[ad_1] On August 30, thousands of Bengalureans gathered at Lalbagh and marched towards the iconic rock. It has been standing in what is now Bengaluru for billions of years, long before humans, cities or even the Himalayas existed. Now, one of Bengaluru’s most significant geological landmarks has found itself at the centre of a modern…

[ad_1] Human beings have always been drawn towards challenges that appear difficult, uncertain or even impossible. From exploring unfamiliar places to developing new technologies and solving scientific problems, progress often begins with the decision to attempt something that has never been done before. Astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first person to walk on the Moon, once…

[ad_1] Scientists have found that Mars is not the geologically uniform ball of rock it might appear from orbit. New analysis of nearly two decades of spacecraft tracking data shows that the mantle beneath the planet’s southern highlands runs between 200°C and 400°C hotter than the mantle beneath its northern lowlands, a temperature gap wide…

[ad_1] A snake bite in the late 19th century offered little certainty about what would happen next. There were attempts to counter venom with chemicals and other remedies, but no established treatment could directly neutralise the poison. Then, in France in 1894, two research teams arrived at a very different idea. Albert Calmette, working within…

[ad_1] The site was decommissioned. However, contamination remains underground. In 1967, the United States tried an unusual method to increase natural gas production. It detonated a 29-kiloton device and had an explosoion 4,227 feet below the ground in north-western New Mexico to stimulate the flow of natural gas.According to the US Department of Energy (DOE),…

[ad_1] Glen Canyon Dam (Image Credit: Canva) For eight days in 1996, the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon experienced something unusual: a deliberately created flood. Scientists working with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and other agencies used Glen Canyon Dam to release water at rates reaching 45,000 cubic feet per second, creating a massive…

[ad_1] Quote of the day by Richard Feynman (Image: Wikipedia) Some of the most memorable lines are powerful precisely because they manage to say something genuinely complicated in just a few words. This one, often credited directly to the physicist Richard Feynman, is a genuine example. “To every man is given the key to the…