Science

Quote of the day by Aristotle (Image source: Wikipedia) Anger is a common feeling that people of all ages and in all situations have. It happens all the time, like when people argue at home, disagree at work, have trouble travelling, or even just misunderstand each other. Anger is a normal reaction for people, but…

The BBC recreated the controversial 1974 Stanford prison experiment in The Experiment to explore human obedience/ screengrab Youtube The idea of recreating one of psychology’s most controversial experiments for television should have been unworkable from the outset. When the BBC announced in 2002 that it would run a controlled prison simulation as a documentary series,…

Scientists have found a new species of mahogany in Zanzibar. This represents a significant finding for those working on rare forests in East Africa. But there is an ominous warning that only 30 adult trees of this new mahogany species exist in the wild. This means that the newly found plant has been critically endangered…

It can be rather soothing to hear singing birds throughout the day, even more so if you can hear them from inside your house. While it might seem like just an enjoyable experience, studies suggest that there is more to it than meets the eye when it comes to its impact on your psychological state….

An AI-generated image shows four Artemis II astronauts in front of a green screen Astronauts from Artemis II may have safely returned after completing their lunar mission, but that hasn’t stopped conspiracy theorists from spinning fresh claims.Hashtags such as “fake space” and “fake NASA” have gained traction online since the lunar fly-by sent the four-member…

Forests seem sturdy and solid from the outside, but there might be something happening silently underneath. Some fungi can cause trees to decay internally and leave them weakened without showing any sign of it. Researchers are cautioning us that these seemingly insignificant beings could be pointing towards a more serious environmental problem, which is global…

Our oceans encompass over 70 per cent of the Earth’s surface area; however, the depths of the oceans represent one of mankind’s most mysterious frontiers. Under thousands of meters of water and tremendous pressure are many geological anomalies, biological marvels, and historically mysterious things that defy our existing scientific knowledge. Examples of this are the…

In terms of plant nutrition, the root system is traditionally viewed as the main access point to nutrients. Ground-breaking research, however, has demonstrated an additional survival strategy with elegant sophistication. Plants in some of the world’s highly nutrient-poor environments have developed a strategy for ‘eating’ minerals found in aerial dust and, subsequently, avoiding exhausted soil…

Artemis II crew’s 10-day trip around Earth and Moon — timeline of Nasa’s historic lunar mission Nasa’s Artemis II mission ended with a precise splashdown in the Pacific Ocean, capping a nearly 10-day journey that took four astronauts farther from Earth than any humans before. The Orion capsule “Integrity” parachuted into calm waters off California,…

Astronomers have proposed a theoretical model suggesting that the object at the centre of the Milky Way, widely identified as the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A*, could instead be explained by an extremely dense concentration of dark matter. The idea challenges the long-standing interpretation based on observations of fast-moving stars near the galactic core, which…