Quote of the day by Charles Darwin: 'It is intolerable to think of spending one’s whole life, like a neuter bee, working, working and nothing after all' ; life lesson on marriage life vs single lifeCharles Darwin, at 29, grappled with balancing work and personal life, fearing a solitary existence. His journal revealed a 'neuter bee' an...
09 Jun, 2026, 07.59 PM IST
This UK couple grows chairs in their garden and sells them for $90000Alice and Gavin Munro have spent two decades cultivating trees to grow into ready-made chairs, a process taking 6 to 12 years per piece. Th...
09 Jun, 2026, 03.32 PM IST
This day in history, May 30: From Joan of Arc's execution to the first Indy 500, women's pro baseball league debut and Mariner 9's launch to MarsThis day in history, May 30, has witnessed some of the world's most significant political, military, scientific and cultural developments. ...
30 May, 2026, 05.19 PM IST
In the 1940s, Harold Ridley noticed plastic splinters sitting quietly in pilots’ eyes, and it wasn’t just wartime debris: It changed cataract surgeryDuring the tumultuous period of World War II, a serendipitous observation emerged within the field of ophthalmology. British pilots, expose...
30 May, 2026, 03.01 PM IST
Goodbye to the myth that Tanystropheus hunted on land: CT scans suggest a stranger life in the seaPaleontologists have long debated the Tanystropheus, a prehistoric creature with an unusually long neck. Recent CT scans of its skull revea...
25 May, 2026, 03.26 PM IST
In 1933, Percy Shaw nearly drove off the road when a flash from a cat’s eyes saved him from thick fog, and this transformed night driving on the highways foreverDriving at night in the 1930s was dangerous. Percy Shaw invented Cat's Eyes, reflective road studs, after seeing cat eyes shine in fog. Thi...
23 May, 2026, 09.18 PM IST
In 2000, a man walking his dog in Norfolk beaches found a strange stone tool that rewrote what scientists knew about Britain’s ancient historyA chance beach discovery in Norfolk, UK, has rewritten early human history in northern Europe. A worked flint tool, found in 2000, revealed...
23 May, 2026, 01.54 PM IST
In 2018, workers building a major English highway uncovered giant Ice Age bones that revealed Britain sits on an ancient mammoth territoryA Cambridgeshire highway project crew unearthed massive Ice Age mammoth bones, revealing a prehistoric landscape. This significant find, un...
22 May, 2026, 05.19 PM IST
A 12-year-old’s fossil hunt changed how scientists saw ancient seasA remarkable discovery by the Anning family on England's Lyme Regis cliffs in the early 1800s unearthed an ichthyosaur fossil, revolutioniz...
19 May, 2026, 04.05 PM IST
Quote of the day by Karl Marx: “Society does not consist of individuals but expresses the sum of interrelations...” — inspiring lessons on human connections, social systems, and how relationships shape society by author of The Communist Manifesto and Das KapitalKarl Marx shared a powerful quote about how people are connected in society. His words explain that human relationships, work, and social s...
07 May, 2026, 06.01 PM IST
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
Indian vaccine market to reach valuation of Rs 252 bn by 2025: Jitendra SinghSingh said that the world is now increasingly realising India's superlative capacities in preventive healthcare and we are now in the proce...
30 Apr, 2023, 05.10 PM IST
UK PM Boris Johnson hails India's Wockhardt as vaccine rollout success storyDuring a flagship speech at the Global Investment Summit at London's Science Museum, Johnson said Wockhardt's Wales-based bottling plant wa...
19 Oct, 2021, 09.45 PM IST
Adani-backed Green Energy Gallery to open at London's Science Museum"We are delighted to support the Energy Revolution gallery, which will explore how society can power the future through low carbon technolo...
19 Oct, 2021, 04.40 PM IST
From wheelchairs to 'The Simpsons' scripts, Stephen Hawking's memorabilia acquired for UK publicThe entire contents of Hawking's office at Cambridge will be preserved.
27 May, 2021, 02.37 PM IST
How to a wage war on Twitter for fun and make a profit out of itResearch shows making fun of the competition on social media can be an effective strategy.
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London arts and theatre scene most googled in the worldLondon has been named the most googled city in the world for its art galleries, performing arts and innovative design.
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