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In 1933, a lab worker trying to clean a beaker found a stubborn green film, and it wasn't just residue: It changed what kitchens and shipping could wrap.In a 1933 laboratory accident, a peculiar sticky green slime was discovered, which would eventually evolve into Saran Wrap. Initially dismi...- Delhi terror alert: Police bust jihadi group plotting suicide bomb blast, Shiv Sena leader’s killing, and caliphate in IndiaDelhi Police's special cell has reportedly thwarted a major terror plot by arresting five individuals across multiple states. The suspects,...
- What's common between a leopard in a furnace and mammoth's leg? This unusual Art Zoo museumAmsterdam’s new Art Zoo museum offers a surreal blend of natural history and contemporary taxidermy inside a 17th-century canal mansion. Cu...
- Elon Musk sparks buzz as he brings back 'Hitler' haircut; netizens say 'you look like Humpty Dumpty'Elon Musk is drawing inspiration from his own haircut and has sparked buzz online. In the latest post shared by him on X, the 53-year-old p...
- Why was Scotland’s mysterious Stonehenge rebuilt? Scientists finally knowNew studies have unveiled Stonehenge's role as a unifying monument for Britain’s Neolithic communities. The Altar Stone, sourced from north...
- Here is what might be Indian cricket team's biggest, under-celebrated achievementWhen a team is so ethnically diffused that it cannot be labelled, it does not stand for anyone - and yet stands for everyone. The Indian cr...
- Origin story of our universe: James Webb Space Telescope's surprising discoveries prompt rethinking of cosmosThe James Webb Space Telescope has provided data that challenges the standard model of cosmology, particularly in relation to the formation...
- Covid curbs disrupt production at world's biggest iPhone factory in ChinaFoxconn Technology Group, which runs the facility, acknowledged the flare-up on Wednesday but said "operation and production... is relative...
- New low-cost, non-toxic coating for fabric can reduce Covid infection by 90%, says studyThe coating makes the fabric hydrophobic, meaning microbes are less likely to stick to the cloth.
- Google honours Polish immunologist Rudolf Weigl with a special doodle on his 138th birth anniversaryThe scientist was nominated for a Nobel Prize, twice.
- Coffee without beans? This startup is brewing something interestingThe $100 billion coffee industry is one of the world’s most vulnerable to climate change.
- Steppe migration to India was between 3500-4000 years ago: David ReichHarvard geneticist David Reich breaks down the findings of two recent papers on the genetics of ancient Indians.
- Indus Valley Civilisation is largest source of ancestry for South Asians: David ReichFor the first time, we have a genetic model that fits statistically for most present-day South Asians: mixture of IVC-like people, and othe...
- Bill Gates wants to reinvent the toilet, & save $233 billion while at itThe reinvented toilet market could generate $6 billion a year worldwide by 2030, according to Gates.
- 3D technology helps reveal face of Bronze Age farmerLondon, July 17 (IANS) Academic "time detectives" from Liverpool have used 3D digital technology to reveal the face of a Bronze Age farmer ...
- Indian defence scientists develop hi-tech foodsFrom memory enhancing chocolates to performance enhancement foods, the laboratory is employing a small army of food scientists.
- Speed was God when we created Pentium: Vinod DhamIn many ways, Vinod Dham, 60, redefined the way people looked at semiconductors that powered computers by leading a group of engineers at I...
- Indian soap nut makes an eco-friendly alternative to chemical detergents in GermanyIn Germany, where the go-green drive is a mass phenomenon, there are hundreds increasingly taking to reetha as an eco-friendly alternative ...
- Online dictionary lists buzzwords of 2009Popular slang and phrases can define a time, indicate trends and creatively extend a language. News events that captured our imagination in...
- Recession helps US school lure vintnersSoured on the real estate market, Columbia broker Bob Walters has found what he hopes is a more fruitful pursuit: growing grapes for wine. ...
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