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New Discovery Rewrites Timeline Of When Humans Learned To Make Fire
A major archaeological discovery in Suffolk shows that early Neanderthals were making fire about 400,000 years ago, pushing back the timeline of fire mastery and reshaping understanding of human evolution.
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Chinese Researchers Reveal How Earth's Deep Mantle Stored Oceans Of Water Billions Of Years Ago
This discovery makes a significant contribution to understanding Earth's early evolution.
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Cancer, Infertility Linked To Synthetic Chemicals In Food Chain, Scientists Say
A global scientific report warns that chemicals widely used in food production and packaging are driving serious health risks, environmental damage.
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Geminid Meteor Shower: Best Time To Watch Shooting Stars Tonight
This meteor shower is named after the Gemini constellation.
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NASA Uses 'X-arithmetic' to Show How Black Holes Shape Galaxy Clusters
NASA's Chandra telescope has used a novel "X-arithmetic" technique to analyse X-ray data from galaxy clusters, showing how supermassive black holes influence hot gas structures and offering new insights into cosmic evolution.
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Longest Solar Eclipse In 100 Years Is Coming. Here's Where You'll See It
Astronomers worldwide are preparing for a rare total solar eclipse on August 2, 2027, with a peak totality of about 6 minutes and 23 seconds.
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'Ozempic' For Cats: Vets Test Weight-Loss Drug On Overweight Felines
Modeled after Ozempic, the treatment offers hope for pet owners struggling to manage feline obesity and its related health risks.
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NASA Loses Contact With MAVEN Mars Orbiter After 11-Year Mission: "Loss Of Signal"
Maven, launched in 2013, entered Mars' orbit in September 2014 to study the upper atmosphere and its interaction with the solar wind.
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Imported Chips, Imported Risks: Indias New Digital Dilemma
Today small chips are seeing big investments, but the risks are equally big, and unfortunately there are very few specialists in India who can do computer hardware forensics.
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Why Meteor Showers Will Light Up The Sky This December To February
Debris streams encountered in December-February often come from different comets or asteroids, so multiple showers overlap in quick succession - giving more than one opportunity in a short span.
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New Research Links Volcanic Activity To Origins Of Black Death Pandemic
Previously unknown volcanic eruptions may have kicked off an unlikely series of events that brought the Black Death -- the most devastating pandemic in human history -- to the shores of mediaeval Europe, new research has revealed.
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Ahead Of Closest Approach To Earth, A Look At 3 Latest Images Of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS
The comet was detected on July 1, 2025, by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) survey telescope in Chile.
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Cute But Cruel? Research Shows Popular Pet Videos Often Cause Stress
So-called "challenges" on social media can involve scaring a pet, which is unkind and risks causing harm.
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Ancient Chinese Texts Reveal New Insights On Solar Eclipse And Earth's Rotation
The study was published in Astrophysical Journal Letters on December 2.
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Supercomputer Builds One Of The Most Realistic Virtual Brains Ever Created
Scientists have built an ultra-detailed virtual mouse brain using a supercomputer, offering a powerful new tool for studying brain function and diseases like Alzheimer's.
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China's Researchers Bring Closure To Einstein And Bohr's Long-Standing Quantum Mystery
Professor Pan and his team recreated Einstein's thought experiment to demonstrate how the quantum world actually works.
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Scientists Finds Galaxies Rotating Together Inside Massive Dark Matter Thread
The filament is a part of the vast cosmic web composed primarily of dark matter and interspersed with lighter layers of normal matter.
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Advanced Civilisations Could "Seed" Life On Earth By Interstellar Objects, Scientist Claims
The scientist suggests that the unusual trajectory and physical characteristics of 3I/ATLAS may indicate it is a technological artefact.
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Decades-Old Stepping Stones In China Turn Out To Be 190-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Footprints
The researchers found that these dinosaurs walked with a "ground-running" gait.
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Study Warns Urban Growth Could Leave Millions Without Clean Water By 2050
The study also revealed that by 2050, the population of cities in Africa and Asia will experience rapid population growth.
