[ad_1] Why Paris’ Eiffel Tower Gets Taller When Temperatures Soar: The Simple Scientific Reason Behind Its Unexpected Seasonal Change (Canva) The Eiffel Tower looks as solid and unchanging as a monument can possibly be. Yet, on a hot summer day, Paris’ most famous landmark can actually become slightly taller.There is no new section being added,…
[ad_1] In 2025, Miami Beach launched one of the most ambitious underwater art and conservation projects in the world. According to a report by the Miami Herald, the city sank 22 concrete cars 20 feet beneath the ocean surface, creating a surreal traffic jam designed to support 2,200 corals and marine life. The installation, part…
[ad_1] Delhi’s Yamuna is all set for a much-awaited green makeover. The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) has started replicating a forest-reclamation experiment that was successfully carried out in the coal-mining belt of Dhanbad, Jharkhand. As per a recent report on the initiative, about 100 CISF personnel planted 1,000 fruit-bearing and medicinal trees and one…
[ad_1] Representative Image (AI-generated) A network of Starlink satellites designed primarily for internet connectivity is giving scientists a new way to study one of the hardest-to-observe regions of Earth’s atmosphere. According to a study by researchers at Kyoto University, publicly available orbital data from roughly 1,200 Starlink satellites were used to estimate the density of…
[ad_1] Mythreya DharaniPhoto credit: Society for Science Mythreya Dharani’s achievements in the high school science research arena are few and far between. The Society for Science, which organizes the prestigious Regeneron Science Talent Search, announced that 18-year-old Mythreya from New Jersey developed an AI model to predict how individual tumors would respond to the chemotherapy…
[ad_1] A new snake species discovered in the jungle has been named after Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash (Image credit: Chris Austin via Field Museum) A newly described snake from the forests of New Guinea has been given a name familiar to rock fans around the world. Scientists have named the non-venomous species Lielaphis slashi,…
[ad_1] Groundwater reserves beneath High Mountain Asia (HMA) often called the ‘Asian water tower’ are depleting at an alarming rate, according to a new satellite-based study. The region provides water that supports farming, cities, and ecosystems in more than a dozen downstream countries and is a critical resource for hundreds of millions of people. But…
[ad_1] PC: NASA, ESA, Joseph Olmsted (STScI)/Handout via REUTERS Nearly 12 billion years ago, the Milky Way was still in its infancy, assembling itself from smaller collections of stars, gas and dark matter. During that turbulent period, another galaxy came within its gravitational reach and was eventually absorbed, leaving traces that have survived to the…
[ad_1] Sophie Adenot’s first spacewalk was supposed to be about replacing an antenna. Instead, the 18 August outing left the French astronaut with two milestones to carry back inside the International Space Station: becoming the first French woman to walk in space, and an unfinished repair that will require another trip outside. Adenot and Nasa…
[ad_1] PC: Dhruv Varun Cohen ’26/Cornell University Thousands of hours of rainforest recordings are helping scientists teach artificial intelligence to recognise Amazonian birds that can be difficult to identify by sound alone. In Colombia, Cornell researchers have been collecting acoustic data from cattle ranches, rubber agroforestry plots and forest to build a clearer picture of…
