The Amazon’s fish live in water that can change dramatically with the seasons. In some places, oxygen levels fall so low that ordinary gill breathing is not enough. Several Amazonian species have adapted by taking oxygen from the air or by breathing at the water’s surface. That unusual ability is now being considered alongside another…
AI generated image used for representative purpose NEW DELHI: A consumer commission in Kerala has held Ola Electric guilty of deficiency in service and unfair trade practice after a customer’s electric scooter developed repeated problems during the warranty period and he failed to get proper after-sales service.The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Kasaragod, directed Ola…
In August 1868, the Sun briefly became a laboratory for astronomers gathered in India to watch a total solar eclipse. Among them was the French astronomer Pierre Jules Janssen, who turned a spectroscope towards the bright prominences rising around the eclipsed solar disc. Their light contained a yellow spectral line that seemed to sit close…
Representative Image of an overgrown railway transformed into a thriving wildlife habitat (AI-generated image) Deep in the driftless hills of southwestern Wisconsin lies a railway corridor that has not carried a train since 1964, yet it remains one of the busiest routes in the region, only now the traffic moves on hooves, wings and two…
A critically endangered female red handfish, Thymichthys politus. (Photo: Joel Sartore) For 20 years, photographer Joel Sartore has been building a huge visual record of the world’s animals. His project, called the Photo Ark, has now reached another major milestone with its 18,000th species- the critically endangered red handfish. The milestone photo was announced by…
Celeste Rivas Hernandez Murder Case A teenage girl who says she had an online friendship with D4vd is revisiting one conversation she once considered harmless. The alleged joke involved the singer and his fictional alter-ego cutting off her arms. Years later, as D4vd faces trial over the death of Celeste Rivas Hernandez, that memory has…
Dalton Ain’t Worried and Sako update: Brother’s ‘difficult season’ message fuels split rumors amid emotional video Dalton Ain’t Worried and Sako have not confirmed a split, but comments believed to be from Dalton Joseph Mermel’s brother, Christopher Adkison, have added to questions about the couple. In a statement shared on Reddit, Adkison said he had…
Representative Image of bull sharks gathering at a coral reef and displaying social behavior (AI-generated image) Bull sharks have long been viewed as solitary hunters that cross paths mostly by chance, but a six-year study in Fiji suggests otherwise. Researchers observed adult bull sharks gathering repeatedly at a single reef site and found that individuals…
Solar panel installation, Krugerville. Image Credit: Ken Oltmann/US Department of Energy Texas has relied on its old thermal power plants for a long time, but a massive shift is currently reforming the state’s electric network. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas(ERCOT), the body responsible for managing the majority of the state’s power flow, has supervised…
Archaeologists in China have uncovered an extraordinary alcoholic drink that remained remarkably well preserved for more than 2,000 years inside an ancient bronze bottle. The vessel, recovered from a Qin-period tomb at the Shanjiabao cemetery in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, contained about 3.74 litres of pale blue-green liquid, equivalent to nearly a gallon. Scientific…
