On 9 July 1962, during one of the most dangerous periods of the Cold War, the United States carried out one of the most extraordinary military experiments in history.In a test known as Starfish Prime, the US launched a 1.4-megaton thermonuclear bomb aboard a Thor missile and detonated it around 400 kilometres above Earth, roughly…
Friends star Lisa Kudrow recalls eerie moments after her mother Nedra Stern’s death, says she believes her late mom ‘texted’ her from beyond: ‘It happened three times’ Friends star Lisa Kudrow has shared a deeply personal experience that she believes could have been a sign from her late mother, Nedra Stern, after her death in…
AIU said prolonged protests could cause loss of academic time, disrupt preparation and create avoidable stress (representative image) NEW DELHI: The Association of Indian Universities (AIU) has asked universities and higher education institutions to counsel students against staying away from classes to join protests over recent examination controversies, saying prolonged agitation comes at a “considerable…
Argentina’s Lionel Messi reacts after losing to Spain in the World Cup final. (AP Photo) The mystery surrounding Lionel Messi‘s viral dressing-room speech before Argentina’s 2026 FIFA World Cup final has finally been addressed, with Alexis Mac Allister’s father dismissing speculation of an internal crisis and insisting the captain’s words were taken completely out of…
For most people, the Sahara is the ultimate symbol of endless sand, scorching heat and one of the harshest environments on Earth. Yet geology tells a remarkably different story. Beneath the dunes lie the remnants of ancient rivers, vast lakes and ecosystems that once supported hippos, crocodiles and thriving human communities. Scientists now know these…
Two people can start the same ambitious project and expect completely different timelines for it to pay off. One assumes real progress should be visible within weeks, gets discouraged when it isn’t, and quietly abandons the work. The other accepts from the outset that meaningful results might take years, and keeps going long after the…
NEW DELHI: In the past six months, nearly 58% attempts to book train tickets online were by bots, not real people, the railway ministry informed Lok Sabha Wednesday. It said that on average 888 crore requests out of 1,538 crore in a month were bots, and those were flagged as automated requests and their access…
Pic courtesy: Instagram/ @pennyhundleyart Her picture is still circulating in millions of pockets every day, and yet her story remains largely untold. Flip the U.S. Mint’s 2026 Sacagawea $1 coin, and you will see her: Polly Cooper, a woman from the Oneida tribe who helped George Washington’s Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. Chances are,…
In a dry, remote stretch of central Queensland, tiny springs bubble up from deep underground to form shallow, ankle-deep pools in the middle of the desert. Living only in these springs is a fish so small it barely reaches the size of a thumbnail, called the red-finned blue-eye. It exists nowhere else on earth. For…
NEW DELHI: Punjab’s ‘Business Class’ programme, introduced under the state government’s Sikhya Kranti initiative, has helped over 20,000 student-led ventures generate nearly Rs 90 crore in revenue within a year, Higher Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains said on Sunday.The programme, launched during the 2025-26 academic session, included a compulsory two-credit course for students pursuing B.Com,…