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In the early Holocene, West Siberian peatlands started storing carbon. Today, 11,700 years later, the lowland holds 70 billion tonnes, but thawing puts the store at riskThe West Siberian Lowland holds a vast carbon store dating back to the early Holocene. This immense peatland, the world's largest, contains...- Meet Karl Witte, the 13-year-old German prodigy who followed a 1,000-page education philosophy and earned a PhD at 13Karl Witte was a German child prodigy whose remarkable academic journey began under an intensive home-schooling approach developed by his f...
- From "Aura" banter to screen addiction and drug abuse: PM Modi's candid chat with National Teachers' Award winnersPrime Minister Narendra Modi hosted National Teachers' Award winners for an interaction. He discussed innovative teaching methods and conte...
- They were trapped 1,575 feet below the Atlantic for 76 hours. Then came a rescue with only 12 minutes of air leftIn 1973, Roger Mallinson and Roger Chapman became trapped 1,575 feet beneath the Atlantic after theirPisces IIIsubmersible was damaged and ...
- At 17, he became the youngest person to fly solo across 52 countries and 5 continents. Meet Belgian teen pilot who battled challenging weather and difficult landings, making history. ‘Just follow your dreams’Mack Rutherford achieved a groundbreaking milestone by becoming the youngest individual to fly solo around the globe. His incredible journe...
- Columbia Engineering built a pigment-free paint filled with microscopic air pores; it stayed 6°C below surrounding air during hot desert tests in ArizonaResearchers at Columbia University and Purdue University have unveiled an experimental paint-like coating that can cool surfaces to tempera...
- Vietnam’s coffee farmers are betting on durian to strike it rich in ChinaVietnamese farmers are shifting from coffee cultivation to durian farming. This change is driven by immense Chinese demand for the pungent ...
- At 6, a Canadian girl began learning how to code. Before turning 7, she had created a videogame and earned a Guinness World RecordSimar Khurana from Beamsville, Ontario, Canada, made her first video game when she was just 6 years and 364 days old, earning recognition f...
- King Oyo of Tooro death reason: Uganda’s world-record youngest monarch dies at 34; crowned at age 3, successor remains unknownThe Tooro Kingdom mourns the loss of King Oyo, the youngest reigning monarch who passed away at the age of thirty-four. Ascending the thron...
- An American village had a population of just one person left in 2004. That only resident also became its mayor, clerk and bartenderMonowi, a tiny village in Nebraska, was left with just one resident after Elsie Eiler’s husband died in 2004. Instead of leaving, Eiler sta...
- At 4, a Japanese girl became fascinated by female DJs on YouTube. By 6, she was performing to packed crowds with a Guinness World RecordDJ RINOKA from Japan made history at just 6 years and 155 days old after her first solo DJ performance earned her a Guinness World Records ...
- California boy started sewing at age 4 and has dressed Sharon Stone: Meet Max Alexander, the 8-year-old who broke a Guinness World RecordCalifornia-born Max Alexander began sewing at four after asking his mother for a mannequin. By eight, he had created over 100 custom coutur...
- At 4, she became the youngest person to publish a bilingual book on human emotions. Now, she holds 2 world records. This Bubaneswar girl is making it safe for children to express their feelingsAnvi Vishesh Agrawal, a 6-year-old from Bhubaneswar, holds two Guinness World Records. She is the youngest female to publish a bilingual bo...
- Inside Mexico’s haunting Island of the Dolls: A girl drowned here. Then hundreds of dolls began appearing. The haunting story behind this mysterious placeMexico’s Island of the Dolls, located in the Xochimilco canals, is covered with hundreds of weathered, broken dolls linked to a haunting lo...
- At 5 months old, a Spanish baby started making abstract drawings. By 10 months, he had a Guinness World Record and paintings sold at exhibitionsA Spanish baby has made headlines for displaying an unusual artistic talent from an incredibly young age. John Christian Caldeira Weibull s...
- This child prodigy developed technology to detect lead in drinking water. Years later, she made her way to MIT. At 19, made history by winning the Stephen Hawking honourGitanjali Rao's journey as a young innovator began at the age of ten when she created Tethys, a device to detect lead in drinking water. Th...
- At 12, a Memphis boy achieved nuclear fusion in his home's playroom laboratory. Soon after this act of genius, two FBI agents arrived at his houseAt just 12, Memphis boy Jackson Oswalt turned his home playroom into a laboratory and spent about a year building a nuclear fusor. He achie...
- At 7, Jammy-born boy entered Guinness records as world’s youngest male webmaster. Now 20, he’s raised $4.3 million to fix a major space communication problemJammu-born Onkar Singh Batra is building a space communication network. His startup Apolink aims to keep satellites connected beyond ground...
- An 11-year-old dinosaur fan in a small US town just made history as he now holds the Guinness World Record for being the youngest museum curatorAnderson Taylor, an 11-year-old boy, became the world's youngest male museum curator. He opened the Cambridge Natural History Museum at nin...
- Three Indians unfurl tricolour while skydiving, help set world record in Libya: ReportsThree Indians based in the UAE participated in a record-breaking skydive event. Sixty-five skydivers jumped together from a single aircraft...
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