In the early decades of the 20th century, few lives followed a trajectory as unusual as that of Swami Jnanananda. Born in Andhra Pradesh, he spent years in spiritual practice across the Himalayas before turning to science, eventually studying physics in Europe, the United Kingdom, and the United States. His work focused on radiation and…
A new genetic study has shifted the way scientists describe the origins of modern humans. For many years, the simplest explanation was that Homo sapiens emerged from a single ancestral population in Africa before spreading out. Research suggests the picture is more complicated. It appears early human groups were spread across different parts of the…
Researchers in the UK are investigating a revolutionary geoengineering method called ‘cloud brightening.’ Researchers from the University of Manchester are investigating whether the application of tiny sea salt particles could be sprayed into the atmosphere to enhance the reflectivity of clouds by increasing their ability to reflect sunlight into space. This study, which is funded…
The idea of humans living on the Moon has slowly moved from distant imagination to something that now feels within reach. Recent statements from Dylan Taylor during the CNBC interview indicate that the timeline may be much closer than previously expected. Speaking at an industry event, he suggested that humans could return to the lunar…
Chinese researchers have unveiled a groundbreaking ‘Zero-Carbon-Emission Direct Coal Fuel Cell’ (ZC-DCFC) that fundamentally transforms coal-based energy. Led by Xie Heping at Shenzhen University, this innovation bypasses traditional combustion – the process responsible for massive carbon emissions and energy loss in conventional power plants. By utilising electrochemical oxidation, the system converts coal’s chemical energy directly…
For years now, astronomers have been witnessing what seems like an ever-growing puzzle regarding the early formation of the universe. According to recent findings, some supermassive black holes, with masses ranging up to one billion times larger than the sun’s, were formed within less than a billion years following the formation of the universe itself….
Physicists have modelled a quantum mechanism that can result in the end of the universe through the mechanism of false vacuum decay, which is a process based on the theories of quantum field mechanics and cosmology. Scientists have examined how an unstable vacuum condition called a false vacuum can be transformed to become a true…
Asteroid study, trip duration to Mars, spacecraft propulsion in space, utilisation of asteroids, and NASA’s approach to exploring space are coming together in a way that may change the face of interplanetary travel. It has been discovered that some asteroids can be used to enable advanced propulsion systems that will cut down the duration of…
A new study by the Department of Meteorology and Geophysics at the University of Vienna has challenged many of the existing beliefs about where airborne microplastics originate from. In previous years, it was believed that most microplastics originated from the ocean, and this assumption has been refuted, based on a study published in Nature that…
Archaeologists discovered 120,000-year-old human footprints in northern Saudi Arabia, revealing a wetter, greener past. These prints, alongside those of ancient animals, suggest early humans ventured inland from Africa much earlier than previously believed, following natural waterways. The Arabian Peninsula is typically depicted as a sprawling area marked by shifting seas of golden sand and dry…