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Meet Kuljeet Kaur Marhas: First Indian woman elected Fellow of The Meteoritical Society for pioneering planetary research
NASA’s Psyche spacecraft captures a haunting crescent view of Mars before a dramatic May 15 flyby
The universe hidden in ink: A 2,000-year-old lost map of the night sky is coming back into recognition hidden in ancient manuscripts
Quote of the day by American psychologist Carl Rogers: “When someone really hears you without passing judgment on you, without trying to take responsibility for you, without trying to mould you, it feels damn good…”
Why the world’s tallest tree is hidden from tourists
Hidden under the Chesapeake: The 53-mile blast zone scientists just proved is real
Scientists discover coral reefs may hold the secret to future medicines, including new antibiotics
The 2,800-cubic-kilometre secret: Why fresh water is hiding under the Atlantic
The deep-earth mystery hidden beneath Bermuda’s pink sands
In 2008, a nine-year-old boy chasing his dog tripped over a rock and found a lost ancestor of the human race
In 1921, a miner’s dynamite blast in Zambia unearthed a face that rewrote the map of human evolution
Inside ‘mommy brain’: How pregnancy and childbirth rewire the maternal mind
Ancient secrets under the mall: Excavation reveals a massive Roman estate from 2,000 years ago
Mysterious underground structures found beneath ancient Olympia
Miners unearthed an 11,000-carat ruby in Myanmar, but the real story goes beyond size
In 2023, North Dakota coal miners spotted a white curve in the debris and unearthed a rare giant from the Ice Age
In 1878, coal miners struck a glittering seam of 'fool's gold' and unearthed a massive dinosaur graveyard
In 1861, a single feather found in a limestone quarry became the fossil that bridged the gap between dinosaurs and birds
Beyond the bone: The rare 'dinosaur mummy' uncovered in Alberta
Forgotten fossils reveal the giant egg-laying mammals of ancient Australia
Why one place on Earth gets lightning almost every night
In 1916, Jan Czochralski mistakenly dipped his pen into molten metal, and the strange discovery became the foundation of modern silicon chips
This sunken Roman city was hidden for centuries until satellite scans helped reveal it
In 1856, William Henry Perkin was cleaning a failed experiment and noticed a strange stain, which unexpectedly helped launch the synthetic dye industry
Scientists found something frozen inside Greenland that could rewrite climate history
Quote of the day by James Watson: “Worrying about complications before ruling out the possibility that the answer was simple would have been damned foolishness.”
Hantavirus: Symptoms, spread, prevention — All you need to know
‘Once-in-a-lifetime discovery’: Ancient cave found beneath a 1,000-year-old UK castle
Meet Norbert Wiener: MIT professor who predicted in 1950 that machines would make decisions for humans
Quote of the day by Carl Jung: “Loneliness does not come from having no people about one, but from being unable to communicate the things that seem important to oneself, or from holding certain views which others find inadmissible.”
How black holes become cosmic monsters: Scientists uncover the violent merger chain behind giant space objects
Sir David Attenborough celebrates 100th birthday: The life, legacy, and global impact of the world’s most beloved natural history broadcaster
Rare ‘Earth Mango’ found in Kerala: The hidden fungus locals call Nilamanga has returned again
The Mediterranean’s hidden salt giant that formed as seas fell
NASA’s new plasma engine could reduce travel time to Mars
The Salton sea’s hidden heat powers a modern lithium rush
The great white giant turns blue: The final act of Iceberg A-23A
The secret beneath the floorboards: The hidden tunnel network of Bloxham
NASA captures a sea of spinning clouds over Antarctica’s remote volcanic island
The secret of the lochs: Scotland’s hand-built islands resting on wood
Meet Dasia Taylor: High school student who created surgical threads that change colour when infections appear
Nature’s giant vacuum cleaner: Scientists reveal how the Sun is secretly cleaning Earth’s space junk
Ancient jawbone linked to neither Neanderthals nor humans may rewrite human origin story
Pyralis papaleonei: Why scientists named this newly discovered moth after Pope Leo XIV
Albert Einstein’s theory of happiness: He had no cash for a tip, so he gave a note instead which sold for $1.56 million
Theri Kaadu: The 'Red Dune forest' of Tamil Nadu that feels like another planet
Former NASA scientist says she “died” three times and saw the same afterlife each time
Thirst in the Himalayas: Why snow isn't enough to save Ladakh
Plastic waste to biofuel: Scientists use sunlight to turn discarded plastic into clean hydrogen fuel
Beyond human eyes: A new camera captures the first real-time animal view of nature
Meet Brian Binnie: The commercial astronaut who reportedly faced a mysterious UFO encounter in his bedroom at 4 am
Scientists explore whether quantum physics could allow messages to travel back in time
Stanford’s tiny chip could make your internet 100x faster while using less power
Utah's giant aspen colony is just one tree hiding in plain sight
The ocean's biggest secret happens while you are asleep
In 1928, Alexander Fleming noticed a strange mould on a petri dish, and this observation launched the antibiotic era
Ever noticed the gap before zero on a ruler? Here is why it exists
In 1933, Bell Labs engineer Karl Jansky followed a faint radio hiss, and this discovery opened the door to radio astronomy
Quote of the day by Pythagoras: “The oldest, shortest words— ‘yes’ and ‘no’— are those which require the most thought.”
What scientists found beneath Antarctica’s ice after drilling over 1,700 feet down
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