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The San Andreas fault just reached a level scientists haven’t seen in 1,000 years—Is California ready for what comes next?A new study suggests the San Andreas Fault has reached stress levels not seen in nearly 1,000 years. While scientists are not predicting an...- What killed Beethoven? His own DNA finally answered after 200 years, with a bombshell twistA groundbreaking genetic study has provided new insights into the life and death of composer Ludwig van Beethoven nearly 200 years after hi...
- In 1871, a farmer left five cows on a remote island, 130 years later, scientists studied their DNA and found something that stunned themFive cows left on Amsterdam Island in 1871 became a feral herd of 2,000, a remarkable survival story. A 2024 genetic study revealed their m...
- Why This Quiet Patch of Grass in Canada Is Rewriting the Columbus StoryA significant Norse settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland has been precisely dated to AD 1021. This discovery, confirmed by radi...
- Artemis II may chase “Planet B,” but the real fix for Earth does not lie in escaping itHumans are exploring space for a new home. However, a radical idea suggests shrinking people to solve Earth's resource problems. Smaller hu...
- The 9,000-Year-Old Forest That Is Technically One Single TreeHigh in Sweden's mountains, a Norway spruce named Old Tjikko reveals a root system over 9,000 years old, challenging our understanding of i...
- Antarctica’s Frozen Secret: How Ice Solved the 1809 Climate MysteryAntarctica's ice holds secrets of Earth's past. Scientists have found evidence of a massive volcanic eruption around 1808 to 1809. This eve...
- 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...
- How One Ocean Animal Quietly Lived for More Than Five CenturiesAn ocean quahog, Arctica islandica, has been confirmed as the oldest non-clonal animal, living for 507 years, predating the Roman Empire. S...
- The Weirdest Proof in Archaeology: A Solar Storm That Time-Stamped HistoryArchaeologists now have a powerful new tool for dating. A massive solar storm in 993 CE left a unique mark on tree rings worldwide. Scienti...
- An unexpected anomaly was found in the Pacific Ocean; could be a global time markerScientists discovered a beryllium-10 anomaly in Pacific seabed rocks from 10 million years ago, possibly linked to ocean currents, a supern...
- This year onwards, the focus will be on SMEs, debt and mutual funds: Sundararaman Ramamurthy, BSESundararaman Ramamurthy says: “If you look at the profile of these people who have got registered in the last three-four years, while Mahar...
- Curtain call: From 'Friends' star Matthew Perry to Lisa Marie Presley, influential people who passed away in '23A list of celebs who left us in 2023.
- Feeling the heat? Scientists reveal July to be the hottest month on recordThis July is on track to be the hottest month that the world has ever recorded, even as scientists and researchers across the globe anticip...
- Study finds climate change fingerprints on July heat waves in Europe, China and AmericaThese unusually strong heat waves are becoming more common, Tuesday's study said. The same research found the increase in heat-trapping gas...
- The U.S.-China rivalry is complicating the world's debt crisisThe IMF and its most influential participant, the United States, also wanted something else: They were adamant that Chinese creditors restr...
- How technology is changing the trading landscapeIndia's stock market has gone from trading under a Banyan tree in Mumbai in 1855 to becoming one of the world's biggest mobile-based stock ...
- Traffic, water shortages, now floods: the slow death of India's tech hub?Last week, after the city's heaviest rains in decades, the Yemalur neighbourhood was submerged under waist-deep water along with some other...
- AstraZeneca faces more vaccine questions after manufacturing errorWhile an announcement Monday by Astra and Oxford showed their shot was 70% effective on average in a late-stage study, the scant details re...
- How people initiatives help firms check attrition and boost employee moraleWhile the practice focuses on getting gender balance right, the programme extends to customised development, mentoring, sponsorship, coachi...
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