Before dinosaurs, earth had a giant millipede longer than a car: and it was the largest arthropod ever foundArthropleura, a colossal arthropod from the Carboniferous and early Permian periods, has been definitively linked to millipedes through new...
06 May, 2026, 06.57 PM IST
AI-boosted hacks with Anthropic's Mythos could have dire consequences for banksThe model, announced April 7, is the company's "most capable yet for coding and agentic tasks," the company said in a blog post, referring ...
14 Apr, 2026, 08.25 AM IST
Where Do Bed Bugs Originate From and How to Prevent Them?Bed bugs, ancient pests originating from bats, have plagued humans for millennia. Despite a 20th-century decline due to pesticides, they've...
13 Apr, 2026, 04.04 PM IST
Time to unlock silver abundance: Ageing is not a problem to be solved, but a societal invitation to reimagine our systemsIndia is still seen as a young country, but its demographic advantage is nearing an end, with the share of working-age population set to de...
05 Apr, 2026, 03.26 PM IST
16 apps you use daily could be silently stealing your money — check nowMicrosoft is ending support for Office 2016 and Office 2019 from October 14. Apps like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint could become risky if yo...
11 Oct, 2025, 10.52 PM IST
Biggest bug ever? Scientists re-create head of 9-foot long, 88-legged ancient monsterScientists have unveiled the head of Arthropleura, the largest bug to ever exist, which roamed the Earth 300 million years ago. This millip...
12 Oct, 2024, 05.21 PM IST
Curiosity rover completes 4,000 days on Mars: NASANASA's Curiosity rover, which landed on Mars' Gale Crater in 2012, has drilled its 39th sample, which was collected from a target nicknamed...
09 Nov, 2023, 12.23 PM IST
Symbol of Christmas in Australia missing, researchers urge public to look out for festive beetlesScientists ask the public to help sight Christmas beetles, which are symbolic of Australia’s summer and Christmas.
22 Dec, 2022, 09.56 PM IST
How climate change could expose new epidemicsThe Covid-19 pandemic that has swept the globe and claimed over 760,000 lives so far almost certainly came from a wild bat, highlighting th...
16 Aug, 2020, 09.35 AM IST
Leafy Heaven: India’s edible greens satiating the rising interest for sustainable foodsThe wide choice of leafy greens that India has to offer could well satiate the rising interest for sustainable foods and lower food wastage.
18 Aug, 2019, 09.41 AM IST
This holiday season, do something different: Experience Europe like SRK and Anushka in 'Jab Harry Met Sejal'Live your bollywood dream!
05 Jul, 2017, 07.05 PM IST
These 6 adventure activities in Scotland will make your summer the best vacation ever!Whatever your tastes, Scotland is the perfect destination of any outdoor enthusiast.
23 Mar, 2017, 02.59 PM IST
How to stop common cold, HIV virus in their tracks foundScientists have cracked the code used by a major group of viruses to spread infections such as the common cold, HIV, hepatitis C and polio ...
09 Feb, 2015, 03.07 PM IST
If you use an old browser, Google searches for you like it's 2011If you're still using ancient browser, it seems like Google is deliberately serving you version of Google homepage from 2011 hoping you wil...
02 Sep, 2014, 01.27 PM IST
From emu farms to guar crops: Why the desert is fertile for Ponzi schemesThe more arid the land, the more it is prone to Ponzi schemes, from cactus bugs to emu farms to guar crops. The history of busted dryland d...
09 Sep, 2012, 05.31 AM IST
So where's home?A new neighbour who lives in the next block of flats came over and was ruing the fact that he had to leave his standalone little house and ...
13 Jan, 2012, 06.36 AM IST
- Bug, burrow and steel
Indian termites set a new world record, boring through metal to eat up money.
23 Apr, 2011, 08.11 AM IST