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200,000-year-old DNA found at Schöningen site in Germany (Image source: Canva) Scientists have identified DNA that is around 200,000 years old at an open-air archaeological site in Germany, a place where experts once believed such genetic material could not survive. The find was made at the Schöningen site in Lower Saxony, which is famous for…
Ancient history often feels distant and abstract, reduced to fossil fragments and textbook timelines. Yet every so often, a scientific discovery makes the past feel unexpectedly personal. A new Neanderthal DNA study has done just that. Researchers analysing ancient genomes now suggest there may have been a clear partner preference when modern humans and Neanderthals…
At a time when films high on bloodshed are dominating the box office, Vishal Bhardwaj has made it clear that he has no issue with the growing explicitness of violence on screen.Speaking to ANI, the filmmaker said, “Normalise se zyada mujhe lag raha hai ki bahut explicit ho gaya hai violence, which is fine for…
The search for Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of ‘Today Show’ cohost Savannah Guthrie, marked its 13th day with promising evidence updates. Pima County Sheriff’s Department officials revealed details on gloves and unidentified DNA found near her Tucson, Arizona home. Nancy Guthrie vanished on February 1 after a masked intruder tampered with her surveillance camera….
DNA evidence points to humans reaching Australia 60,000 years ago The story of how people reached Australia and the Pacific has never sat still. Bits of evidence have shifted it back and forth over time. New genetic work, read alongside archaeology, nudges it further again. It suggests people were already moving into the landmass known…
Jeffrey Epstein, the wealthy financier accused of sex trafficking, planned to develop an improved “super-race” of humans using genetic engineering and artificial intelligence,.In a major probe, The New York Times reported that Epstein discussed these ideas with scientists and business figures over several years. His interests were described as “transhumanism,” though they resembled a modern…
MUMBAI: Mumbai police have arrested the father of a 20-year-old woman with mental illness after DNA tests confirmed that he impregnated her, officials said. The case came to light in 2025 when hospital staff discovered that the non-verbal woman was five months pregnant during a medical examination. She had been admitted to the city’s Cama…
Filmmaker Shazia Iqbal, who made her directorial debut with the romantic drama ‘Dhadak 2’ last year, has dropped her views on Aditya Dhar’s spy thriller ‘Dhurandhar’. After finally watching the film, she openly criticised the film and described it as something with a troubling intent. The Ranveer Singh-led project currently stands as the highest-grossing Indian…
When Tomas Lindahl was failed in Chemistry in school. Image credit: Getty images Great scientific careers rarely follow straight lines. They are shaped not only by talent and persistence, but also by institutions—and by the people who operate them. Tomas Robert Lindahl’s story begins with an uncomfortable reminder of that reality: failure.“I had a teacher…
MEERUT: Muskan, the woman accused of murdering her husband and concealing his body in a cement-filled blue drum, has named her newborn daughter Radha even as her in-laws insist on a DNA test to confirm the child’s parentage, officials said on Wednesday. The baby was born on 24 November at Lala Lajpat Rai Memorial Medical…
