A huge ball of brightly burning gas drifting through a neighbouring galaxy may be the heaviest star ever discovered — hundreds of times more massive than the Sun, scientists said on Wednesday after working out its weight for the first time. Those behind the find say the star, called R136a1, may once have weighed as much as 320 solar masses.

It’s the latest in a string of niche dating sites like Cupidtino for Mac lovers, and was started by two friends—one of whom wanted to meet someone who’d read The Black Swan, Mashable reports. You can search for other users by typing in authors or book titles — and so far, it’s free. But it’s not all based on love of reading: You can enter in information about your appearance, too, “because,” says Lauren Indvik, who writes for Mashable, “a common love of Shakespearean sonnets doesn’t ensure physical attraction.”

The touchpad provides full mouse functionality to your laptop. But there are instances when the laptop may be more productive without the touchpad.

For instance, if you have attached an external mouse to your laptop, you may not need the built-in touchpad. Sometimes your thumbs or palm may accidently touch the touchpad while you’re typing and this may inadvertently move your mouse cursor to a different location in the document.

A new research has suggested that incorporating social media in classes can be an attention-grabbing and effective teaching method. Dr. Mia Moody, an assistant professor of journalism and media arts at Baylor University, said that social media in lectures, textbooks and traditional discussion groups not only prepares students for current and future communication trends, but it gives those who are too shy to talk in front of their classmates an opportunity to open up via the Web.

Over the last few weeks, I have been getting increasingly tired of the narrative of woman as eternal victim. It doesn’t matter if she is attractive, accomplished, talented, well-paid, successful, even famous. So long as she is a woman, victimhood is a cross that she must bear. And what annoys me even further is that some women seem only too happy to play up to this stereotype when it suits them – and all too often it does.

By Seema Goswami, Hindustan Times

Over the last few weeks, I have been getting increasingly tired of the narrative of woman as eternal victim. It doesn’t matter if she is attractive, accomplished, talented, well-paid, successful, even famous. So long as she is a woman, victimhood is a cross that she must bear. And what annoys me even further is that some women seem only too happy to play up to this stereotype when it suits them – and all too often it does. If they aren’t hired for a job, it must be because of sexist reasons, not because they don’t have the necessary qualifications.