Scientists thought this ancient ice sheet was stable until buried fossils revealed a lost forest beneath AntarcticaScientists discovered fossils revealing Antarctica was once a swampy temperate rainforest. This ancient forest existed around 90 million ye...
The Paradox of Emotional Suppression: Why Trying Not to Feel Something Amplifies ItContrary to popular belief, suppressing emotions often intensifies them, a phenomenon known as the paradox of emotional suppression. Resear...
Antarctica hides massive secrets under its vast ice shelves, scientists are just finding out the detailsScientists have made remarkable discoveries beneath Antarctica's million-year-old ice, revealing ancient landscapes, subglacial lakes teemi...
Scientists discover river system that flowed 40 million years under ice in AntarcticaGeologists have discovered an old river that formerly flowed through Antarctica but is now buried below kilometers of ice.
Study finds how oceans release microplastics into atmosphere
‘I am Vanessa Guillen’: The true story behind Netflix's documentaryThe story of a soldier Vanessa Guillen, murdered in an army base in Texas in 2020, which shocked America, is now a film titled ‘I am Vaness...
Global plastic pollution may be nearing irreversible tipping pointCurrent rates of plastic emissions globally may trigger effects that we will not be able to reverse, argues a study by an international tea...
Europe demands answers after US-Danish spying claimsThe NSA was able to access text messages, telephone calls and internet traffic including searches, chats and messaging services -- includin...
Scientists return from Arctic with wealth of climate data
Record melt: Greenland lost 586 billion tons of ice in 2019Greenland lost a record amount of ice during an extra warm 2019, with the melt massive enough to cover California in more than four feet (1...
Virus delay, early ice melt challenge Arctic science missionFor a while, the international mission looked like it might have to be called off, as country after country went into lockdown because of t...
Virtual 'time machine' helps see how Earth's geology evolvedScientists have developed a set of cloud-based virtual globes that can let you visualise, with unprecedented speed and ease of use, how Ear...
'The Danish Girl' review: The lead pair deserves the Oscar nod for their actingThe Eddie Redmayne-Alicia Vikander starrer starts off breezy and despite its sensitive subject matter, doesn't become too heavy-handed.
Eddie Redmayne's 'The Danish Girl' to release in IndiaOscar-winning actor Eddie Redmayne-starrer 'The Danish Girl' is inspired by the true story of a transgender.
Blue blood allows octopus to survive extreme temperaturesThe study shows that a blue coloured pigment, hemocyanin, in their blood, responsible for oxygen transport, crucially allows octopods to li...
Mission to dump iron off Antarctica suspendedIn a major setback to the Indo-German Antarctic expedition, LOHAFEX, the German science ministry has bowed to pressure from environmental N...
- Piracy pushes ship owners to opt for Cape of Good Hope
Rising piracy in the Gulf of Aden has prompted some shipowners to change their routes to round the Cape of Good Hope instead, a detour cons...