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Sabire Aydemir: Google doodle celebrates 112th birthday of first female Turkish veterinary physician

Posted on February 1, 2022 by Priyanka Patil |

Sabire Aydemir, Turkey’s first female veterinary physician, is honoured in today’s Doodle. Aydemir, who was born on this day in 1910 in Kastamonu, Turkey, pursued her passion for animals by…

Google doodle celebrates 180th birthday of Russian artist ‘Arkhip Kuindzhi’

Posted on January 27, 2022 by Priyanka Patil |

Today’s Doodle honours Russian artist Arkhip Kuindzhi, who is 180 today. Kuinzhi invented an unique painting technique that portrayed the natural world like never before by combining developing findings in…

New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern cancels her wedding due to new COVID-19 restrictions

Posted on January 24, 2022 by Priyanka Patil |

Due to a recent surge in COVID-19 instances and tightened restrictions, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern cancelled her upcoming wedding plans on Sunday. According to Reuters, she responded to…

Forges: Google doodle celebrates 80th birthday of Spanish cartoonist, author and film director ‘Antonio Fraguas de Pablo’

Posted on January 17, 2022 by Priyanka Patil |

Today’s Doodle honours Antonio Fraguas de Pablo–better known by his pen name Forges–a Spanish cartoonist, author, television writer, and film director who is widely regarded as one of the country’s…

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2022: Google doodle honours American civil rights leader

Posted on January 17, 2022 by Priyanka Patil |

Today’s Doodle honours Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day and is illustrated by Olivia Fields, a guest artist from Brooklyn, New York. This federal holiday in the United States honours…

SpaceX successfully launches its third dedicated smallsat rideshare mission

Posted on January 14, 2022 by Priyanka Patil |

On Jan. 13, a SpaceX Falcon 9 launched more than 100 smallsats into orbit, accelerating the company’s dedicated rideshare missions. At 10:25 a.m. Eastern, the Falcon 9 rocket lifted off…

NASA is developing the SLS megarockets for crewed moon missions

Posted on January 13, 2022 by Priyanka Patil |

The massive rockets that will transport NASA astronauts to the moon in a few years are starting to take shape. NASA officials said in a brief status update provided on…

South Korea says, North Korea launches ‘unidentified projectile’

Posted on January 11, 2022 by Priyanka Patil |

The Joint Chiefs of Staff of South Korea announced Tuesday that North Korea fired an unidentified projectile into the sea off its east coast, which they believe was a ballistic…

Stephen Hawking: Google doodle celebrates 80th birthday of English cosmologist, author, and theoretical physicist

Posted on January 8, 2022 by Priyanka Patil |

Today’s video Doodle honours English cosmologist, author, and theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, one of history’s most significant scientific minds. His theories on the origins and mechanics of the universe revolutionised…