In 1969, a fossil hunter followed an eroded gully in northern Kenya: It revealed ancient skull fragments and helped establish Koobi Fora as one of the world’s most important fossil sitesThe 1969 fossil discovery by Richard Leakey and H. Mutua at Koobi Fora, Kenya, initially speculated to belong to an early Homo species, has...
21 Jun, 2026, 05.37 PM IST
In 1950, peat cutters digging for fuel in Denmark uncovered a remarkably preserved body: It became Tollund Man and transformed the study of bog preservationIn 1950, Denmark's peat cutters made a groundbreaking discovery with the unearthing of Tollund Man, an Iron Age body in exceptional conditi...
21 Jun, 2026, 05.33 PM IST
In 2011, when Japan was rocked by 9.0 Tohoku earthquake, something strange happened 15 minutes later; scientists missed this deep-Earth process for more than a decadeA new study reveals the 2011 Tohoku earthquake triggered an extraordinary event deep within Earth. Seismic energy traveled to the outer cor...
21 Jun, 2026, 02.16 PM IST
US Centcom says Iran does not control Hormuz after Tehran closes strait over Israeli strikes in LebanonIran has declared the Strait of Hormuz closed following Israeli strikes in Lebanon, citing violations of a ceasefire. However, the US Centr...
21 Jun, 2026, 07.38 AM IST
India's submarine hunters: Why the Navy is pushing for more helicopters and P-8I aircraftIndia is urgently bolstering its anti-submarine warfare capabilities amidst growing Chinese and Pakistani submarine presence. Naval helicop...
20 Jun, 2026, 10.44 AM IST
India in talks with Russia's Rosneft to tap Siberian rare earth reservesIndia is collaborating with Russian giant Rosneft to explore Siberia's rare earth deposits, aiming to secure vital mineral supplies. These ...
20 Jun, 2026, 06.18 AM IST
In 1894, a Dutch anatomist brushed sediment from a riverbank in Java; it uncovered Java Man and reshaped the search for human originsIn the 1890s, Eugène Dubois conducted pivotal excavations in Java that unearthed Java Man, a groundbreaking fossil that fundamentally alter...
19 Jun, 2026, 06.58 PM IST
India's Bimal Patel elected UN's ITLOS tribunal judgeThe election was held within the framework of the 36th Conference of States Parties to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ...
19 Jun, 2026, 10.00 AM IST
Friday Motivation by Marie Curie: 'I was taught the way of progress was neither swift nor...' - Nobel laureate's timeless lesson on why success takes timeMarie Curie's journey to scientific breakthroughs was neither swift nor easy, marked by financial struggles and limited opportunities for w...
19 Jun, 2026, 08.27 AM IST
Japan is launching a world-first Hydrogen power engine, and it could change energy foreverJapan's latest energy breakthrough could make the path to cleaner power much easier than many expected. Instead of replacing existing syste...
18 Jun, 2026, 10.24 PM IST
In January 1995, 14 wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone from Canada to restore a degraded ecosystem; three decades on, scientists are locked in a bitter dispute over whether the famous cascade they were credited with ever happening at the scale claimedYellowstone's wolf reintroduction success story faces a scientific challenge. New analysis suggests the dramatic impact on willow growth wa...
18 Jun, 2026, 04.03 PM IST
Suffering from anxiety often? A common plastic chemical may be affecting your brain, says new studyA new study presented at ENDO 2026 has found that male rats exposed to the common plastic chemical di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) durin...
17 Jun, 2026, 11.36 PM IST
Hollywood to Bollywood no more: US makes a move in India's backyardThe United States has renamed its Indo-Pacific Command back to Pacific Command. This change signals a strategic shift away from broad allia...
17 Jun, 2026, 09.53 PM IST
Japan undecided on sending military to the Strait of HormuzJapan said Tuesday it has not yet decided whether its military will join efforts to help the resumption of shipping through the Strait of H...
16 Jun, 2026, 02.00 PM IST
NASA is training AI on billions of Earth observations and the results could change climate researchNASA is expanding its AI strategy to transform decades of Earth observation data into actionable scientific insights. By combining artifici...
15 Jun, 2026, 06.49 PM IST
On This Day in History, June 14: Anne Frank writes diary, Auschwitz opens, first woman in space, first US flag approved, Falklands War ends and moreOn This Day in History, June 14 witnessed the beginning of Anne Frank's diary, the opening of Auschwitz, the launch of the Vostok mission t...
13 Jun, 2026, 11.24 PM IST
In 1929, archaeologist Pei Wenzhong uncovered a skullcap in a cave near Beijing: Peking Man forced the world to take Asia’s deep human past seriouslyIn 1929, the unearthing of Peking Man in China dramatically altered the landscape of human evolutionary studies. This pivotal Homo erectus ...
11 Jun, 2026, 05.27 PM IST