Technology

Any way you slice it, a paper cut is painful.  Magazines, letters and books harbor a devious potential for minor self-induced agony. But other types of paper — like thin tissue paper or the thicker stuff used for postcards…

NASA has issued an alert about two asteroids approaching Earth tomorrow. These space rocks, measuring approximately 190 feet and 89 feet wide respectively, are similar in size to a commercial airplane. Although these encounters may seem…

Massive explosions on the Sun have triggered warnings of geomagnetic storms that could create dazzling auroras in the northern United States, Europe and southern Australia from Tuesday night. HT Image In May, the most powerful…

People with advanced cancers often feel like their bodies are wasting away. That’s because of cachexia, a condition in which impaired metabolism leads to muscle wasting and drastic weight loss (SN: 4/15/15). A new study in mice…

Scientists have sussed out a new source for the seeds of clouds. When the stratospheric layer of Earth’s atmosphere dips a toe into the underlying troposphere, the resulting chemical mixture becomes a fertile environment where…

Earth now is hotter than it’s been at any time in recorded history. Average global temperatures shattered records on two consecutive days last week, reaching 17.09° Celsius on July 21 and then inching up still more the next…

In recent years, space technology has been transforming numerous sectors on Earth, but its most profound impact might be on agriculture. Satellite-enabled applications have the potential to revolutionise farming practices, ensuring food…

Melbourne HT Image Melbourne, I’m a palaeontologist. That means I study fossils and learn about the ancient history of life on Earth. People ask me lots of questions about being a palaeontologist. What do palaeontologists do…

A mind-bending parasite may one day deliver drugs to the brain. Toxoplasma gondii is a single-celled parasite that famously makes mice lose their fear of cats, but also can cause deadly foodborne illnesses (SN: 1/14/20). Now,…

This maze of jagged curls looks like something out of the world’s hardest puzzle book. How fast do you think you can solve it? Stuck? Don’t worry. It’s actually more of a connect the dots puzzle. The labyrinthine black…

New Delhi, People rated medical advice as "less reliable and empathetic" when they believed it was provided by AI-chatbots, a new study published in the journal Nature Medicine has found. HT Image Researchers found that this was…

Kochi, In a major breakthrough, the ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute has achieved a landmark success in induced breeding and seed production of the giant trevally, a highly prized marine species. The giant trevally is a…

Komodo dragon teeth are ironclad. Literally. The serrated edges and tips of the reptiles’ razor-sharp chompers are lined with a layer of iron, researchers report July 24 in Nature Ecology & Evolution. This metal coating…

Menstruation can be messy and uncomfortable, often due to leaky pads, tampons and cups. A new alginate-based powder may solve that problem. The material, which solidifies menstrual blood by turning it into a gel mixture, could…

A new look at decades-old data from the Apollo missions has uncovered evidence of tens of thousands of previously unrecognized moonquakes. The results could reveal details about the moon’s inner workings and could have…

Geelong, The human eye registers three colours of light: red, green and blue. But pigeons can also see a fourth colour, ultraviolet. HT Image The “four-dimensional” colour space pigeons see may contain millions more colours than…

Through a basement door in southeastern Turkey lies a sprawling underground city perhaps the country's largest which one historian believes dates back to the ninth century before Jesus Christ. HT Image Archaeologists stumbled upon…

NASA’s Perseverance rover has bagged its first hint of ancient microbes on Mars. “We’re not able to say that this is a sign of life,” says Perseverance deputy project scientist Katie Stack Morgan of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab in…

The neutrino “fog” is beginning to materialize. Lightweight subatomic particles called neutrinos have begun elbowing their way into the data of experiments not designed to spot them. Two experiments, built to detect particles…

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This summer is going to be one of the most exciting ones for the astronomers and space scientists, because of the nova, i.e. explosion of a star in the Coronae Borealis. Coronae Borealis is a Latin phrase that translates to "northern crown"…

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To expand the periodic table, it might be time to go titanium.  A new study lays the groundwork to expand the periodic table with a search for element 120, to be made by slamming electrically charged titanium atoms, or…

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday announced the creation of a ₹1,000 crore venture capital fund in the Budget 2024 aimed at expanding the space economy “fivefold over the next decade”. This move follows the government's…

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Witwatersrand HT Image Witwatersrand , Tuberculosis dates back more than 9,000 years. It is the most infectious bacterial disease and in 2022, 10.6 million people fell ill with it. Of these 23 per cent occurred in Africa. The…

In an unexpected twist, metal-rich nodules found on the seafloor are generating oxygen, new research suggests. This meager but steady supply of the vital gas may help support seafloor ecosystems in areas currently targeted for…

In planet formation, as in poker, you have to play the hand you’re dealt. If an Earthlike planet is the goal, the best starting hand might contain three to eight times all the water in Earth’s oceans. “There’s kind of a…

New Delhi, A rare genetic mutation has been found to cause "uninterrupted" flow of sodium into brain cells, leading to epilepsy in infants, according to a study. HT Image The finding can help in treating epilepsy patients by…