Bumblebees may be carrying a far heavier burden of toxic metals than honeybees, even when both species forage in the same countryside. The research found that pollen collected by bumblebees contained between two and seven times higher concentrations of several harmful metals, including arsenic, chromium, lead and tin, compared with pollen gathered by nearby honeybees. […]
A group of students from the United States with farmers during a study tour at MK Puram village near Kuppam in Chittoor district on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: ARRANGEMENT A batch of students from the United States visited natural farming fields in Kuppam Assembly constituency on Tuesday and Wednesday as part of an academic tour […]
A 187-foot-tall dipterocarp tree For decades, scientists believed that the tallest trees faced one of nature’s toughest challenges: Getting water from their roots to leaves hundreds of feet above the ground. Now, a study of towering trees in Southeast Asia suggests some of the world’s tallest flowering plants have evolved specialised systems to overcome that […]
A genetic analysis of nearly 700,000 people identified 74 distinct locations in the human genome tied to anxiety, 39 of which had never been linked to the condition before A genetic analysis of nearly 700,000 people has identified 74 regions of the human genome linked to anxiety symptoms, including 39 that had never before been […]
The largest (left) and the smallest (right) skulls of Homo naledi found in the Rising Star cave system in South Africa. All specimens of H. naledi have been shown to be female. All known skeletons of the ancient human relative Homo naledi discovered in a South African cave system appear to be female, according to […]
The Oscars have largely not featured a meaningful slate of Indian films in decades, with Lagaan being the last India-submitted film to be nominated at the turn of the century. File The story so far: The Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) on Monday (June 29, 2026) announced two measures to support the Indian film […]
Indian-Americans have founded 96 billion-dollar startups in US. Mohit Aron (left) and Jyoti Bansal founded multiple billion-dollar companies. A new study by the National Foundation for American Policy has revealed that India offers the highest number of founders to the US — higher than any other country as Indian founders started 96 billion-dollar startups in […]
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Friday said he would advise his children against living or studying in the US at the moment, citing a rapidly changing social climate and limited opportunities even for the highly educated.The remarks highlight tensions between the US and its European allies under President Donald Trump, with disputes over trade, the […]
A recent study shows that urban tree canopies play a crucial role in combating the ‘Urban Heat Island’ (UHI) effect. They cut the temperature gap between cities and rural areas by almost half. Trees offer shade and cool the air through a process called transpiration, lowering summer air temperature by a population-weighted mean of 0.15 […]
The Little Albert experiment studied whether human fear responses could be learned through classical conditioning/ Image: Screengrab Youtube At a time when psychology was trying to establish itself as a rigorous science, researchers were increasingly drawn to experiments that could demonstrate clear, observable laws of behaviour. One of the most influential ideas came from Ivan […]
