In 1923, a geologist said a sudden, catastrophic Ice Age flood carved Washington's landscape. Scientists rejected him for decades. At 96, he received geology's highest honorJ. Harlen Bretz, a pioneering geologist, introduced a groundbreaking theory about the Ice Age floods sculpting eastern Washington's terrain...
24 Aug, 2026, 10.26 PM IST
Quote of the day by Paul Krugman: 'I think so long as fossil fuels are cheap, people will use them and it will...' - powerful quote by Nobel Prize-winning economist teaches inspiring life lessons on change, innovation and how cheap energy can slow the shift to new technologyQuote of the day by Paul Krugman: Economist Paul Krugman highlights cost as a key factor in energy transitions. He argues cheap fossil fuel...
24 Aug, 2026, 10.08 PM IST
Delhi HC asks Abhijit Iyer Mitra to respond to CJP spokesperson's privacy suitThe Delhi High Court has sought responses from Abhijit Iyer Mitra and others. A Cockroach Janta Party spokesperson filed a plea alleging pr...
24 Aug, 2026, 01.45 PM IST
Urban Company shares surge 7% to 11-month high, rally 16% in 2 sessions. Here are 2 reasons whyUrban Company shares rallied on Monday, after a bullish brokerage call and a legal development involving Kent RO. Kent RO has agreed to rem...
24 Aug, 2026, 12.25 PM IST
Former international captains raise fresh concerns over Imran Khan's health in letter to Pakistan PMThe letter was signed by Michael Atherton, Alex Blackwell, Allan Border, Michael Brearley, Greg Chappell, Ian Chappell, Belinda Clark, Alas...
23 Aug, 2026, 09.10 PM IST
In 1979, Canadian fisherman Édouard Arsenault got a postcard from his daughter that inspired him to build an entire village from more than 25,000 recycled glass bottlesIn 1979, Canadian fisherman and carpenter Édouard T. Arsenault was inspired by a postcard from his daughter to build something extraordinar...
23 Aug, 2026, 07.01 PM IST
Urban Company sues Kent RO over ‘unsafe’, ‘risky’ water purifier ads; company to pull down 'offending' contentUrban Company has sued Kent RO Systems in the Delhi High Court, alleging that its advertisements and social media posts made false and misl...
23 Aug, 2026, 05.07 PM IST
A Picasso painting stolen in 1961 was bought by a Massachusetts couple in 1999; now, its original owner is suing them for $3.5 millionA long-lost Picasso painting, which vanished six decades ago, has surfaced once again. The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation is taking legal...
21 Aug, 2026, 03.48 PM IST
Japan's newest five-star hotel was once a jail for 109 years. Here's how much one night stay costs hereA former juvenile prison in Nara, Japan, built in 1908 and used until 2017, has been transformed into a five-star Hoshinoya hotel. Around 5...
21 Aug, 2026, 03.13 PM IST
Suits & Sayings: The IPO FolkloreET’s roundup of the wackiest whispers in corporate corridors
20 Aug, 2026, 11.37 PM IST
In the 1950s, J. Desmond Clark found a notched log at Zambia’s Kalambo Falls but died without proving its age; 60 years later, dating revealed the world’s oldest wooden structure at 476,000 yearsIn the 1950s, archaeologist J. Desmond Clark discovered a notched log at Zambia’s Kalambo Falls. He died without ever proving its true age....
19 Aug, 2026, 09.05 PM IST
In 1968, a former mechanic built a cabin alone in the Alaskan wilderness; he stayed for over 30 years and left it to the National Park ServiceFor thirty years, Richard Proenneke thrived alone in the remote expanse of Alaska, mastering survival without any modern aids. His journals...
19 Aug, 2026, 07.00 PM IST
British corporate couple killed on honeymoon as helicopter crashes moments before landing on Greek island; watch videoA newlywed British couple and their pilot died in a helicopter crash on Sifnos island. Alexander Cromie and Marie Ebert were honeymooning w...
19 Aug, 2026, 08.40 AM IST
In 1934, in America's strangest honeymoon, Arizona couple chose a roofless 900-year-old crumbling monument with snakes and scorpions as company. The famous couple later worked in 8 national monumentsIn 1934, Arizona newlyweds Sallie Pierce Brewer and Jim Brewer began their married life in one of America’s most unusual settings, the anci...
18 Aug, 2026, 10.09 AM IST
Cami Clark: Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s wife is a Silicon Valley power player. But Claude barely knows herCami Clark, wife of Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, has remained largely unknown outside Silicon Valley’s elite despite her proximity to some o...
16 Aug, 2026, 12.08 PM IST
Suits & Sayings: Hairy BusinessET’s roundup of the wackiest whispers in corporate corridors
15 Aug, 2026, 09.44 PM IST
US pulls last aircraft carrier in Asia as Trump focuses on Iran and the Western HemisphereUS aircraft carriers are stretched thin by operations against Iran. The USS George Washington is moving from the Pacific to the Middle East...
15 Aug, 2026, 06.28 PM IST