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The United States consulate in Lagos has revoked the visa of Nigerian Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka, the 91-year-old playwright confirmed on Tuesday, claiming that he was “content” with the decision.“I want to assure the consulate… that I’m very content with the revocation of my visa,” Soyinka told reporters at a press conference in Lagos.Soyinka, who…

Astronomers discovered three Earth-sized exoplanets orbiting twin stars about 190 light-years away, in a planetary system reminiscent of Star Wars’ Tatooine/ Image: Youtube Screengrab In a discovery that feels straight out of Star Wars, astronomers using NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) have identified three Earth-sized planets orbiting a pair of stars some 190 light-years…

Source: Daily Motion Video Inside China’s Tiangong space station, astronauts carried out a remarkable experiment to observe how fire behaves in the absence of gravity. When they lit a match, the flame appeared entirely different from those on Earth. Instead of rising and flickering, it formed a calm, glowing blue sphere that floated gently in…

Hidden within Japan’s ancient forests, where sunlight struggles to reach the ground, grows one of nature’s most mysterious plants known as the ghost flower. These delicate, translucent white blossoms glow faintly in the dim light, giving them an otherworldly beauty. Unlike most plants, ghost flowers lack chlorophyll and cannot perform photosynthesis. Instead, they survive by…

For most of modern history, Earth has had a curious kind of sibling rivalry with itself — a quiet symmetry between its two halves. The North and South, though wildly different in character, somehow managed to bounce back the same amount of sunlight into space. It was one of those cosmic coincidences that made scientists…

Glow in the dark decorations are not the only bats lighting up this Halloween season. Real bats across the United States have been caught shining an eerie green under ultraviolet light, giving nature a surprising spooky twist. A new study published in Ecology & Evolution by researchers at the University of Georgia confirms that six…

Delhi is preparing for its first-ever artificial rainfall today through a cloud seeding operation aimed at clearing toxic air NEW DELHI: Delhi may witness its first-ever artificial rainfall on Tuesday as the government prepares for a cloud seeding operation to clear the city’s toxic air. The trial, a joint project with IIT Kanpur, depends on…

Source: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History The world’s oceans, once thought vast and indestructible, are now showing alarming signs of decline. Recent research from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research reveals that Earth has breached seven of its nine planetary boundaries, with ocean acidification newly entering the danger zone. This silent yet…

In a corner of the sky far beyond our own galaxy, scientists have found something remarkable: frozen chemicals that may hold clues about how life began. These compounds are complex organic molecules, consisting of many atoms and potentially having significant links to biology. The discovery was made around a young star in a neighbouring galaxy…

Deep in the heart of our galaxy, there is a faint but powerful glow that has puzzled scientists for more than a decade. Detected by NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, this glow is made of high-energy radiation called gamma rays, often linked to explosive cosmic events like dying stars. But this glow doesn’t fit the…