A corn seed does not need anyone to tell it which way to grow. Give it water, warmth and the right conditions, and its roots head down while its shoot pushes upward. But what happens when one of those conditions disappears? Not water or sunlight, but gravity? NASA has spent …
A river can rise slowly. But what happens when millions of tonnes of ice, rock and water suddenly move downhill at once? That is what happened in Nepal on August 26, when a devastating flash flood struck communities near the country’s border with China. The disaster began high in the …
Human diets have changed dramatically throughout evolution. Our ancestors moved from hunting and gathering to farming, began consuming more grains and dairy, developed new food-processing methods, and adapted to environments ranging from tropical forests to the Arctic. Surprisingly, some of these dietary changes may have left measurable signatures in our …
The UAE has no shortage of sand. Its deserts stretch for thousands of kilometres, yet much of that sand is surprisingly difficult to use for building. Now, scientists have developed a method that can turn desert sand into strong construction bricks without requiring the high-temperature heating traditionally used to harden …
We usually think of solar energy as a way to make electricity. But what if sunlight could skip the electrical step entirely and turn water into hydrogen? That is the idea behind a technology being developed in Australia, where researchers are working on systems that use concentrated sunlight to split …
Lessons in Civil Engineering that we’ve been ignoring all the while In August 2026, a wall of water, ice, and debris tore through Nepal’s Rasuwa district for the second time in just over a year. Survivors described it the only way that made sense: it hit “like a tsunami,” except …
On the 26th of August 2026, a wall of mud, ice, and water tore down a valley on the Nepal-Tibet border and erased villages in seconds. As of this morning, more than 350 people are confirmed dead in Nepal, three more in China, and over 1,300 people, including hundreds of …
Picture two seeds from the exact same plant. One lands in a sunny meadow. The other blows onto a shady, dry hillside nearby. They share identical DNA. Yet weeks later, they look like they came from two different species. This isn’t magic. It’s one of nature’s cleverest survival tricks, and …
Have you wondered what and how astronauts eat in space? Have you wondered how scientists deal with cookie cravings in zero gravity? Here’s the thing nobody tells you about the challenges with baking cookies in space: a stray cookie crumb isn’t just messy; it’s a hazard. In microgravity, crumbs don’t …
There is a planet inside Earth that you cannot see. It has no surface, no atmosphere and no orbit around the Sun. In fact, it may have disappeared almost 4.5 billion years ago. Scientists call this lost world Theia. Theia is the name given to a planetary body that is …
Picture an island of ice as big as Manhattan, up to 150 meters thick, roughly the height of a 50-story building snapping off the edge of Greenland and drifting out to sea. It happened on August 4, 2026, at Petermann Glacier in northwest Greenland, and it’s the biggest bite this …
Poultry farms produce something in enormous quantities that usually isn’t thought of as a valuable resource: manure. In the Netherlands, one facility has found a way to turn that waste into something far more useful. A plant in Moerdijk processes around 420,000 tonnes of poultry manure every year, using it …
What do an old computer, a discarded circuit board and a gold mine have in common? They all contain gold. Gold is an important part of many electronic devices because it conducts electricity well and resists corrosion. But once electronics are thrown away, recovering that gold is not simple. The …
What if some of the fuel we need for the future is already being produced beneath our feet? Deep beneath northern Ontario, billion-year-old rocks are slowly generating hydrogen gas. Scientists have now measured this natural hydrogen flowing through an operating mine, providing some of the clearest evidence yet that Earth’s …
For years, scientists have known about the CO₂ fertilization effect, the ability of higher atmospheric carbon dioxide to stimulate photosynthesis and improve water-use efficiency in many plants. It sounds like a simple equation: more CO₂, more plant growth.But nature rarely follows a straight line. A new study published in Science …
As floodwaters continue to rise along the Mahanadi River in Odisha, thousands of people are watching water levels with growing concern. Villages have been inundated, evacuation efforts are underway, and authorities remain on high alert as water released from the Hirakud Dam moves downstream. For many families, the river now …
Many people in North Delhi were still enjoying their morning sleep when the ground gave a quick little shake. Some jumped out of bed, while others wondered if a heavy truck had passed by. Soon, the answer became clear. It was a magnitude 2.9 earthquake. Although the tremor lasted only …
Far beneath Norway’s frozen mountains, crystal clear water hid one of nature’s deadliest traps. In February 2014, five highly trained Finnish cave divers entered the Plura cave system to complete an extraordinary underwater journey. The water looked calm enough to fool the eye, but beneath its glass-like surface waited crushing …
A sparkling home may look like a shield, but can it also become a silent bubble? Since the COVID,19 pandemic, hand sanitisers, antibacterial soaps, and disinfectant sprays have become trusted companions in daily life. They have protected millions from dangerous infections, and that is a great victory for public health. …
Plastic is everywhere, but once it is thrown away, it often becomes a stubborn guest that refuses to leave. Every year, millions of tonnes of plastic pile up in landfills and oceans, silently choking nature. Even recycled plastic usually gets a second life as lower quality products like flower pots …
European summers have, for many centuries, been characterised by warm afternoons, cool evenings, and a climate that enabled people to enjoy outdoor cafés, take strolls along historic streets, and sleep comfortably with the windows open. In most of central and western Europe, a typical summer has daytime temperatures ranging between …
Stand on a beach for a few minutes, and nature quietly performs one of its oldest magic tricks. Far out in the sea, the waves wear a calm blue coat, rising and falling like gentle breathing. But as they race towards the shore, they suddenly leap, tumble, and burst into …
Every year, the world throws away millions of old phones, broken toys, damaged computers, and outdated electronic gadgets. Together, they form a mountain of electronic waste that grows bigger every day. By 2030, this pile is expected to reach about 82 million metric tons, almost like stacking nearly 8,000 Eiffel …
July 26, 2026 came and went like any other day. The Sun rose, people went to work, children went to school, and nobody noticed anything unusual. Yet our planet quietly completed one full spin about 0.65 milliseconds faster than the usual 86,400 seconds, making it the shortest day of the …
A spacecraft drifting down under parachutes onto the vast grasslands of Kazakhstan may look like the end of a long adventure. In reality, it is the beginning of many new discoveries. On July 26, 2026, NASA astronaut Chris Williams and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev safely returned to …
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