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Pustam Raut (पुस्तम राउत) 🇳🇵
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A lifelong philomath, STEM enthusiast, and hodophile! ⚛️🚀🌌✈️🧳

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Pustam Raut (पुस्तम राउत) 🇳🇵 @pustam.bsky.social · Mar 2
Notice how modern "Brahmic" scripts have evolved over time. The Brahmi script is said to be close to 3,000 years old. Its origins are not known clearly, but it has links to Aramaic. Most of the scripts in South Asia and Southeast Asia including those of Burmese, Thai, Javanese are derived from it.
The letter 'g' (ga) in the ancient Brahmi script compared to some of the scripts which are derived from it.
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Not every river needs to reach the sea...

When I first heard about the Okavango River in Africa, I thought, “How can a river end in the desert?”

Read more:
suburbanodigital.blogspot.com/2025/10/not-...

#Okavango #OkavangoRiver #OkavangoDelta #SouthernAfrica #Africa #Desert #KalahariDesert
The Okavango River in Southern Africa.
November 11, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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Quantum computing: hype or hope?
physicsworld.com/a/quantum-co...
#Quantum #QuantumComputing #QuantumComputer #Technology
Quantum computing: hype or hope? – Physics World
Honor Powrie explores the current status and future potential of quantum computers
physicsworld.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Mapping the Writing Systems of the World.

Photo: Maximilian Dörrbecker
matadornetwork.com/read/mapped-...
Mapping the Writing Systems of the World.
November 5, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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3D scanning preserves ancient Buddhist temples in Nepal’s Himalayas
archaeologymag.com/2025/10/3d-s...

3D models preserve threatened Buddhist temples in Western Himalayas
phys.org/news/2025-10...

interestingengineering.com/culture/adva...

Article: www.mdpi.com/2571-9408/8/...
Samye Tsoling Gonpa, along with the bon stupa.
October 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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In memory of the Christmas Island shrew
news.mongabay.com/2025/10/in-m...
In memory of the Christmas Island shrew
It never weighed more than a spoonful of sugar. Five or six grams of life, soft-furred and sharp-nosed, darting among the roots and leaf litter of a tiny island in the Indian Ocean. At night, its voic...
news.mongabay.com
October 25, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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Ibn Battuta’s Travels, 1325-1354.

Map by Simeon Netchev
Published by World History Encyclopaedia
www.worldhistory.org/Ibn_Battuta
www.worldhistory.org/image/18929/...
Ibn Battuta’s Travels, 1325-1354.
October 24, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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Remarkable Environmental Recovery in History!

This transformation was driven by progressive policies like the 1993 Forestry Act, which empowered local communities to manage and restore degraded forests through community forestry programs. #Forest #Nepal #Ecosystem #Himalayas #Environment
Nepal's forest area in 1992 vs 2016.
October 24, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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Digits 0 to 9 in different languages' scripts.
October 13, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Science behind Record-Breaking Everest Blizzard That Trapped Hundreds

A blizzard that trapped hundreds of trekkers on Mount Everest was truly “off the charts,” experts explain
www.scientificamerican.com/article/reco...
How an 'Off the Charts' Everest Blizzard Trapped Hundreds
A blizzard that trapped hundreds of trekkers on Mount Everest was truly “off the charts,” experts explain
www.scientificamerican.com
October 10, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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How Many People Have Ever Lived on Earth?

Is it really possible that half of all people who have ever been age 65 or older are still alive today? We explore the amazing mathematics of demography to find out

www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...
How Many Humans Have Ever Lived? The Math May Surprise You
Is it really possible that half of all people who have ever been age 65 or older are still alive today? We explore the amazing mathematics of demography to find out
www.scientificamerican.com
October 3, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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September Equinox.🌗🍂🌸

Northern Hemisphere→First day of Fall/Autumn.
Southern Hemisphere→First day of Spring.
#Equinox #SeptemberEquinox #FallEquinox #AutumnalEquinox #SpringEquinox #NorthernHemisphere #AstroEvent #SouthernHemisphere #Spring #Fall #Autumn #Season
September 23, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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Nepal’s Himalayan biodiversity struggles with new herds and highways (commentary)
news.mongabay.com/2025/09/nepa...
Nepal’s Himalayan biodiversity struggles with new herds and highways (commentary)
A journey into Nepal’s Limi Valley is always profound. We at the Himalayan Wolves Project first visited the area more than a decade ago and were immediately struck by its high-altitude, wind-sculpted ...
news.mongabay.com
September 22, 2025 at 5:34 AM
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How Prehistoric Humans Survived a Supervolcano So Big We Probably Should Have Gone Extinct
gizmodo.com/how-prehisto...
How Prehistoric Humans Survived a Supervolcano So Big We Probably Should Have Gone Extinct
A massive eruption 74,000 years ago shook the planet, and archaeologists are using volcanic glass to figure out how humans made it through.
gizmodo.com
September 16, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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What Counts as Discovery?
nisheethvishnoi.substack.com/p/what-count...
What Counts as Discovery?
Rethinking AI’s place in science
nisheethvishnoi.substack.com
September 14, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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Did southwest monsoon moisture cross the Himalayas and reach the Tibetan Plateau in 2025?

www.downtoearth.org.in/amp/story/cl...

www.msn.com/en-in/news/w...

www.etvbharat.com/en/!bharat/h...
Did southwest monsoon moisture cross the Himalayas and reach the Tibetan Plateau in 2025?
The winds of the Southwest Monsoon (SWM) season may have possibly crossed the western Himalayan mountain range and reached Tibet, according to a scientifically
www.downtoearth.org.in
September 14, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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Castle Mountain has to be my favorite mountain in Banff.

The inner 8 yo in me keeps looking along the top for strange French soldiers, taunting me once more.

Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada.

#landscape #landscapephotography #nature #bluesky #blueskyphotography #naturephotography #Alberta
August 25, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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Main Biomes in the World.

via Internet Geography: www.internetgeography.net/topics/what-...
Biomes in the world.
August 25, 2025 at 6:28 AM
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The most turbulent flight routes on each continent:

🇦🇷 Mendoza → 🇨🇱 Santiago (South America)
🇳🇵 Kathmandu → 🇨🇳 Lhasa (Asia)
🇺🇸 Albuquerque → 🇺🇸 Denver (North America)
🇫🇷 Nice → 🇨🇭 Geneva (Europe)
🇿🇦 Durban → 🇿🇦 Johannesburg (Africa)
🇳🇿 Christchurch → 🇳🇿 Wellington (Oceania)
August 12, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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Large study of scientists who move their labs reveals how location drives productivity | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Large study of scientists who move their labs reveals how location drives productivity
Concentrating funding at high-powered universities can maximize output, paper argues, but may sacrifice broader benefits
www.science.org
July 29, 2025 at 3:59 AM
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Leave out tech & urbanisation, turn to classics for values: Manjul Bhargava
economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/pa...
Leave out tech & urbanisation, turn to classics for values: Manjul Bhargava
On the mathematician's most-influenced-by book list are classics that married science and aesthetics.
economictimes.indiatimes.com
July 13, 2025 at 5:15 AM
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Very simple lifestyle change before the age of 50 dramatically improves brain health and aging
www.earth.com/news/monthly...
Very simple lifestyle change before the age of 50 dramatically improves brain health and aging
A study reveals that a single exercise session per month before the age of 50 keeps the brain younger at 70, delaying Alzheimer's disease.
www.earth.com
July 12, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Watching the world, one quintillionth of a second at a time

An attosecond is no time at all for a person. Not so for electrons, atoms and molecules. Laser-wielding scientists are revealing the action.

knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...
Watching the world, one quintillionth of a second at a time
An attosecond is no time at all for a person. Not so for electrons, atoms and molecules. Laser-wielding scientists are revealing the action.
knowablemagazine.org
July 12, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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A New Dimension to a Meaningful Life
www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-ne...
A New Dimension to a Meaningful Life
Studies suggest that appreciating beauty in the everyday may be just as powerful as a sense of overarching purpose
www.scientificamerican.com
July 6, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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Some interesting articles:
[1] The science behind the smell of rain www.popsci.com/science/smel...
[2] Prestigious NSF graduate fellowship tilts toward AI and quantum www.science.org/content/arti...
[3] When a student teaches ChatGPT physics www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The science behind the smell of rain
A story of bacteria, arthropods, and two very smelly organic compounds.
www.popsci.com
July 6, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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Explainer: Earth — layer by layer

The thickest part of Earth’s crust is about 70 kilometres (43 miles) thick and lies under the Himalayan Mountains, seen here.
www.snexplores.org/article/expl...
#Earth #EarthLayer #Geology #EarthScience #Core #Mantle #InnerCore #Crust #OuterCore #EarthSystem
Anatomy of the Earth.
July 6, 2025 at 12:28 PM