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In 1992, a tanker crash in Australia's Blue Mountains was doused with PFAS foam; 33 years on, tap water tested 300 times above the safe limit- Moon lava tubes are emerging as one of the strongest shelter ideas for future astronauts
- New tree genus discovered in South America turns out to be a distant relative of tomatoes and potatoes
- In 1998, a Beachgoer Walking Along a Quiet Shore in Norfolk - An Upside-Down Tree in the Sand - Revealed a Hidden Bronze Age Ritual SiteIn 1998, an ancient Bronze Age timber circle, Seahenge, was discovered at Holme-next-the-Sea after emerging from the sands due to erosion. ...30 Apr, 2026, 05.49 PM IST
- Quote of the day by Mark Twain: ‘Truth is stranger than fiction, because fiction sticks to possibilities, but truth isn't.’Mark Twain, a legendary writer, explored life's oddities through humor and insight. His famous quote, 'Truth is stranger than fiction,' res...23 Mar, 2026, 03.39 PM IST
- Food delivery graveyard video: 'Ma'am, it's completely dark,' says delivery agent as woman insists on late-night cemetery drop. Netizens call it 'Stranger Things'Food delivery graveyard video: A delivery agent refused to enter a graveyard late at night to deliver food, citing safety concerns after th...04 Feb, 2026, 01.26 PM IST
- 'Wasn't even human...': Job seeker's bizarre interview experience goes viralA job candidate's interview took a strange turn when the interviewer's responses became eerily repetitive. The candidate suspected an AI av...09 Nov, 2025, 04.20 PM IST
- Here’s how you can get your special invite code for OpenAI’s Sora 2 app and explore its AI video featuresOpenAI has introduced Sora, a new app for creating AI-generated videos. Users require an invite code to access this platform. Sora allows f...13 Oct, 2025, 02.20 PM IST
- Meet the man who started by eating glass, metal, and then ate a whole airplane. Here’s what doctors discoveredMichel Lotito, famously known as "Monsieur Mangetout," was a French entertainer with a rare condition called pica, which gave him the abili...25 May, 2025, 02.45 PM IST
- June warmest on record; every month since July 2023 breached 1.5°C thresholdAt the 2015 UN climate talks in Paris, world leaders committed to limiting the global average temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius above...08 Jul, 2024, 08.24 AM IST
- Want to experience what it's like living on Mars? NASA is hiringNASA is looking for people to spend a year pretending they are isolated on Mars.14 Aug, 2021, 04.58 PM IST
- Love in the time of homininsMore so as some scientists feel the hybrid teenager may not have been an oddity but representative of a hominid population with equal Neand...26 Aug, 2018, 11.08 PM IST
- When leg-pulling wins hands downNo wonder there was shock when a magazine recently featured a photograph showing Oprah Winfrey with three hands, and Reese Witherspoon with...26 Jan, 2018, 11.44 PM IST
- Australian researchers ask stargazers to help find 'Planet 9'Canberra, March 27 (IANS) The Australian National University (ANU) has called on amateur astronomers to help its researchers find a new pla...27 Mar, 2017, 06.59 AM IST
- Zebras, giraffes, impalas and other evolutionary conundrums (Book Review)Title: How the Zebra Got its Stripes And Other Darwinian Just So Stories; Author: Leo Grasset (translated by Barbara Mellor); Publisher: Pr...22 Dec, 2016, 10.37 AM IST
- Curbing a weird foreign fascination for architectural xenocentrismThe sudden diktat by Chinese authorities to builders to desist from erecting "oversized, xenocentric and weird" structures is a startling s...25 Feb, 2016, 09.43 AM IST
- How David Bowie's performance-music taught us to celebrate odditiesAs a performer with great earthly powers, David Bowie was an alien: familiar, but different; recognisable, yet unpeggable; pop star, but pe...12 Jan, 2016, 06.58 AM IST
- Difference between humans and machines boils down to slangsSlang's ability to change several times within even a single generation, bespeaks a remarkable adaptability and versatility that defies and...14 Jan, 2013, 02.33 AM IST
- Life, according to Jose SaramagoJose Saramago excoriated the greed-and-grease worshippers in all his narratives, fictional and non-fictional.24 Jun, 2010, 06.41 AM IST
- Harmonising one's faith with scienceFrancisco J Ayala, a geneticist who trained as a Dominican priest, has won this year's $1.5 million Templeton Award for making “exceptional...31 Mar, 2010, 05.45 AM IST
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