If you invested $1,000 in Google stock in 2006, here’s how much your Alphabet shares would be worth todayA $1,000 investment in Alphabet at the end of September 2006 would have grown to about $32,804 by October 22, 2026, with dividends reinvest...
29 Oct, 2026, 07.03 PM IST
Singapore thrived on chokepoints. Now they’re a threatSingapore faces challenges in maintaining its prosperity due to its dependence on larger neighboring countries for energy supplies. Recent ...
29 Oct, 2026, 08.41 AM IST
USA tried to make rain by bombing clouds with dynamite in 1891. The $7,000 experiment for drought-hit Texas produced unexpected resultIn 1891, the US government funded an unusual experiment to make rain by bombarding the sky with dynamite, balloons and other explosives. Le...
26 Oct, 2026, 10.49 PM IST
A Soviet physicist put his head inside a ginormous particle accelerator in 1978; a proton beam 600 times the radiation dose a human could survive pierced his skull, peeled off his skin and paralyzed half his face, but he survivedAnatoli Petrovich Bugorski: In July 1978, an extraordinary event unfolded when Soviet physicist Anatoli Petrovich Bugorski accidentally enc...
23 Oct, 2026, 12.16 PM IST
Physicists trap a single antimatter particle for months to understand how matter began to dominate the universe after big bangNorthwestern University scientists have trapped a single positron, the antimatter counterpart of an electron, for months while cooling it t...
23 Oct, 2026, 10.08 AM IST
Rush is on to patch a software vulnerability that could impact 70% of websites worldwideMany government sites appeared to be functioning normally Thursday, but outages or limited service continued while security work was under ...
23 Oct, 2026, 08.13 AM IST
Fish oil and Alzheimer’s prevention: What happened when researchers tested high-dose DHA for two years and found no significant benefits for memory or brain healthA recent clinical trial involving older adults found no cognitive improvements from high-dose DHA supplements. Researchers confirmed that t...
22 Oct, 2026, 10.45 PM IST
Mysterious six-feet tall, pale predator near US-Mexico border found stealing chicken. A UFO investigator says it might be from another dimensionRecently, a bizarre creature has surfaced in Mexico's Valley of Juárez, allegedly linked to mysterious poultry deaths. UFO researcher Jaime...
22 Oct, 2026, 12.50 AM IST
Fastest known star races around Milky Way’s black hole at 15,900 miles per second; how its orbit could reveal cosmic secretsThe discovery of the star S301 near Sagittarius A* offers unique insights into black hole properties. S301 travels at remarkable speeds, co...
21 Oct, 2026, 04.30 PM IST
In 2004, Florida researchers attached 36 recycled oyster shells to each reef mat; restored Mosquito Lagoon reefs later reached about 1,000 live oysters per m²Researchers along Florida’s Atlantic coast are using recycled oyster shells to restore damaged oyster habitats. Restoration mats that inclu...
21 Oct, 2026, 03.50 PM IST
Warren Buffett’s stock market warning: Could record highs signal a crash? Here’s what history reveals about what comes nextAs world order remains in turmoil, markets are feeling the brunt of uncertainty. Warren Buffett, the legendary investor behind Berkshire Ha...
20 Oct, 2026, 08.45 PM IST
Why do some people deny they were snoring loudly. Are they embarrassed or genuinely unaware?Someone tells you snore really loudly, and your first response is no, i do not even snore. You get defensive and keep explaining yourself. ...
20 Oct, 2026, 07.20 PM IST
Albrecht Dürer, the Nuremberg-born artist whose self-portrait at 13 still survives in Vienna and whose prints helped spread Renaissance art across EuropeAlbrecht Dürer’s 13-year-old self-portrait survives nearly 550 years later, revealing the early talent of the German Renaissance artist who...
16 Oct, 2026, 12.30 PM IST
In 1924, an amateur palaeontologist found a fossil in the UK that remained unstudied for years. Now a century later, scientists say it's a new dinosaur speciesA recently identified dinosaur species named Invictibellatrix amberina was discovered on the Isle of Wight. The discovery marks the first e...
14 Oct, 2026, 09.23 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi says Jantar Mantar will be reclaimed, slams government after CJP's Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka sent to Tihar jailRahul Gandhi voiced support for the Cockroach Janta Party's protests against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, asserting that peac...
14 Oct, 2026, 12.41 PM IST
A rare-book dealer acquired a medieval manuscript filled with strange writing in 1912; 114 years later, no decipherment has won broad acceptanceThe Voynich Manuscript is one of history's greatest unsolved mysteries. The medieval document, illustrated and bought in 1912 by rare-book ...
12 Oct, 2026, 09.47 PM IST
Economics Nobel 2026 winners: Who are Robert E Hall and Michael Woodford, and why their research is significant | An explainerEconomists Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford won the Economics Nobel, known formally as the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences ...
12 Oct, 2026, 03.45 PM IST