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Shafeeqa, a 40-year-old resident of Cherwan village in Ganderbal district, north of Srinagar in Kashmir Valley, remembers a spring that once flowed with enough force to make diverting its…
ScienceCoastal communities across California were preparing for days of flooding amid potentially 'record-breaking tides' this week, as water levels began rising on Monday Coastal California…
ScienceSale makes ‘Jodi’, a smaller relative of T rex, the ‘second most valuable dinosaur ever sold at auction’, Sotheby’s says A rare skeleton of a Nanotyrannus, a smaller relative of the…
SciencePresident has taken an axe to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, stalling climate research on and response to extreme weather events Sweeping cuts to the premier US climate…
ScienceWhat happened after the Big Bang? A team of physicists, harnessing the James Webb and Nancy Grace Roman space telescopes, are working to visualize the answer to that question using a novel…
ScienceThe MIT senior in mathematics convenes and leads regular, small-group interfaith discussions to help other students — and herself — grapple with big questions.
ScienceA new study revealed that people who rely on AI for basic tasks like math problems became less motivated over time. In response, Live Science polled its readers to see if they agree with…
ScienceThe four volunteers who lived and worked in a simulated NASA Mars mission for more than a year will exit their habitat on Saturday, Oct. 31, after 378 days of isolation in a facility at the…
ScienceEmissions from exported oil would not count against carbon budget, insiders say – reasoning likely to draw dismay from climate campaigners The giant Rosebank oilfield can be approved…
ScienceLincoln Laboratory’s new key-management architecture solves the dilemma of how to refresh cryptographic keys securely, quickly, and widely for U.S. forces.
ScienceThere have been few sightings of the endangered Persian leopard in the Caucasus region over the past 20 years: just three in Georgia and 10 in Armenia. But scientists and conservationists…
ScienceThe PBS Nature film "Tiger Island" captures rare glimpses of tiger behavior, including a mother, father and cubs spending time together — a first for these usually solitary cats.
ScienceNegotiations are set to begin on the world’s first international protocol to fight environmental crime, including wildlife trafficking, illegal deforestation, and illicit waste smuggling…
ScienceAs Halloween approaches and horror movies circulate, a look at the legendary ‘scream queens’ and their talent and power.
ScienceEach November, a suffocating blanket of particulate matter envelops Pakistan’s Punjab province, turning the sky into a hazardous grey canopy. While the public health catastrophe for more…
ScienceA technician inspects the large sunshade of NASA’s Near-Earth Object (NEO) Surveyor mission in this image released on Oct. 26, 2026. The sunshade structure, which stands 20 feet (6 meters)…
ScienceReaders respond to an article by Sam Wollaston about Norfolk’s fridge mountain Sam Wollaston ( What an eyesore! My day at Norfolk’s frightful fridge mountain, 21 October ) highlights an…
ScienceScientists sequenced the genome of a woman who lived 30,000 years ago and discovered that she had mixed Eastern and Western European ancestry.
ScienceGovernment-backed Warm Home Loans scheme to help households cut energy bills by hundreds of pounds Households across the UK can now cut their energy bills by hundreds of pounds a year at no…
ScienceExtreme heat accelerated disappearance of Triglav glacier from mountain revered as a symbol of Slovenian identity The final ice patch has vanished from Slovenia’s Triglav glacier, the…
ScienceA proposed shift in recommendations for hepatitis B vaccination in the U.S. could leave millions of young adults unprotected, a new modeling study suggests.
ScienceAn intense drought is the match. Decades of deforestation and peat draining provide the fuel.
ScienceMembers of the same people who settled Easter Island also discovered Hawaii, a new study finds.
ScienceAstronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have observed a galaxy with a ring of newborn stars as it appeared 2.1 billion years after the Big Bang — hinting that the early universe…
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