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HADERA: With its golden sand and blue waters, the beach front in central Israel looks much like any other stretch of Mediterranean coast, but a closer look reveals something unusual peeking through the rippling surf: Black shark fins.The sharks are attracted to this patch of water in Hadera during the cold season because of the…
NASA study reveals why the moon look so different on each side The moon, Earth’s only natural satellite, has been a source of fascination for centuries, not just for its mesmerizing phases but also for the stark differences between its two sides. While the side that faces Earth, known as the nearside, is characterized by…
Covid-19 is once again making headlines in Asia, with Hong Kong and Singapore witnessing a sharp rise in infections, hospitalizations, and virus activity, challenging assumptions that the disease would slow in warmer months, Bloomberg reported.In Hong Kong, authorities are sounding the alarm. “The virus’ activity is quite high,” said Albert Au, head of the Communicable…
For centuries, gold has been the stuff of dreams. From ancient kings to medieval alchemists, the idea of turning base metals into gold symbolised ultimate power, wealth, and mastery over nature. Now, in the age of particle physics, that fantasy has brushed reality. At CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC), scientists have done the impossible, transformed…
Image source: Live Science A historic satellite survey has found a disturbing trend among 28 of the US’s largest cities, such as New York, Chicago, Dallas, and Denver. Scientists from Virginia Tech employed the latest in radar imaging to map land subsidence, a slow sinking of the ground. Their results indicate that these large urban…
Staring up at the starry night sky is normally a source of awe, but scientific investigation can turn such a sense of wonder into discovery. In an unprecedented breakthrough, scientists have watched clouds developing in the northern hemisphere of Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, for the first time ever. This landmark sighting, facilitated by the James…
For centuries, humans have looked to the skies and wished they could fly, to be as free as a bird. Little did we know, a scrappy little dinosaur beat us to it 150 million years ago. Meet Archaeopteryx, the feathered trailblazer of aviation, whose newly analysed fossil has scientists flapping with excitement. Found in limestone…
There is magic in gazing at the stars—an ancient human pursuit that inspires us to wonder and ask questions. Now place yourself in the sparsely populated Chilean desert, under one of the planet’s best viewing night skies, as a gigantic telescope begins to rise. This is the drama that’s unfolding in the Atacama Desert, where…
In a landmark discovery, NASA researchers have revealed data indicating that Venus, long believed to be a barren, hot desert planet, might indeed be geologically active. The new discovery overturns long-standing theories about the surface of the planet and its inactivity with respect to tectonic motion. Using advanced modeling techniques, scientists re-examined decades-old radar data…
Indian astronaut Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, who has been tasked with the Axiom-4 (Ax-4) mission, has just finished a crucial part of his space training, which involved altitude exercises. These simulations, meant to mimic the low-pressure environment of space, are necessary to prepare astronauts to work in extreme conditions and perform under pressure. The training…