandate will make it to the final rules.&nbsp;

A 9-year-old boy from Kenya,&nbsp;who made a&nbsp;wooden hand-washing machine to help fight Covid-19, was awarded the Presidential award for his invention.&nbsp;Stephen Wamukota&nbsp;made two machines and aims to make more for his area. The machines use a foot pedal to draw water from a bucket to avoid touching the tap. Stephen lives in the&nbsp;Mukwa village in Bungoma country, which has not reported any&nbsp;Covid-19 case yet. Stephen was among 68 Kenyans given the Presidential Order of Service,&nbsp;Uzalendo (Patriotic) Award.&nbsp;

Get ready to witness the Strawberry Moon Eclipse, also known as the penumbral lunar eclipse, on the 5th of June. A penumbral lunar eclipse occurs when the Sun, moon and the Earth are not perfectly aligned. During this phenomenon, almost 57% of the moon is likely to pass into the penumbra of the Earth or the outer part of its shadow. This Full Moon has been named after the strawberries that begin to ripen during this season. The eclipse will last for about 3 hours and 18 minutes and will be seen in India from 11:15 pm on the 5th of June to 2:34 am on the 6th of June.

Bhubaneswar-based sand artist Subal Moharana has made the smallest chariot of Lord Jagannath, ahead of the famous chariot festival in Puri. Speaking to news agency ANI, he said that its only 2.3 millimetre&nbsp;tall&nbsp;and 1.9 millimetre&nbsp;wide.&nbsp;He used wood and fabric to make it.&nbsp;He has also created a chariot of Lord Balabhadra&nbsp;and Goddess Subhadra . All three pieces took over 15 hours to make. Moharana has applied for a Guinness World Record title, claiming these are the smallest pieces ever to be created. The Puri Rath Yatra is scheduled to take place on the 23rd of June, but in the absence of devotees to contain the spread of&nbsp;Covid-19.

A new expressway connecting Delhi and Amritsar&nbsp;will begin construction soon as Centre has approved a&nbsp;proposal to convert the Punjab stretch of Delhi-Amritsar-Katra expressway to a&nbsp;greenfield project.&nbsp;Union Highways Minister&nbsp;Nitin Gadkari&nbsp;has cleared a sum of Rs. 25,000 crores for the ambitious project that will travel time between Delhi and Amritsar&nbsp;to just four hours from nearly eight hours at present.&nbsp;

If you have some leftover pizza from the night before and want to turn it into a new dish, here's a hack for you from the experts of all things pizza! Domino's Australia is sharing fun ways to reheat pizza on their Instagram page. The latest hack makes use of a Jaffle&nbsp;Iron or sandwich maker where you simply fold your pizza, heat it up to make delicious pizza pockets. Take a look!&nbsp;

As many as 84 per cent of coronavirus&nbsp;samples have low infectiousness, that is they will transmit to only 0.8 persons on average,&nbsp;suggest findings by ICMR&rsquo;s National Institute of Occupational Health (NIOH), Ahmedabad. The team, which studied 1000 samples,&nbsp;recommends&nbsp;that Covid-19 tests should also check for viral load, which refers to the quantity of a virus in an organism, as cases bearing a 'high viral load' can infect almost eight times more persons than ones classified with 'low viral load.'
Scientists believe that isolating and treating high to medium viral load cases or 'super spreaders' as they are more colloquially called could reduce&nbsp;the infection rate.&nbsp;

Backed by the Prada&nbsp;group, Bengaluru-based fashion-tech start-up Bigthinx&nbsp;in partnership with Fashinnovation&nbsp;NYC&nbsp;will livestream the world's first-ever 3D runway show. The AI fitting solutions firm will use virtual models and clothes created by 3D digital design, rendering and animation for the fashion show at the request of a French client, reports Forbes. The move could define the future of fashion as most fashion weeks go digital and fashion retail pushes towards heavy online dependence.&nbsp;

Research by&nbsp;open-source web application Global Forest Watch, using data from the University of Maryland, shows that the world lost a football pitch-sized area of forest every 6 seconds in 2019! The application monitors&nbsp;global forests in near real-time and shows that approximately&nbsp;3.8 million hectares of tropical primary forest was lost in 2019. Primary forests are some of the wildest and most ecologically significant areas in the world. Southeast Asia, Africa and South America were among the hardest hit areas. Experts fear that the Covid-19 pandemic could increase the rate of deforestation.&nbsp;Widespread fires in Brazil, Bolivia, Indonesia and Australia accelerated forest loss in these regions in 2019, they said.&nbsp;

Since early April, locusts have been sighted in at least four different states in the worst outbreak in almost 30 years. From using drums and utensils to mobile disc jockeys, farmers have been trying various ways to keep them at bay and protect their crops. A viral video of one farmer's desi hack is winning the Internet. Shared by the superintendent of police in Jhansi,&nbsp;it shows an airplane sitting atop a long pole placed in the middle of a field. The model creates a loud noise, believed to keep the insects away.&nbsp;It has been made with simple things such as fan blades, a plastic bottle, a cardboard tail and a can!

The world's cleanest air has been identified by scientists, who claim its free from pollutants caused by human activity. The findings have been revealed by scientists from the Colorado State University, who were analysing the bioaerosol composition of the Southern Ocean. The boundary layer air, which surrounds Antarctica, is the least affected by humans and is free from aerosol particles, usually caused by burning of fossil fuels and fertiliser production. The study calls the area 'truly pristine'. For the study, scientists sampled the air and tested it using DNA sequencing. The results conclude that Antarctica appears to be free from southward dispersal of microorganisms and deposition of nutrients from southern continents and the aerosols present&nbsp;are linked to ocean biological processes.

UAE&nbsp;flag carrier,&nbsp;Etihad&nbsp;Airways has launched a&nbsp;Etihad Wellness&rsquo; programme to assure travellers of their safety when they fly with the airline again. As part of the programme, stringent measures have been put in place, which will be monitored by a 'wellness ambassador' on board the aircraft. These measures are being taken right from your transfer to the airport to checking-in and landing. These include disinfecting planes at every destination, 24-hour assistance, and hygiene kits for every passenger. Before passengers de-board the plane, they will be well briefed about their destination for their safety.&nbsp;

Regarded as the largest slaughter of its kind in Ethiopia, at least&nbsp;six elephants were killed in a single day, according to wildlife officials. The elephants stepped out of the&nbsp;Mago National Park to drink water and were killed by poachers, who stripped them off their tusks! From over 10,000 elephants back in the 1970s, Ethiopia is now left with only 2,500 to 3,000 of them.&nbsp;Authorities believe that the Covid-19 pandemic has made several species more vulnerable to poaching as security forces have been diverted to other tasks.&nbsp;

Keeping up with the new normal amid the&nbsp;Covid-19 pandemic, Bengaluru's&nbsp;Kempegowda International Airport has introduced new features as safety&nbsp;measures. Starting from the pre-entry check to security and boarding, everything is contactless&nbsp;with the&nbsp;aim to minimize all physical contact. The airport has introduced contactless&nbsp;self check-in kiosks, non-intrusive thermal cameras, and self baggage drop facility. Officials will verify the tickets and boarding pass with a magnified glass or an electronic device. The Bangalore International Airport Limited had earlier said that it will ensure that the taxis are sanitised and drivers are screened before every trip to eliminate&nbsp;all chances of infection.
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The Tao Art Gallery in Mumbai&nbsp;is hosting a virtual exhibition, titled &nbsp;&ldquo;Locked down physically, Unbound Visually&rdquo;,&nbsp; till the 15th of June. The exhibition showcases the magnificent beauty of our planet through the lenses of ten Indian photographers including&nbsp;Amrita Diwanji, Monisha Ajgaonkar&nbsp;and&nbsp;Anurag Banerjee. A part of the proceeds from the sale of the photographs will go to&nbsp;Give India Foundation to aid the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.

Global health experts have been emphasising&nbsp;on the importance&nbsp;of washing your hands regularly&nbsp;as a precaution against the&nbsp;Covid-19 virus. Taking the advice seriously, an&nbsp;autorickshaw driver in Kerala decided to install a tap along with a bottle of liquid soap in his vehicle! Before taking their seats, passengers must&nbsp;wash their hands as a safety measure. The 'corona innovation', seen in a TikTok video, has gone viral on social media and even caught the attention of business tycoon Harsh Goenka, who praised the invention.

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