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If someone told you your future could be predicted today, would you believe them? Would it reveal whether you’ll become successful, live to 100, or stay healthy?For centuries, humans searched for answers in astrology, palmistry and fortune tellers. Now, science offers its own version of a crystal ball: your genes.But before you imagine your DNA…
Nearly 81 years after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, material recovered from the city’s shoreline is still yielding discoveries that scientists did not expect. Researchers examining tiny fragments preserved in beach sands have identified what appears to be a previously unknown metallic alloy that formed during the immense heat and rapid cooling triggered by the…
Photo credit: Getty images Chinese researchers have identified what they describe as the most effective way to destroy or deflect a large asteroid threatening Earth by burying a nuclear bomb beneath its surface before detonation.According to a study led by researchers at the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology in Beijing, the two-stage approach could…
Representative Image of an ocean dye experiment tracking how river water reaches the sea (AI-generated image) In January and February 2023, waves along a stretch of San Diego coastline briefly turned a striking shade of fuchsia, the result of a deliberate scientific experiment rather than any natural phenomenon. Researchers from UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution…
Every year, one of the world’s most remarkable wildlife migrations takes place on Australia’s remote Christmas Island, where millions of bright red crabs leave the rainforest and journey towards the Indian Ocean to breed. As the crabs cross roads, forests and beaches, they create a spectacular natural phenomenon that attracts visitors from around the globe….
12-year-old Ahmed Abdelsalam created energy-harvesting system A 12-year-old student from Cambridge, Massachusetts, has developed a technology that could help find new ways to generate cleaner energy by capturing power from everyday movement.Ahmed Abdelsalam, a sixth-grade student at Darby Vassall Upper School, created VERDA, a system that harvests energy from sources including walking.Ahmed’s project has earned…
Image Credit: CDC/ Janice Haney Carr Florida health authorities have officially confirmed the state’s first fatality of 2026 linked to Vibrio vulnificus, a naturally occurring ‘flesh-eating bacteria’. This specific death involved a resident of Palm Beach County aged between 80-84 years. According to the BEACON(public health program based at Boston University) , these cases are…
Louis Pasteur’s famous quote, (AI-generated image) Two scientists can stumble into the same unplanned accident in the lab and walk away from it completely differently. One sees a ruined experiment, discards it, and starts again from scratch. The other recognises, almost instantly, that the accident has revealed something nobody had intentionally set out to find….
In a pioneering study within Victoria’s mountain ash forests, surprising findings have emerged over extended periods. Intense thinning of trees fostered lush growth and increased diameters in the surviving trees. These enhanced specimens exhibit greater fire resilience and are likely to create hollows for various wildlife. Interestingly, Leadbeater’s possums thrived in thinned and acacia zones,…
Representative Image of a man recording snowfall measurements in Colorado by hand (AI-generated image) In a remote patch of Colorado’s Gunnison National Forest, four miles from the nearest ploughed road, a man known simply as Billy Barr has spent 52 consecutive winters recording daily snowfall, temperature and weather observations from his off-grid cabin at roughly…
