Science

It sounds dramatic to imagine one half of Earth slowly losing its internal warmth faster than the other, but that is the general direction many researchers are now exploring. When geophysicists looked at long-term heat flow inside the planet, they noticed that the hemisphere covered mostly by the Pacific Ocean appears to be shedding heat…

Elon Musk has once again jumped into the alien debate, offering a straightforward take on one of the internet’s favourite topics: UFO sightings. In a recent clip that has gone viral, Musk said that although strange objects in the sky often make headlines, the real explanations are usually far less dramatic. His comments have restarted…

The once-deepest hole now sits sealed shut under an unimpressive metal cap, surrounded by rusted bolts and debris/ Image: Mr. Nobody Medium During the space race, the US and the USSR were busy firing rockets into the sky. At the same time, out on Russia’s Kola Peninsula near the Norwegian border, Soviet engineers were doing…

Woman Born with Two Uteruses Shares Candid Insights and Answers Reddit’s Most Personal Questions It’s rare to hear firsthand from someone born with one of the least common reproductive conditions on record, and even rarer to hear them explain it with this much clarity and humour. That’s how a 27-year-old woman on Reddit recently described…

On August 2, 2027, Saudi Arabia will experience a total solar eclipse lasting six minutes, 23 seconds/Representative Image Get ready for a sky like no other. On August 2, 2027, a total solar eclipse, the longest in a century, will sweep across Saudi Arabia, North Africa, and southern Spain, plunging daylight into an eerie twilight…

Daylight will fade, temperatures to drop and the world to fall into the ‘world of total darkness’. A celestial event for which skywatchers across the world are preparing to witness a rare once-in-a-lifetime event. In August 2027, the world is going to witness its rare longest solar eclipse in 100 years, which will experience 6…

NASA astronaut Jonny Kim is back on Earth after eight months in space, wrapping up a mission packed with science and new experiences. He returned alongside Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky, ending a journey that took them around the planet thousands of times. Their work wasn’t just for the sake of curiosity; they…

Urban air travel is finally getting real attention. Cities are desperate for better ways to move people and things, and electric air taxis and drones have gone from wild sci-fi ideas to actual plans. Now, engineers are working on small aircraft that can zip over traffic jams, carrying folks or packages across town in a…

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope reobserved interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS Nov. 30, with its Wide Field Camera 3 instrument Ever since 3I/ATLAS was first spotted in July, it’s been the space object everyone argues about. It’s only the third interstellar visitor ever found passing through our Solar System, and it has refused to sit neatly in the…

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope reobserved interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS Nov. 30, with its Wide Field Camera 3 instrument Ever since 3I/ATLAS was first spotted in July, it’s been the space object everyone argues about. It’s only the third interstellar visitor ever found passing through our Solar System, it refused to sit neatly in the “just another…