In April 2022, a routine field survey on a quiet Canadian lake turned into one of the most puzzling wildlife investigations in recent years.What first appeared to be the isolated death of a freshwater turtle soon escalated into a grim discovery involving nearly 150 carcasses scattered along the shoreline. The incident left scientists searching for…
Every summer, a vast stretch of the Gulf of Mexico transforms into what scientists call a “dead zone,” an area where oxygen levels in the water become so low that most marine life cannot survive. Fish flee if they can, while shrimp, crabs and bottom-dwelling organisms are often trapped in what researchers describe as “hell…
Imagine leaving a locked food box in your backyard and returning the next morning to find it open. Now imagine that every raccoon opened it differently. That is exactly what happened during an experiment in Laramie, Wyoming, where researchers installed specially designed puzzle boxes to test the problem-solving abilities of wild raccoons. Equipped with four…
152 Africans were rescued from illegal slave ships and taken to Saint Helena nearly 200 years ago. (Representational photo) Nearly 200 years after thousands of Africans were rescued from illegal slave ships and taken to the remote island of Saint Helena by the British royal navy, scientists have uncovered new clues about where many of…
Earth’s natural system keep its climate from being too hot or too cold. (Representational photo_ Earth has gone through many periods of warming and cooling over its long history. Despite these changes, the planet has remained capable of supporting life for hundreds of millions of years. Scientists have long believed that Earth has a natural…
Varanasi: Banaras Hindu University organised a science show at Swatantra Bhawan on Saturday, featuring live scientific experiments for students from various schools in the city. The programme aimed to promote scientific temper and spark curiosity among students through interactive demonstrations.Addressing the gathering, Vice-Chancellor Prof Ajit Kumar Chaturvedi said science should not remain limited to textbooks…
A new scientific study has revealed the current state of California’s giant sequoia range, revealing the alarming extent of damage that has been caused to them by extreme wildfires over the last decade. A study published in the journal Fire Ecology on March 27, 2026, revealed that approximately 17% of all mature giant sequoias have…
US is currently battling a growing Cyclospora outbreak across the states. According to researchers, it is the largest outbreak of its kind in the country’s history and health officials are yet to identify the source. Since May 1, 1,645 infections with the parasite have been confirmed across 45 states and more than 5,100 further cases…
Astronomers have spent years using the James Webb Space Telescope to examine the atmospheres of distant worlds, hoping those thin outer layers would reveal what lies beneath. For one of the galaxy’s most abundant classes of planets, that assumption may need another look.Many warm sub-Neptunes could contain far more water than their visible atmospheres indicate….
Marie Curie and her husband spent nearly four years boiling down seven tonnes of pitchblende in a leaky Paris shed with no ventilation to isolate one-tenth of a gram of radium chloride. Today, the notebooks they kept during those years, between 1899 and 1902, are kept in lead-lined boxes at the Bibliothèque nationale de France….
Centuries after he transformed humanity’s understanding of the universe, Galileo Galilei continues to inspire people with ideas that extend far beyond astronomy and physics. Today’s Quote of the Day features one of his most enduring reflections on knowledge and discovery: “All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover…
Mars still experiences powerful dust storms, but one patch of rock inside Gale Crater appears to have preserved something far older. What looks like a collection of layered stone has turned out to be a record of a single weather event that unfolded billions of years ago. Rather than relying on computer models or indirect…
