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A volcano that grows taller in the rain? Mount Fuji has been hiding a geological secretScientists discovered Mount Fuji's ground uplift during storms was caused by rain, not magma. Years of GPS data revealed a direct correlati...
Goodbye to the myth that Tanystropheus hunted on land: CT scans suggest a stranger life in the seaPaleontologists have long debated the Tanystropheus, a prehistoric creature with an unusually long neck. Recent CT scans of its skull revea...
The century-old secret of how airplane tires survive the full force of landing, and the answer will surprise youFor nearly a century, the exact mechanism behind carbon black's strengthening of rubber remained a mystery. New research utilizing supercom...
What lies beneath Yellowstone is far more complicated than the geysers tourists see at the surfaceBeneath the iconic geysers of Yellowstone lies an intricate labyrinth of subterranean activity. Fueled by the intense heat from molten magm...
Scientists say Earth’s crust is sinking beneath central Turkey in a strange circular pattern, and they believe they finally know whyScientists have discovered a 'bullseye' of rapid sinking in Turkey's Konya Basin. This unusual land subsidence is linked to deep tectonic a...
ET Prime Special Series: Multibagger or IBC - Part 57: Forging firm that supplies Tata, M&M, JCB. Nobody talks about it enoughFor over four decades, one company has been making crankshafts quietly and precisely, supplying customers from Tata Motors to Liebherr to M...
Quote of the Day by Martha Gellhorn: ‘No woman should ever marry a man who hated his mother’ – A war correspondent’s advice on spotting red flags in relationshipsQuote of the Day by Martha Gellhorn: Martha Gellhorn, a renowned female war correspondent, offered a poignant relationship insight: avoid m...
Why Some Volcanoes Erupt Without Warning, And How Satellites Catch ItVolcanoes can erupt suddenly, but satellite technology now detects hidden ground shifts and heat changes. This helps scientists monitor rem...
The Ocean Floor Is Cracking Open Faster Than Scientists ExpectedEarth's ocean floor is not just steadily pulling apart; new research reveals rapid, dynamic cracking along mid-ocean ridges. Advanced mappi...
Unscientific mining pushing Uttarakhand's Bageshwar toward disasters: Govt panel to NGTA government panel has cautioned that unscientific mining in Uttarakhand's Bageshwar district is destabilizing slopes, endangering villages...
Indian rocket to launch NISAR satellite on July 30 in joint NASA-ISRO missionISRO will launch the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission on July 30 from Sriharikota, marking a decade-long collaboration. T...
NISAR satellite: This India-US mission can see through everything with bus-sized radar and detects even small changes on EarthNisar Launch Date: India and the United States are collaborating on the NISAR mission, set to launch on July 30, 2025. This joint Earth obs...
NASA-ISRO satellite NISAR launch on July 30The NASA-ISRO collaboration, NISAR, is set to launch from Satish Dhawan Space Centre. The launch is scheduled for July 30. GSLV-F16 will de...
Kilauea, one of the world's most active volcanoes, begins erupting after 3-month pauseBefore issuing the eruption notice, the observatory said increased earthquake activity and changes in the patterns of ground deformation at...
2017 North Korean nuke test equal to '17 Hiroshimas': ISRO studyResearchers led by K. M. Sreejith of the Space Applications Centre, ISRO in Ahmedabad, Gujarat noted that North Korea withdrew from the Tre...
Past earthquakes may help predict future quake damageResearchers have used innovative methods to examine the ground around Mbeya in Tanzania where a large earthquake occurred some 25,000 years...
Pre-World War-II era law still exists in IndiaCriminal Law (Amendment) Act, 1938, framed just before WW-II is one of 73 obsolete laws recommended by Law Commission for repeal, taking to...
Law Commission recomends repeal of 73 more obsolete statutesOne of the Acts recommended for repeal is the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 1938 enacted just before the beginning of World War II.
NDMA says residential high-rise towers don't conform to earthquake safety standards; comes up with norms on seismic retrofittingThe National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) under the home ministry has come out with norms on seismic retrofitting of deficient buil...
- IICT aims at setting up defluoridation units in Rajasthan
Defluoridation refers to methods of water treatment that reduce the concentration of fluoride in the water, normally, in order to make it s...