1+ week, 12+ hour ago  (416+ words) Residents of Kolkata, eastern India's major metropolis, were jolted around lunch time after an earthquake along the nearby India-Bangladesh border caused tremors in and across the city and its adjoining areas. The Bangladesh Meteorological Department recorded the coordinates of the…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (496+ words) The Union government is preparing a confidential fast-track framework to compress approvals and crowd in private capital for critical minerals, even as it scales up publicly funded exploration and deepens talks with partners such as Canada, top officials and industry…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (606+ words) The mining of critical minerals like lithium in Ghana faces significant risks if local communities are not adequately consulted. Research highlights that weak governance and exclusion from decision-making can lead to social conflicts, project delays and increased costs. Effective risk…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (320+ words) Stanford researchers have created the first global map of rare continental mantle earthquakes Study finds deep earthquakes clustered beneath regions such as the Himalayas and the Bering Strait New method distinguishes mantle quakes from crustal ones using seismic waveforms Findings…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (535+ words) We humans have long viewed ourselves as the pinnacle of evolution. People label other species as "primitive" or "ancient" and use terms like "higher" and "lower" animals. This'anthropocentric'perspective was entrenched in 1866, when German scientist'Ernst Haeckel drew'one of the first trees…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (103+ words) People on Earth know more about the surface of Mercury than what lies beneath Antarctica's massive ice sheets. That gap is now narrowing. Researchers have unvei What lies beneath Antarctica's ice? A new map reveals the hidden landscape People on…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (439+ words) Researchers unveiled a detailed map of Antarctica's landscape beneath ice sheets. It reveals diverse terrains such as alpine valleys and deeply eroded troughs. Map was created using satellite data and the Ice Flow Perturbation Analysis method. People on Earth know…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (202+ words) India's tsunami early warning system combines seismic monitoring, ocean sensors and rapid modelling to detect threats within minutes Operated by INCOIS in Hyderabad, the system verifies earthquakes using real-time ocean data before issuing public alerts Designed after the 2004 Indian Ocean…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (427+ words) Wildfires in the tundra, the cold, treeless biome of the Arctic, have been more active this past century than at any time in the past 3,000 years, according to a study conducted in Arctic Alaska. The research was conducted by an…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (731+ words) In 2025, the fascination with dinosaurs reached new heights with the discovery of 44 new species, including Zavacephale rinpoche and Istiorachis macarthurae. The year also saw the revival of popular media like Walking With Dinosaurs and Jurassic World Rebirth, alongside record-breaking museum…...