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Once synonymous with fear and failure, Three Mile Island is poised for an unlikely transformation. The Pennsylvania nuclear site, home to the worst commercial nuclear accident in US history, is set to return to the grid not as a relic of the atomic age, but as a backbone for the artificial intelligence boom now reshaping…

Alcohol suppresses water retention, increasing fluid loss faster than the body can replace it/ Representative Image There’s a familiar moment that arrives halfway through a drink, or sometimes the morning after. Your mouth feels oddly dry. Water suddenly looks irresistible. You might not feel drunk anymore, but your body is clearly asking for something it’s…

ISRO is preparing for the launch of BlueBird-6, the biggest US commercial satellite so far, which is now rescheduled for execution on the 21st of December 2025. Earlier, it was scheduled for the 15th of December. Developed in collaboration with the US-based company AST SpaceMobile, the BlueBird-6 satellite aims to establish direct-to-device broadband connectivity for…

Weather‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‍‍‌ forecasts cannot be guaranteed at any time; therefore, understanding the range of possible outcomes is absolutely necessary for making decisions such as issuing public warnings or managing renewable energy. Conventional forecasts rely on numerical weather prediction that involves running physics-based simulations of the atmosphere.Machine learning weather prediction has recently been able to increase the…

Western Washington has been hit by severe flooding after days of relentless rain inundated towns and forced evacuations. While heavy rain is common in the Pacific Northwest, officials and scientists say this event is different in scale and intensity. The main driver is a series of powerful atmospheric rivers. Understanding how they work helps explain…

BENGALURU: The Satcom Industry Association-India (SIA-India) has called for a threefold increase in the national space budget, creation of specialised manufacturing incentives and long-term funding frameworks for connectivity, navigation and earth observation as part of its recommendations submitted to the finance ministry, Department of Space (DoS) and the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre…

Image: Screengrab Youtube (Dr Katie Beleznay) In an era when cosmetic treatments can feel abstract, over-marketed or shrouded in jargon, one Canadian dermatologist decided the best explanation was simple: show it. Dr Katie Beleznay, a board-certified dermatologist in both Canada and the United States, based in Vancouver and co-founder of Humphrey & Beleznay Cosmetic Dermatology,…

Kolkata: The sky is not the limit for India and for youngsters aspiring to be astronauts someday. The message landed in the auditorium of the Indian Centre for Space Physics off EM Bypass when Shubhanshu Shukla, the country’s first astronaut to make it to the International Space Station (ISS), addressed around 200 students at an…

YouTuber puts a camera inside an air fryer to finally see what happens when the drawer closes/ (YouTube/Casual Cooking) Air fryers are now as common as kettles, an appliance people swear by, compare, and gift to relatives who didn’t ask for one. They’ve become increasingly impossible to ignore, even if you don’t own one. They’re…

Scientists Say Invisible Black Holes Could Be Passing Right Through You The most dangerous thing in your living room is probably still a rogue plug or a Lego brick. But according to some physicists, there could also be thousands of black holes drifting through that same space every year, through your walls, your sofa, even…