San Andreas and San Jacinto faults reach extreme stress as California’s ‘earthquake gate’ hits a 1,000-year high pointRecent research indicates elevated stress levels at Cajon Pass, affecting interactions between the San Andreas and San Jacinto faults. The ...
02 Oct, 2026, 10.53 PM IST
Bezos Earth Fund’s $26 million FireSat could detect 15-by-15-foot fires anywhere on Earth within 20 mins: Lauren Sánchez Bezos says, ‘I watched friends and family lose everything’FireSat is a new satellite network designed to detect wildfires early and provide timely data. This constellation, backed by Jeff Bezos, ai...
02 Oct, 2026, 05.10 PM IST
Look-alike, but not the same: Scientists name first new penguin species in over 100 yearsA new species of penguin, named Pygoscelis kerguelensis, has been identified in the southern Indian Ocean. Genetic studies revealed that ge...
30 Sep, 2026, 09.43 AM IST
Meet Fei-Fei Li, the 49-year-old Chinese-American AI scientist who built a 15-million-image dataset and transformed computer visionFei-Fei Li is a Chinese-American AI scientist whose work helped advance computer vision and image-recognition technology. Popular in techno...
29 Sep, 2026, 08.04 PM IST
California’s beaches are disappearing — San Clemente could need 300,000 truckloads of sand as El Niño threatens an already eroding coastSan Clemente is experiencing significant coastal erosion that is diminishing beach space and threatening infrastructure. The city estimates...
27 Sep, 2026, 07.06 PM IST
Scientists may have got one of Earth’s biggest ancient mysteries wrong: A 2-billion-year-old carbon clue thought to reveal a global change may actually point to magma, methane and microbesResearch from Caltech indicates that a significant carbon signal may arise from local geological processes instead of global events. The st...
27 Sep, 2026, 06.16 PM IST
NASA’s $1.2 billion plan to explore the history and evolution of the universe enters Phase BNASA has progressed the PRIMA mission into Phase B, concentrating on the creation of essential technologies and designs. This innovative sp...
27 Sep, 2026, 12.36 AM IST
Scientists found something T. rex bones could never show: First known trackway reveals how the dinosaur actually walked 66.5 million years agoIn 2025, Kent Hups discovered unusual impressions in North Dakota's Hell Creek Formation believed to be T. rex footprints. Paleontologists ...
25 Sep, 2026, 12.10 AM IST
This atomic clock is so precise it can detect how gravity changes time. Scientists now want to take it outside the lab and measure tiny shifts across EarthResearchers at Singapore's Centre for Quantum Technologies have developed a highly accurate lutetium-based atomic clock. This clock has a r...
24 Sep, 2026, 11.01 PM IST
Why octopus camouflage is so hard to explain: They cannot see colour as we do, yet they can blend into their surroundings with stunning precisionOctopuses possess specialized skin structures that allow them to change their color and texture to blend in. Their visual systems detect li...
24 Sep, 2026, 06.42 PM IST
NUS researchers develop new Lutetium Atomic Clock with record accuracy that could advance precision timekeepingScientists at the National University of Singapore have developed a highly precise optical atomic clock using lutetium. Researchers at the ...
24 Sep, 2026, 01.21 AM IST
Hurricane Polo reaches Category 5: National Hurricane Center tracks powerful storm as Mexico faces dangerous weather risksHurricane Polo, classified as a Category 5 storm, intensified rapidly as it approached Mexico's Pacific coast. Mexican authorities closed p...
23 Sep, 2026, 11.56 PM IST
The 145°F survival mystery: How a tiny California 'fire' amoeba thrives where complex life was thought impossibleIncendiamoeba cascadensis, a newly discovered amoeba, can reproduce at temperatures up to 145°F. It challenges prior beliefs about the heat...
23 Sep, 2026, 10.53 PM IST
DNA reveals four gentoo penguin species instead of one after more than 100 years. Scientists now fear some island populations could lose their homes to global warmingNew genomic research has resolved a century-old debate over gentoo penguins, revealing four distinct species rather than one with several s...
23 Sep, 2026, 12.15 AM IST
New Orleans is turning discarded bottles into coastal sand. Crushed glass is now helping rebuild shrinking wetlandsNew Orleans is using crushed glass to build new islands and strengthen wetlands. This innovative approach tackles waste and coastal erosion...
21 Sep, 2026, 10.24 PM IST
Tiny shrimp-like creatures are moving 110 pounds of sand per meter of California beach every day, scientists say they may be reshaping the coastTiny sand hoppers on California beaches are doing far more than feeding on washed-up kelp. New research found the shrimp-like creatures can...
21 Sep, 2026, 06.06 PM IST
Divers crushed millions of purple urchins with hammers; What happened next surprised researchers as California’s lost Kelp forests are showing signs of recoveryCalifornia's kelp forests are witnessing a remarkable comeback due to dedicated restoration efforts. Divers have been diligently smashing m...
19 Sep, 2026, 04.21 PM IST