Explainer: Parasocial, word that defines 2025
ON August 26, American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift took to Instagram to announce her engagement to footballer Travis Kelce...
Lid on 1,700-year-old Roman sarcophagus hidden beneath Budapest lifted
A remarkably well-preserved Roman sarcophagus has been unearthed in Hungary’s capital, offering a rare window into the life...
Research paves way for eco-friendly, efficient Zinc-ion batteries to replace Lithium ones
Indian scientists have unveiled a breakthrough that could power the next generation of eco-friendly batteries. Moving beyond lithium...
New deep-sea ‘Octopus Squid’ discovered in Arabian Sea
Scientists from the ICAR–Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) have discovered a new species of deep-sea squid from...
IIT-Guwahati scientists develop eco-friendly solution to remove lead from contaminated water
Researchers at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati have developed a natural method to remove lead from contaminated...
How heat from old coal mines became source of local pride in this northern English town – new study
Around a quarter of UK homes lie on disused coalfields. These abandoned coal mines are flooded with water...
Heatwave-linked surge in power demand may deepen India’s fossil-fuel dependence: Report
Record-breaking heatwaves are directly fuelling a surge in electricity demand, thus increasing the country’s dependence on fossil fuel,...
Study projects heatwaves to get hotter, longer with delay in reaching net zero emissions
Heatwaves could be hotter, more prolonged and frequent, the longer countries delay in reaching net zero emissions, a...
Cambodia releases rare captive-bred storks in conservation breakthrough
Conservationists in Cambodia have for the first time released two captive-bred Greater Adjutant Stork chicks into the wild...
NASA set to release new images of interstellar object 3I/ATLAS
NASA is set on Wednesday to release new images of an interstellar object called 3I/ATLAS that astronomers have...