Archaeologists find the earliest physical evidence of brass-making in East Asia in southern China (PC: Cambridge University Press) A set of ancient crucibles found in Guangzhou is giving archaeologists new clues about how brass-making technology may have reached medieval China. The vessels came from an official metallurgical workshop at the Royal Palace of the Nanyue…
Kay CotteePhoto credit: The Australian Museum Kay Cottee was born on 25 January 1954, the youngest of four daughters of Jim and Joy McLaren. She was introduced to a boating life when she was just ten days old, strapped to the mast of her father’s boat in her crib. That early introduction sparked a love…
Ananya Nagendra, the 18-year-old Texas student (Image Credit: Society For Science) Food waste is usually thought of as a problem that begins in the kitchen and ends in a garbage bin. But once that waste reaches a landfill, it can create another environmental problem: methane. Ananya Gulur Nagendra, an 18-year-old student from Plano, Texas, wondered…
Representative Image of a child examining ancient fossil footprints preserved in rock in Mentougou, Beijing (AI-generated image) In early 2025, 12-year-old Ni Jingchen was out exploring with his parents in Beijing’s Mentougou district when he noticed two tiny marks on a slab of exposed rock. Ni already loved fossils and knew enough to realise that…
Houthi group claimed ballistic missile and drone attacks on a Saudi military landing ship and escort boats in the Red Sea off Mocha Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi group on Monday claimed it had launched a ballistic missile attack on a Saudi military landing ship and four escort boats in the Red Sea off the southwestern port…
A major row began after Greg Abbott warned two airports over Islamic wudu wash basins. Texas Governor Greg Abbott warned Dallas-Fort Worth Airport and George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston accusing them of religious bias over Islamic wudu washing facilities. Abbott said government-owned airports cannot favor one religion over all others and they should be…
Zohran Mamdani speaks Bengali while announcing Broadway free tickets. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani stunned viewers by speaking in Bengali while announcing more than 2,000 free Broadway tickets for the city’s high school students, with the tickets to be distributed through a lottery.The programme, launched in partnership with the Theater Development Fund (TDF), will…
Image: Society for Science At 14, Miles Wu is exploring how an ancient paper-folding technique could inspire stronger and more portable structures for emergencies. An eighth-grade student at Hunter College High School in New York, Wu spent the past year investigating the Miura-ori, a geometric origami pattern known for folding flat sheets into compact forms….
Teachers at a California public school got their ‘life-changing’ bonuses this week after a woman donated $1 million. On Thursday, August 13, one hundred teachers in the Bay Area’s Ross Valley School District, located in the wealthy Northern California county of Marin, were asked to gather for a quick meeting. Once they entered the conference…
Fernando learnt to play Scrabble at school when he was eight. His passion for the game grew quickly and he competed in the Sri Lankan national championships in 2022 and 2024. Hard work takes you a long way and 14-year-old Dineth Fernando has already found that 200 words a day can take you very far….