Colombia earthquake: The quakes that killed 70,000 people 158 years ago — all about the devastating 1868 Colombia-Ecuador disasterA strong earthquake struck western Colombia on August 10, 2026, causing significant damage and fatalities. This event recalls the devastati...
Earlier this year, Smithsonian scientists decoded the pheromones that determine whether bee daughters stay home or leave. It produced surprising clues about how simple insect societies evolve into complex communitiesBee pheromones: New research reveals queen bees use chemical signals to guide daughters. These pheromones influence whether daughters remai...
Florida Python Challenge 2026 winners to be announced this week: Why hundreds compete to hunt invasive snakes for a $10,000 prizeThe Florida Python Challenge invites enthusiasts to actively combat the invasive Burmese python population. Each year, exciting cash prizes...
Saudi oil tanker heads to India as Red Sea, Hormuz traffic slows amid attacksUS Iran war: A Saudi crude tanker carrying 2 million barrels is headed to Sikka port where Reliance Industries receives most of his cride o...
Tanker carrying Russian cargo reroutes around Africa after Red Sea U-turnA Russian naphtha tanker changed course to sail around Africa. The Sea Icon vessel avoided the Bab-el-Mandeb strait due to recent attacks. ...
In the 1960s, the US bred up to 150 million sterile screwworm flies a week in Texas and dropped them from planes to protect livestock from a flesh-eating parasiteThe United States faces a renewed threat from the New World screwworm parasite. This pest, a fly larva, infests animal wounds and causes si...
The Story of 'Toughie': How the last known gliding tree frog vanishedThe last known Rabbs' fringe-limbed tree frog, named Toughie, died in 2016, marking the species' likely extinction. Researchers collected a...
James Marshall's 1848 discovery set off California's greatest migration; Sutter's Mill is now a historic landmark with a visitor influxJames W. Marshall discovered gold flakes in California in 1848, initiating a massive migration. Thousands traveled overland and by sea to s...
Buy, scan, destroy: AI firms are shredding millions of books to train their chatbotsAI companies are buying, cutting apart and scanning millions of physical books to train chatbots, according to a Washington Post report bas...
Why is Oman proposing a new plan to manage the Strait of Hormuz?Oman has proposed a regional management plan for the Strait of Hormuz. This plan suggests voluntary fees to cover operational costs and ser...
US looks to boost anti-China spending worldwide by hundreds of millions, documents sayThe Trump administration plans significant funding increases for programs countering China's global influence. Hundreds of millions will be...
Actors and writers, getting under skins: Both share a predilection for empathy and the urge to step into someone else's shoesActors and writers often share a unique bond as natural storytellers and vigilant observers of the human condition. Notably, several actors...
In 1900, Chicago made its river flow backward to keep sewage out of Lake Michigan, redirecting the water toward the Mississippi Basin insteadChicago reversed its river flow in the late 1800s to protect its drinking water. This engineering feat sent waste away from Lake Michigan a...
EU's new Russia sanctions: What's in the 21st packageThe European Union has adopted its twenty-first sanctions package against Russia. This expands restrictions on banks, cryptocurrency networ...
Domino effect: Gandhar Oil’s 20% upper circuit spurs rally in Savita Oil and Panama Petro. Here’s whyGandhar Oil Refinery hit the 20% upper circuit after reporting a 689% year-on-year jump in Q1 net profit, triggering a rally in peers Savit...
As Lake Chad shrank to a tenth of its size, engineers revived Transaqua: A plan to pipe water 2,400 km from the Congo River to refill it, moving a whole river across a continentLake Chad's water levels have significantly decreased, impacting over thirty million people. Engineers propose Transaqua, a massive canal t...
Panama foreign minister arrives in India on five-day official visitPanama's Foreign Minister Javier Eduardo Martinez-Acha Vasquez arrived in New Delhi for a five-day official visit. He will meet with senior...