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For 65 million years, this ancient fish was thought extinct since the age of the dinosaurs—until it was found alive in South Africa.- Nobel Prize winner John Jumper quits Google DeepMind after nearly a decade; set to join Anthropic
- Pet pythons escaped into Florida in the 1970s, spread for decades through the Everglades, then a hurricane carried them south, and now the Key Largo woodrat may disappear
- In 1950, amid the Cold War, a tiny beetle from the US was destroying potato crops across East Germany. Then began one of history's strangest propaganda campaignsIn 1950, a striped potato beetle became the centre of one of the Cold War's most unusual propaganda campaigns after East Germany accused th...19 Jun, 2026, 12.59 PM IST
- Psychology says people who hate cilantro aren't picky eaters: Their brains and genes may literally be tasting something differentPsychology suggests that even ordinary disagreements can reveal surprising insights about human behavior. The real story is not about cilan...18 Jun, 2026, 10.52 PM IST
- Ganga cleanliness no longer matter of opinion, data shows improvement: National mission bodyScientific data now proves the Ganga river is getting cleaner. Twelve years of the Namami Gange programme have led to measurable improvemen...18 Jun, 2026, 05.15 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
- In 1962, a French geologist descended into a dark underground cave, but when he emerged more than two months later, he had lost track of time and helped reveal the human body's internal clockMichel Siffre's 1960s cave experiment revealed a hidden internal clock within humans. Isolated from all external time cues, his own sense o...18 Jun, 2026, 02.59 PM IST
- Forget deadbeat dads: These devoted spiders guard their babies, and science finally knows whyCitizen science data from iNaturalist, combined with decades of fieldwork, has revealed the complex evolutionary history of parental care i...17 Jun, 2026, 11.23 PM IST
- This weird trick helped physicists solve the bird flock mystery that defied Newton for yearsScientists have developed a new theory to explain how systems like bird flocks exhibit non-reciprocal interactions, seemingly challenging N...17 Jun, 2026, 08.23 PM IST
- The hidden mathematical pattern inside your money plant's leaves will blow your mindChinese Money Plant leaves hide a mathematical pattern shaping leaf veins in Voronoi geometry. This discovery shows nature using precise le...17 Jun, 2026, 06.44 PM IST
- Scientists just found that honey bees follow their own personal flight paths, and in a German farm landscape, some repeated the same route within centimeters because landmarks like trees seem to keep them locked on courseHoneybees exhibit human-like commuting habits, flying the same routes daily. Researchers observed bees maintaining precise flight paths, ev...17 Jun, 2026, 02.16 PM IST
- In 1953, scientists pieced together a twisted molecule, and DNA finally had a shapeScientists uncovered DNA's double helix structure in 1953. James Watson and Francis Crick proposed the model. It explained how genetic info...16 Jun, 2026, 06.12 PM IST
- Scientists just mapped 110 quadrillion kilometers of hidden fungal threads underground, weighing about five times all humans combinedVast underground fungal networks, stretching billions of times to the sun, exist in Earth's soil. These hyphae, finer than hair, weigh more...16 Jun, 2026, 03.00 PM IST
- In 1972, children watched adults hit an inflatable doll, and psychology saw how easily aggression can be copiedIn a series of innovative experiments, Albert Bandura demonstrated a striking reality: children are keen observers, soaking up behaviors fr...15 Jun, 2026, 04.33 PM IST
- PM Modi, Macron discuss expansion of India's UPI in France, sign 19 pactsPrime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron met and signed 19 agreements. Discussions covered AI, innovation, trade, ...14 Jun, 2026, 09.36 PM IST
- Several red flags emerge as SpaceX IPO hawks Elon Musk's Mars dreamSpaceX's bold Mars vision faces scientific doubts. Experts highlight engineering challenges and human biology unknowns. Colonizing Mars pre...13 Jun, 2026, 03.40 PM IST
- Psychology says the exhaustion of modern life often isn’t from overwork: It’s from the fact that we’ve eliminated every attention gap, and the brain never gets the empty space it needs to recoverIn our bustling modern world, the rush of daily life rarely grants us the luxury of stillness. The unending stimulation stretches our menta...13 Jun, 2026, 12.16 PM IST
- Claude Fable 5 & Mythos 5: Key highlights from Anthropic’s latest launchAnthropic has launched Claude Fable 5, its most capable publicly available AI model, excelling in complex tasks and benchmarks. Alongside i...10 Jun, 2026, 08.13 PM IST
- Govt outlines next phase of pharma growthThe government highlighted its achievements, reforms, and policy initiatives, aiming to boost exports from $31 billion to $50 billion by 20...10 Jun, 2026, 04.42 PM IST
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