Here's Why Drying Wet Clothes on Radiators May Be Making Your Home UnhealthyDrying clothes on radiators releases moisture into homes. This increases indoor humidity, creating ideal conditions for mould growth. Mould...
07 May, 2026, 02.16 PM IST
Dirty Tile Grout Try This Quick At Home Trick To Clean It Without Ripping It OutGrubby grout doesn't always mean costly renovation. A simple, science-backed DIY paste of baking soda, hydrogen peroxide, and dish soap eff...
03 Apr, 2026, 05.37 PM IST
How A 407-Million-Year-Old Fossil From Scotland Revealed One Of Earth’s Oldest Plant-Fungus PartnershipsA remarkable fossil from Scotland, dating back 407 million years, reveals a previously unknown fungus, Rugososporomyces lavoisierae, living...
15 Mar, 2026, 06.43 PM IST
Most People Wait Too Long to Change Their Bed Sheets: Experts Say Here’s the Real RuleExperts advise changing bed sheets weekly. This practice removes sweat, skin cells, and allergens. These build up nightly, fostering dust m...
13 Mar, 2026, 06.14 PM IST
Towering Ancient Fossils May Represent Entirely New Form of LifeA 150-year-old fossil, Prototaxites, once thought to be a giant fungus or plant, is now believed to be an entirely extinct lineage of compl...
26 Feb, 2026, 03.36 PM IST
The Wood Wide Web: The Secret Underground Network That Lets Trees Share Food and “Talk”Beneath the forest floor, a vast network of fungi, known as mycorrhizal networks, connects trees, facilitating the exchange of nutrients an...
22 Feb, 2026, 04.54 PM IST
Why Discovering New Species Is Slower Than It SeemsScientists are discovering over 16,000 new species annually, a historic high. However, formally identifying and naming these organisms is a...
10 Feb, 2026, 02.57 PM IST
Leonardo da Vinci mystery deepens after scientists find DNA on historic drawingResearchers have extracted DNA from materials connected to Leonardo da Vinci, which includes the Holy Child drawing and letters from his fa...
20 Jan, 2026, 05.48 PM IST
Tariffs take toll on New York's Indian foodNew United States tariffs on India are creating significant challenges for New York's vibrant Indian food scene. Restaurant owners and reta...
07 Nov, 2025, 04.04 PM IST
Not a virus or bacteria, but this silent killer is spreading and climate change is helping it thriveA deadly airborne fungus called Aspergillus is spreading rapidly across the globe, with scientists warning that climate change is accelerat...
16 Jun, 2025, 11.54 PM IST
Aspergillus: All about the fungus that could spark a pandemic like in HBO’s ‘The Last of Us’A new study forecasts that climate change will enable Aspergillus, a fungus causing the deadly disease aspergillosis, to expand its reach a...
24 May, 2025, 06.23 PM IST
Is there a new global health threat? Fungal superbugs spread panic with climate change expanding its reachA new global health threat is emerging as drug-resistant fungal infections such as Aspergillus fumigatus and Coccidioides are spreading, dr...
07 May, 2025, 10.04 PM IST
'The Last of Us' is fictional, but real fungi can infect people as they adapt to live at ever-higher temperaturesFar-fetched fungal fear-mongering? It's definitely fictional, but maybe not as preposterous as it might seem.
24 Feb, 2023, 06.24 PM IST
Do you share DNA or genome with your doppelganger? Study finds new detailsThe doppelgängers' appearances are more attributable to shared genes than shared life experiences.
20 Sep, 2022, 07.03 PM IST
Experiencing facial pain or numbness? Black fungus infection can cause blindness, lead to deathIndia has so far reported over 8,850 black fungus cases from across the states.
28 May, 2021, 01.33 PM IST
Climate change is affecting your pinot noir, and winemakers want MIT to help save itFinicky, temperature-sensitive pinot grapes change with the subtlest shifts in soil, weather, and climate.
27 Jan, 2018, 01.43 PM IST
- Early life in India dating 2,000 mn years discovered
Bengaluru, Nov 23 (IANS) A city-based geologist has discovered 2,000-million-year-old "prokaryotic" microfossils -- considered to be the ea...
23 Nov, 2017, 12.32 PM IST