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FORGOTTEN FOREST EXPERIMENT
Australian scientists started a forest experiment but forgot about it. The trees kept growing; 30 years later, researchers were shocked by the resultsA decades-old forest experiment in Victoria, Australia, was largely forgotten after funding cuts ended its main monitoring. When researcher...- In 1994, Tom Cruise built a 10,000-sq-ft home on his Colorado ranch; 27 years later, the 320-acre retreat sold for $39.5 millionIn 1994, Tom Cruise built a sprawling 10,000-square-foot home on his Colorado ranch. The property offered privacy, mountain views and plent...
- In 1998, over 1,000 truckloads of orange peels were dumped in a barren Costa Rica pasture, 15 years later it turned into a dense forestIn a groundbreaking initiative in Costa Rica, researchers turned orange waste into a remarkable tool for land restoration. This organic byp...
- A Latvian astronomer and his wife drove 190 miles to a secret Soviet ghost town in 1994; found a 600-ton telescope the Russians had poured acid on - adapted the Cold War machine built to spy on the West and listen to the starsAfter the retreat of Russian forces from Latvia, a concealed Soviet-era radio telescope came to light. Astronomer Juris Zhagars dedicated h...
- A juice company dumped 1,000 truckloads of orange peel on dead Costa Rican pastures in 1997; 16 years later, the plot had 176% more biomass than the land beside itA Costa Rican juice company's waste helped restore a degraded pasture. Discarded orange peels and pulp enriched the soil, fostering new gro...
- Over 2,000 years ago, ancient Chinese miners invented deep percussion drilling to extract salt, creating downhole engineering innovations that modern energy industries still depend on todayOver 2,000 years ago, ancient Chinese miners faced a crisis. They desperately needed salt to preserve food. But rich brine sat hundreds of ...
- From 2007 to 2015, New York City planted one million trees across its five boroughs, a $400 million campaign to widen the shade canopy and cool streets baking under urban heatNew York City's MillionTreesNYC initiative planted one million trees between 2007 and 2015. This project aimed to cool neighborhoods and im...
- 3000 years ago, a hidden chapter of human history was written in thousands of languages, then fell silentFor a long time, the assumption was that ancient history was a endless sea of thousands of small isolated tribes—meaning language diversity...
- On a savanna so acidic that experts called it dead, a Colombian community planted a forest of Caribbean pines for resin; under their shade, a rainforest nobody planted came back on its ownA Colombian community transformed acidic land into a thriving rainforest. Caribbean pine plantations, aided by a fungus, initiated this eco...
- In 2011, the US began tearing down two century-old dams on Washington's Elwha River, the largest dam removal in US history at the time, freeing over 20 million cubic yards of trapped sedimentThe Elwha River dams were dismantled after nearly a century of operation. This significant engineering project restored over ninety miles o...
- Quote of the Day by Carl Linnaeus: 'If you do not know the names of things, the knowledge of them is lost, too...' - What's in a name? Inspiring lessons on knowledge, curiosity, science, and why naming the world is the first step to understanding it by the "Father of Modern Taxonomy" himselfCarl Linnaeus, the father of modern taxonomy, emphasized that knowing the names of things is crucial for understanding and preserving knowl...
- What happens when ants get addicted to junk food as much as we do? The consequences could be seriousAnts eating junk food behavior study: Tiny potato chip crumbs are a big distraction for ants. Researchers found ants are drawn to human sna...
- Quote of the day by Maya Angelou: 'You are the sum total of everything you've ever seen, heard, eaten, smelled...' - lessons on identity, self-awareness and how life experiences shapes the mind and soul by the poet of Phenomenal WomanQuote of the day by Maya Angelou: Her words highlight how every experience, from conversations to forgotten memories, subtly shapes our min...
- Why Trees in the “Crooked Forest” of Poland All Bend in the Same DirectionIn northwestern Poland, the Crooked Forest features around 400 Scots pines with uniformly bent trunks, a phenomenon scientists attribute to...
- Democracy under threat from BJP and RSS in Mizoram, says Sonia GandhiSonia Gandhi appealed to the people of Mizoram in a video message to vote for Congress to protect Article 371G of the Constitution. Mizoram...
- Citing track record, Sonia Gandhi says Congress can ensure Mizoram's growth''BJP value neither diversity, nor democracy, nor dialogue. They want to impose uniformity across India. In Parliament, the BJP forces laws...
- Vote for Congress to ensure peace, prosperity: Sonia Gandhi's appeal to Mizoram votersSonia Gandhi, the chairperson of the Congress Parliamentary Party, has made an appeal to the people of Mizoram ahead of the November 7 asse...
- 'Total War: Pharaoh' release date: All we know so farSega and Creative Assembly have revealed Total War: Pharaoh, the upcoming addition to the popular Total War strategy game series.
- How real-estate brand Rustomjee is crafting spaces through unique design thinkingRustomjee practises a human-centric approach that aims to make a difference to people’s lives.
- View: Say goodbye to annual trips; people will take several shorter trips post-pandemicBut the key will be to continue to deliver personal warmth and care, even in a “contactless” world. Innovative thinking and strategic chang...
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