In 1948, a male rhesus monkey named Albert was launched on a V-2 rocket by the US towards space but the mission failed and the animal did not survive the flightIn 1948, a male rhesus monkey named Albert was launched on a V-2 rocket by the US towards space in an early animal flight test. Albert I re...
03 Sep, 2026, 11.19 PM IST
In 1947, the military sent fruit flies 67 miles into space to test radiation risks. 11 years later, NASA was founded in 1958, with animal flights underway in America now1947 mission was part of a larger American effort to understand whether living organisms could survive the journey into space. Beginning in...
03 Sep, 2026, 08.59 PM IST
In 1990, the USSR sent six Japanese tree frogs to the Mir space station for an eight-day experiment, where researchers watched them float with all four legs stretched out and their bodies bent backward - then found the frogs improved their ability to land after jumping in microgravitySix Japanese tree frogs journeyed to the Soviet space station Mir in 1990. They spent eight days in microgravity, which allowed researchers...
03 Sep, 2026, 11.56 AM IST
In 1976, a theoretical physicist pushed Caltech toward building a machine to detect Einstein’s gravitational waves - 39 years later, black-hole-hunting LIGO heard their ripples, and by 2017, the Interstellar science adviser wept before the man who predicted them while receiving the Nobel PrizeKip Thorne, an illustrious physicist, chased the elusive gravitational waves predicted by Einstein for many years. His commitment yielded t...
03 Sep, 2026, 10.57 AM IST
In 2000, a crew for the first time headed for the International Space Station aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket for four months to prepare ISS facility for researchIn 2000, a crew for the first time headed for the International Space Station aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket for four months to prepare ISS ...
03 Sep, 2026, 01.51 AM IST
Canadian Grade 7 student Wesley Goodridge wins gold medal and $10,000 scholarship for project testing if milk is really spoiledCanadian Grade 7 student Wesley Goodridge won a gold medal and a $10,000 university scholarship at the 2026 Canada-Wide Science Fair. His p...
02 Sep, 2026, 11.01 PM IST
Psychology of past-life memories: 3-year-old kept saying he 'died' during 9/11 attack. When his story matched with a real victim, parents were left shockedA 3-year-old boy named Cade Wilson reportedly began talking about death, airplanes and working in a tall building where he could see the St...
02 Sep, 2026, 08.46 PM IST
In 2010, NASA launched a 12-pound, loaf-of-bread-sized satellite with two Bacillus populations; radiation exposure reached about 15 times that of the ISS orbitNASA's O/OREOS mission embarked on an exciting journey to observe how bacteria withstand the rigors of space radiation. The compact satelli...
02 Sep, 2026, 02.30 PM IST
This North Carolina student built a science project exploring how dirty water could be turned into a source of power for tiny batteriesPrakhar Purohit created tiny batteries using dirty water for a science project. His innovative idea earned him the 2026 North Carolina Stat...
01 Sep, 2026, 11.36 PM IST
NASA sent a 77-year-old payload specialist back into space in 1998, 36 years after he became the first American to orbit Earth - not just to make history again, but to study how an older human body responds to microgravity, becoming the oldest person ever to fly in spaceJohn Glenn returned to space aboard the shuttle Discovery in 1998. He became the oldest person to travel into space at age seventy-seven. N...
01 Sep, 2026, 01.35 PM IST
Around 1600, a pioneering English physician and natural philosopher invented versorium, the first electroscope, and detected the presence of static electric chargesAround 1600, William Gilbert invented the versorium, the first electroscope, to detect static electric charges. The English physician and n...
01 Sep, 2026, 12.57 AM IST
In 1987, Bion 8 carried monkeys Yerosha and Dryoma for 13 days; Yerosha escaped part of his restraints before the capsule landed 1,850 miles off targetThe Soviet Bion program studied weightlessness effects using rhesus macaques. Bion 8 launched in 1987 with two monkeys, Yerosha and Dryoma....
31 Aug, 2026, 07.40 PM IST
In 2000, Johns Hopkins team treated 18 paralyzed rodents with neural stem cells. 6 years later, the team engineered working motor-neuron circuits in paralyzed adult animals, extending the original findingJohns Hopkins research from 2000 and 2006 represents an important scientific progression in the search for ways to repair damaged nervous s...
29 Aug, 2026, 04.11 AM IST
For 100 years, 700-pound rocks seemed to move on their own in California's Death Valley. In 2013, scientists finally saw the strange force that was pushing themFor nearly a century, massive rocks weighing up to 700 pounds appeared to move across California’s Death Valley without any visible force b...
28 Aug, 2026, 09.15 PM IST
Plants react to damage, but can they feel pain like humans? Here's what science saysPlants exhibit dynamic responses to environmental stress and damage. However, they lack brains and nervous systems to feel pain. Internal e...
28 Aug, 2026, 11.42 AM IST
Anthropic unveils new framework allowing AI agents to operate physical devicesThe MHS enables AI agents to operate lab and manufacturing instruments such as microscopes and robotic arms in tandem and perform complex...
28 Aug, 2026, 10.15 AM IST
Can putting a ball of aluminum foil in your shoes get rid of bad odors? What you should know before trying the trickUnpleasant odors in shoes arise from trapped moisture and the growth of bacteria. Although many people suggest using aluminium foil to elim...
26 Aug, 2026, 02.28 PM IST