pc: Haaretz( Assaf Peretz/Israel Antiquities Authority) Across the landscapes of the eastern Mediterranean, traces of Roman life continue to surface in unexpected places. A fragment of wall, a forgotten road, a buried coin hoard- each discovery adds another small piece to a much larger story. Occasionally, though, archaeologists uncover objects that seem strangely out of […]
For decades, Antarctica has been treated as a kind of frozen time capsule, a place where evidence of Earth’s deep past sits preserved, undisturbed, beneath layers of ice that have built up over millions of years. As per the study published in Nature Geoscience, scientists have now uncovered something remarkable within that buried record: an […]
Beneath the extremely dry surface of Chile’s Atacama Desert, scientists discovered a functional community of microorganisms that challenges what we thought possible for life. While the ground above remains one of Earth’s harshest environments, a ‘hidden oasis’ lies about two meters down, protected from high solar irradiance and complete dryness. This underground community mainly consists […]
Recent archaeological excavations in the Yangtze River Delta, China, have revealed the complex socio-cultural practices of the Neolithic Liangzhu civilisation, dating back about 5000 years. Using remains from the Zhongjiagang site, researchers have found that human bones were routinely used as a source of functional and ritualistic objects like ‘skull cups’ and ‘skeleton masks’. Unlike […]
In Western Australia’s goldfields, researchers have discovered a strain of the fungus known as Fusarium oxysporum that has an actual ‘Midas touch.’ This organism has a pink colour and is capable of interacting with the mineral deposits below the ground, breaking them down into a liquid state, and ultimately growing solid gold crystals on the […]
Scientists have made an astonishing finding that brings us closer than ever to the concept of ‘Green Mars’, by discovering a desert moss species – Syntrichia caninervis – which may be able to act as a pioneer in colonising the Red Planet. A paper published in The Innovation (Cell Press) details the abilities of this […]
A Hong Kong man and his girlfriend were secretly filmed in a Shenzhen hotel room. A man from Hong Kong has described the shock of discovering that a secretly recorded video of himself and his girlfriend inside a hotel room in Shenzhen had been uploaded to an adult website without their consent. The man, identified […]
New Delhi: Scientists at the Institute of Nano Science and Technology (INST), Mohali, under the Department of Science and Technology (DST), have made a significant discovery. They have identified the semiconductor properties of a well-known self-assembling bacterial shell protein. This breakthrough could lead to the development of electronic devices that are safe, body-friendly, and environmentally […]
Erika Kirk, left, and Nicki Minaj speak during Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest 2025 Under the glare of AmericaFest’s red-white-and-blue stage lights, Nicki Minaj managed to turn a few off-the-cuff lines into a full-blown culture-war moment.Chatting with Turning Point USA’s Erika Kirk on December 21, the rapper praised old-school gender roles, mocked California Governor Gavin Newsom, […]
Source: Royal Society Open Science Beneath the waves off Japan’s Pacific coast, scientists have made a discovery that seems straight out of a nature documentary: a pale pink sea anemone that actually builds homes for hermit crabs. Named Paracalliactis tsukisome, this elegant creature isn’t just another deep-sea oddity; it’s a living architect of the ocean […]
