The Moon is making your days longer, and most people have no ideaOur planet's days are getting longer. The Moon's gravity slows Earth's spin, a process ongoing for billions of years. Now, melting polar ic...
22 May, 2026, 03.31 PM IST
A simple diving trip led an 18-year-old to build a system to pull plastic from the oceanInspired by a beach clean-up day, an 18-year-old innovator envisioned a groundbreaking solution for ocean pollution. By applying his unders...
21 May, 2026, 04.15 PM IST
Quote of the day by Nikola Tesla: 'I do not think you can name many great inventions that have been made by married...' Life lessons on hard work, success, marriage and relationships by legendary American inventor and engineerQuote of the day by Nikola Tesla shares a statement about inventions and married men. The story explains Tesla’s life, inventions, struggle...
18 May, 2026, 06.49 PM IST
350 years later Newton's Law of Gravity just got put to the ultimate test — here's how it didNewton’s Law of Gravity just survived its biggest cosmic test. Scientists studied nearly 686,000 galaxies spread across 7 billion light-yea...
11 May, 2026, 06.18 PM IST
In 1938, Laszlo Biro noticed newspaper ink dried instantly while his fountain pen kept smudging, what he invented next 'revolutionised' writing foreverA Hungarian journalist, Laszlo Biro, noticed newspaper ink dried fast. This led him to invent the ballpoint pen. He replaced fountain pen i...
10 May, 2026, 12.47 PM IST
In 1967, a Cambridge student found a strange signal every 1.3 seconds, and changed astronomy foreverA graduate student's meticulous review of radio telescope data in 1967 led to a groundbreaking discovery. Jocelyn Bell Burnell identified a...
06 May, 2026, 07.10 PM IST
Scientists Say Earth’s Inner Core May Have Slowed and Shifted Direction: But It’s Not the Dramatic Change Headlines SuggestScientists have found Earth's inner core rotation is not constant. It sometimes spins faster or slower than the outer layers, and can even ...
05 May, 2026, 06.37 PM IST
Earth just tilted 31.5 inches, leave scientists scrambling for answersPumping vast amounts of groundwater has significantly altered Earth's tilt by 31.5 inches, contributing to sea-level rise. This redistribut...
18 Nov, 2025, 12.28 AM IST
Earth is rotating faster, say scientists: What it means and should you worry?Earth's rotation is speeding up, causing days to shorten by a fraction of a second since 2020. Scientists predict that a leap second might ...
02 Jul, 2025, 03.59 PM IST
Earth has tilted 31.5 inches in less than two decades raising concern; why did this happen and what are its repercussions?New research shows that the Earth has shifted its tilt by 31.5 inches in less than two decades due to the pumping of groundwater. This seem...
26 Nov, 2024, 08.02 PM IST
How the Moon’s slow drift is impacting our days and unveiling ancient secretsThe duration of our days is being impacted by the Moon's gradual drift away from Earth, according to recent studies. The history of the Moo...
24 Jul, 2024, 03.04 AM IST
Earth's inner core slows down: New research unveils 70-year cycleResearchers have confirmed that Earth's inner core, a solid metal ball spinning independently within our planet, has slowed down significan...
08 Jul, 2024, 05.02 PM IST
Earth's core has reversed its movement and slowed down. How will it affect you? Know in detailThe phenomenon of reversing the motion of the Earth's core is called 'backtracking'. Scientists don't know what triggered it and they also ...
03 Jul, 2024, 11.46 PM IST
Earth's core rotation reverses direction, effects of this phenomenal change on the planetThe Earth's inner core has suddenly slowed down and started its rotation along the reverse direction, researchers have found. This raises a...
14 Jun, 2024, 08.32 PM IST
Day length set to change? A new research says Earth’s inner core 'unambiguously' slowing downA new study has found that Earth's inner core began to slow its rotation relative to the planet's surface in 2010, potentially altering the...
14 Jun, 2024, 02.45 PM IST
Earth’s inner core may be spinning in ‘opposite direction’, says studyEarth’s inner core, which is roughly 5,000 kilometres (3,100 miles) below the surface, seems to have been spinning in the opposite directio...
24 Jan, 2023, 12.49 AM IST
- Melting glaciers are making days longer
Melting of glaciers near the Earth’s poles and the resulting rise in sea level is slowing down the Earth’s rotation, thereby increasing the...
14 Dec, 2015, 07.25 AM IST