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Can you imagine a place that is teeming with deadly snakes? Well, roughly 33 km off Brazil’s southeastern coast lies an island that has inspired horror stories, viral videos and breathless headlines. Ilha da Queimada Grande, also better known as Snake Island, is often described as a place where there is ‘one snake per square…
Run? By the time your brain registers the hiss, the moment has already passed. Research shows that certain snakes, particularly vipers, operate on a biological timescale far quicker than human perception and movement. You may notice the head begin to shift, but the signal travelling from your eyes to your brain and then to your…
Photo credit: The Federal In the quiet by-lanes of Hukkeri, a small town hugging the Karnataka-Maharashtra border in Belagavi district, something profoundly beautiful unfolded on February 8, 2026— a wedding that warmed hearts far beyond its simple rituals. It wasn’t just a celebration of love between Somashekar Pujeri and his bride, Poonam. It was a…
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…
Can Mars let humans age faster? It sounds more poetic than reality, but it may be true technically. Two identical clocks: One on Earth other on Mars, after months, they slowly drift apart. Space already feels strange to most of us. A strange revelation: Time itself doesn’t behave the same everywhere. Recent research suggests clocks…
Sleep appears to have emerged far earlier in animal evolution than previously thought, according to new research examining two brainless marine species. A study of the upside-down jellyfish Cassiopea andromeda and the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis finds that both exhibit sleep-like states despite lacking a centralised brain. Researchers observed periods of reduced movement, lowered responsiveness,…
NASA uses AI to scan 35 years of Hubble data and finds space mysteries humans missed (Image source: NASA) For more than 35 years, the Hubble Space Telescope has been quietly building one of the largest visual records of the universe ever assembled. The problem is scale. With nearly 100 million small image cutouts stored…
A deep excavation in Indonesia has uncovered evidence that modern humans and an older hominin species used the same cave, possibly within overlapping periods. The finding comes from a long-running dig on the island of Sulawesi, where researchers have reached archaeological layers dating back roughly 200,000 years. The site shows a clear change in tool…
Goosebumps are one such odd body function, which we have all experienced but have rarely been compelled to probe into. They erupt suddenly on a chilly morning or during the emotional notes of music or in an instance of utter awe. Usually ascribed to the redundant remains of our evolution, the function of goosebumps can…
Singer Chinmayi Sripaada has strongly criticized the security lapse during Samantha Ruth Prabhu’s public appearance in Hyderabad. She highlighted the unacceptable burden placed on actresses to manage overwhelming crowds, questioning the civic sense of fans and urging organizers to learn from such dangerous incidents. The incident saw Samantha’s team member physically shielding her from the…
