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Source: The New York Times For years now, Starlink has quietly become one of the most important tools in Ukraine’s war effort. On Sunday, Elon Musk suggested that recent SpaceX steps to stop Russia from using the satellite internet system appear to have worked. Still, the comment landed at a tense moment, as Ukraine investigates…

Every year, billions of cigarette butts are discarded worldwide. Many end up scattered across streets, beaches, and rivers, where they sit for years and slowly leak toxic chemicals. Despite this, the material itself is not especially exotic. Most cigarette butts are made from plant-based polymers, similar to substances already used in industrial carbon production. This…

Scientists Discover Gray Hair Isn’t Permanent: Are We All Wrong About Ageing? For decades, gray hair has been viewed as a sign of irreversible ageing, which people cover with dye or accept as inevitable but scientific research suggests that graying might not be a one-way street after all. Studies from top labs, including work published…

Astronomers identified a strange object in the Milky Way that sends out powerful bursts of radio waves and X-rays with steady timing. The source, known as ASKAP J1832 0911, repeats its signals every 44 minutes, a rhythm unlike anything commonly observed before. What makes the finding stand out is not just the regularity, but the…

For thousands of years, the Sahara has symbolised extreme isolation, a landscape so hostile it feels incompatible with sustained human life. But long before the desert became what it is today, parts of North Africa supported communities whose genetic history is now forcing scientists to rethink how ancient populations moved, mixed, and survived.A study published…

Vandi Verma has emerged as one of the key figures behind a landmark moment in planetary exploration. On December 8 and 10, 2025, NASA’s Perseverance successfully completed the first-ever drives on Mars whose routes were planned by artificial intelligence rather than by human rover drivers. The achievement marked a major shift in how robotic missions…

For decades, large stretches of western India’s open landscapes were widely described as degraded forests shaped by centuries of human activity. But new research by Ashish Nerlekar of Michigan State University challenges that assumption. By analysing Indian poems, folk songs and sacred texts written as early as the 13th century, the study shows that many…

Seeing themselves has been a dream for blind people for centuries, but now, this reality is possible. An Indian-origin CEO’s company has created AI mirrors in a major tech breakthrough and they help blind people see themselves closely. Already popular among those with vision problems, the app is known as Envision and helps them access…

Elon Musk’s SpaceX to launch Falcon 9 on February 2 from Vandenberg SpaceX is preparing to launch a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 25 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit from California. The mission will lift off from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base, a site regularly used for Starlink deployments. It…

The Sun turns, but not in the way a solid object would. It has no hard surface, no fixed edge to follow. What scientists describe as solar rotation comes from watching patterns move across a glowing, restless face. That motion matters because it shapes the Sun’s behaviour, from quiet stretches to bursts of activity. Over…