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Pannotia occupies an awkward position in Earth science. It is described in textbooks and review papers, yet its outline remains faint. The proposed supercontinent is said to have existed around 600 million years ago, before the better-known Pangea. For years, it offered a neat bridge between the breakup of Rodinia and the later assembly of…

Source: The New York Times NASA has shown off fresh details of its long-awaited Artemis II mission, marking a major step in the return of humans to deep space. For the first time in more than five decades, astronauts are preparing to fly around the Moon, testing systems designed eventually to take humans back to…

Cockroaches are usually treated as simple creatures that react without pause, driven by instinct rather than experience. New laboratory work from Scotland suggests the picture is less fixed. Researchers found that male cockroaches altered their behaviour after exposure to stress, becoming more cautious when faced with uncertain signals. The study focused on how insects respond…

WASHINGTON: The scientists have discovered that the adolescent brain does more than prune old connections. During the teen years, it actively builds dense new clusters of synapses in specific parts of neurons. These clusters emerge only in adolescence and may help shape higher-level thinking. When the process is disrupted, it could play a role in…

Scientists who work on long-term climate patterns usually stay close to Earth. The data is here, the records are clearer, and the risks are immediate. A new study shifts that focus slightly outward. Research published in the Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific suggests that Mars plays a role in shaping Earth’s climate…

Research into how decisions are made often starts with people. Occasionally, it drifts elsewhere. A study from Yale University points to something familiar showing up in monkeys. The focus is on loss aversion, a pattern where avoiding loss matters more than gaining something new. In controlled tests, capuchin monkeys were observed trading tokens for food…

Kolkata: Indian scientists have discovered a rare subterranean amphibian species in the northern Western Ghats of Maharashtra and named it Gegeneophis valmiki.The discovery, made by a multi-institutional research team led by the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), has been published in the international journal Phyllomedusa. The species was first collected in 2017 by K P…

The Artemis II rocket makes its way from the Vehicle Assembly Building to pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux) Nasa’s giant new moon rocket headed to the launch pad Saturday in preparation for astronauts’ first lunar fly-around in more than half a century….

A lizard with no arms just back limbs discovered in Australia (Image Source – Wikipedia) Scientists working in northern Australia have identified a previously unknown species of slider skink in the Gulf of Carpentaria, a region that has received relatively little biological study compared with other parts of the country. The discovery adds to growing…

Brine pools kill marine life because extreme salinity, oxygen absence, and toxic chemicals stop all cellular functions/ Courtesy University of Miami Brine pools, often nicknamed underwater lakes or lakes of death, are some of the most dangerous environments in the ocean. They are pockets of water so salty and oxygen-free that they form sharp, visible…