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Nasa’s Perseverance rover has confirmed a decades-old scientific hunch: tiny electric discharges, essentially miniature sparks, crackle inside Martian dust devils and during regional dust storms. The findings, published in Nature and detailed in Nasa’s article “Nasa Rover Detects Electric Sparks in Mars Dust Devils, Storms”, could reshape understanding of the Red Planet’s atmospheric chemistry, climate…

A major new genetic study has resolved one of archaeology’s longest-running debates, confirming that modern humans first reached Australia around 60,000 years ago. The findings align with archaeological discoveries and long-held Aboriginal oral histories that point to a deep human presence on the continent far earlier than some genetic models had previously suggested.Researchers analysed nearly…

A UBC Okanagan study uses Gödel’s incompleteness theorem to argue simulations fail because the universe contains truths no algorithm can generate/ Image: The Truman Show screengrab For years, the idea that we might be living inside a giant cosmic computer has been one of the internet’s favourite existential spirals. A kind of upgraded Truman Show:…

On 29 July 2025, a powerful magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck the Kuril-Kamchatka subduction zone, generating a Pacific-wide tsunami and providing a rare scientific opportunity. Remarkably, NASA and the French space agency’s SWOT satellite passed over the area at the time, capturing the first high-resolution spaceborne images of a major subduction-zone tsunami. Unlike traditional measurements, which…

The Geminids meteor shower is widely regarded as one of the brightest and most dependable annual celestial events. Every December, it transforms the night sky into a spectacular display of streaking lights, captivating stargazers around the world. In 2025, viewing conditions are especially favourable, with minimal moonlight during the peak nights, ensuring darker skies and…

Fossils from Venezuela reveal anacondas reached their enormous size 12.4 million years ago and have barely changed since then/ Image: YT Anacondas have long dominated the South American waterways, with modern researchers recognising around five distinct species within the genus Eunectes (literally “good swimmer”). The green anacondas , the largest of the group, still hold…

As Russian president Vladimir Putin begins his three-day visit to India on Thursday, the Russian space agency Roscosmos has suggested that both countries are set to elevate cooperation in the space sector. Roscosmos chief Dmitry Bakanov told Russian newspaper Izvestia that an announcement on space cooperation would be made as soon as “literally the day…

The asteroid Bennu is providing scientists with critical insights into the early solar system and the origins of life. NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission successfully returned pristine samples to Earth, enabling unprecedented analysis. Recent studies published in Nature Geosciences and Nature Astronomy highlight three groundbreaking discoveries. Researchers identified sugars essential for life, including ribose and glucose, which…

BENGALURU: Biomoneta has become the first Indian healthtech company to receive US-FDA 510(k) Class II clearance for a medical air-cleaning device, marking a key milestone in its efforts to expand into the US healthcare market.“The clearance covers the Biomoneta Avata Rx Medical Recirculating Air Cleaner, which is built on the company’s patented ZeBox technology. Unlike…

Source: NASA Earth Observatory In the remote reaches of southeastern Libya, the Sahara Desert holds formations that are both enigmatic and visually captivating. Among the most striking are the concentric rings of Jabal Arkanū, rising sharply from the otherwise flat desert plains. Their circular ridges, spanning kilometres across the landscape, have long intrigued explorers and…