In 1950, amid the Cold War, a tiny beetle from the US was destroying potato crops across East Germany. Then began one of history's strangest propaganda campaignsIn 1950, a striped potato beetle became the centre of one of the Cold War's most unusual propaganda campaigns after East Germany accused th...
19 Jun, 2026, 12.59 PM IST
Burmese pythons in Florida are changing Everglades in a surprising way: Study reveals giant snakes are spreading seedsBurmese pythons in Florida's Everglades are now understood to be indirectly spreading plant seeds by consuming birds and mammals that eat f...
18 Jun, 2026, 04.25 PM IST
Suffering from anxiety often? A common plastic chemical may be affecting your brain, says new studyA new study presented at ENDO 2026 has found that male rats exposed to the common plastic chemical di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) durin...
17 Jun, 2026, 11.36 PM IST
Movie Dialogue of the Day: Robert De Niro's 'Never rat on your friends, and always keep your mouth...' - The timeless Goodfellas line that became a cultural phenomenonMovie Dialogue of the Day: A famous movie line from Goodfellas, spoken by Robert De Niro, highlights the importance of loyalty and silence ...
17 Jun, 2026, 02.22 PM IST
ET Alpha Wealth Summit | Wealthy Indians are still way underinvested in global stocks, says PPFAS's Rajeev ThakkarIndian wealthy investors must look beyond this year's market ups and downs for wealth protection. Experts advise a long-term strategy for l...
17 Jun, 2026, 12.41 PM IST
'Didn't have means to travel by rickshaw, now fly in private jets': Sanjay Raut targets party MPs amid defection buzzShiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut accused party leaders of defecting, claiming they owe their political rise to Uddhav Thackeray. He alleged a...
17 Jun, 2026, 11.15 AM IST
In 1920, a psychologist watched a toddler learn fear from a white rat and revealed that fear could be learnedA famous psychology study from 1920, the Little Albert experiment, showed fear can be learned. Conducted by John B. Watson and Rosalie Rayn...
16 Jun, 2026, 05.55 PM IST
18 koalas moved to Kangaroo Island in the 1920s; a century on, 27,000 descendants are stripping eucalyptus bare and risk mass starvationKoalas are overpopulating in South Australia's Mount Lofty Ranges. This boom threatens eucalyptus forests, their food source. Scientists pr...
15 Jun, 2026, 03.53 PM IST
Pilots' body FIP seeks B787 simulator tests to verify certain aspects in Air India plane crash probePilots' group FIP urged the AAIB to conduct simulator tests for the AI171 plane crash. They want to verify the connection between RAT deplo...
14 Jun, 2026, 10.36 PM IST
Inside the cockpit: How Air India's Boeing Dreamliner flight ended in disasterIndian investigators will delay their final report on the Air India Boeing 787 crash. The report was due on the one-year anniversary of the...
11 Jun, 2026, 11.42 AM IST
Nepal clarifies: No ban on Indian mango imports, only phytosanitary measures enforcedPhytosanitary standards, including mandatory heat treatment, are in place, and import permits continue to be issued for shipments meeting t...
11 Jun, 2026, 11.11 AM IST
New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and more: Why top cities in US are seeing more rats than everRat problems are escalating in major US cities due to modern urban design, not just sanitation. Dense populations, extensive underground in...
08 Jun, 2026, 03.35 PM IST
In 1958, when China ordered a nationwide sparrow slaughter to protect grain crops, what followed was 2 million human deathsChina's war on sparrows in 1958 had devastating consequences. The campaign, aimed at protecting grain, instead led to a surge in crop-destr...
05 Jun, 2026, 02.25 PM IST
In 1979, Japan released 30 mongooses onto Amami Oshima to kill venomous snakes, and it took 45 years to fix what happened nextJapan's ambitious plan to control venomous snakes on Amami ÅŒshima with Indian mongooses in 1979 backfired spectacularly. The introduced pre...
04 Jun, 2026, 03.36 PM IST
Bed bugs torment Trump administration's USDA office as infestation returns to APHIS building in MarylandBed bugs torment Trump administration's USDA office after an infestation was reported at the George Washington Carver Center in Maryland. E...
03 Jun, 2026, 01.36 AM IST
How to differentiate between a snake hole and a rodent hole in your gardenThose mysterious holes in the garden that people frequently confuse with snake dens are often the handiwork of rodents. Snakes are more lik...
21 May, 2026, 05.09 PM IST
8 fascinating things you probably didn't know about the rat snakeDiscover the surprising intelligence and ecological importance of rat snakes, America's original pest control. These non-venomous constrict...
13 May, 2026, 01.38 PM IST