When Solar Impulse 2 returned to Abu Dhabi in July 2016, it completed something that had never been achieved before. The aircraft had travelled around the world powered only by energy collected from the sun, finishing a journey of roughly 40,000 kilometres without using conventional fuel. It was not built to prove that commercial airliners…
J. Robert Oppenheimer and Major General Leslie R. Groves inspect Ground Zero after the Trinity Test in New Mexico, July 1945 (left), Members of the Los Alamos National Laboratory team behind the design, assembly and testing of the Autonomous Ion Mass Spectrometer (AIMS) Sentry instrument (right). Hidden among the mesas of northern New Mexico lies…
Representative image generated using AI The best part about superheroes? They arrive at the right moment when you actually need them. And the friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man just has incredible reaction timing. Let’s just say he operates up to 40 times faster than an average human. And that’s exactly what happened on Tuesday, 21 July, at…
Ancient swords are uncovered from time to time across Europe, but only a few discoveries immediately raise questions about how they came to rest where they were found. A recently unearthed bronze sword in northern Poland is one of those rare cases. Dating back around 2,700 years, the weapon was discovered standing upright in the…
Turkey is home to one of the world’s most extraordinary natural sites. It is called Pamukkale, which means “cotton castle” (also translated as “Cotton Palace”) in Turkish. According to the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, the name comes from the striking, dazzling white landscape formed by calcite-laden spring water flowing down the hillside.Pamukkale sits in Denizli…
A surprising new scientific study has revealed that the heart has a small network of neurons capable of controlling essential bodily functions. The research conducted at Yale University in US, was published in July 2026 in the scientific journal Cell. It revealed that this nervous system participates in regulating heartbeats and also protects the organ…
What began as a routine response for firefighters in southwest Florida quickly turned into an extraordinary wildlife rescue after tiny movements were spotted beneath a storm drain cover near the beach. Instead of debris or a stranded animal, crews found 14 sea turtle hatchlings trapped inside two storm drains during what should have been their…
Why do sperm whale release gas bubbles while sleeping vertically When it comes to marine life, there are facts beyond human imagination. In the most recent findings, scientists discovered a lesser-known fact about sperm whales and their resting mechanism. According to them, sperm whales have a fantastic way of resting far beneath the ocean waves….
AI generated image from Canva Every year, scientists drop thousands of fish out of airplanes over Utah’s mountains, and no, it’s not a stunt or a glitch in the weather. It’s a carefully planned conservation and recreation strategy that has quietly kept remote lakes fishable for decades.Every summer, Utah’s Division of Wildlife Resources (DWR) loads…
Elon Musk admits he ‘got carried away’ after backing Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign with $200 million, says he should have focused on Tesla instead of DOGE Elon Musk has admitted that he became too involved in politics during his close alliance with US President Donald Trump, saying he now believes he should have spent more…