The origins of snakes have baffled scientists for decades. How did these limbless, slithering predators evolve from their distant lizard ancestors? A remarkable discovery on the Isle of Skye, Scotland, may hold the key to this evolutionary mystery. Palaeontologists uncovered the fossil of a unique Jurassic reptile, Breugnathair elgolensis, which displays an extraordinary combination of…
Snakebites remain a silent global health crisis, claiming an estimated 138,000 lives each year, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Victims often live in rural or underserved regions where access to antivenom is limited, and delays in treatment can be fatal. Traditional antivenoms, created using animal immunisation techniques over a century old, are species-specific,…
A recently circulated photo from NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover has sparked renewed fascination with interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS. The image appears to show a bright, cylindrical object moving across the Martian sky, igniting online debates about its true nature. While some speculate it could be an alien spacecraft, experts suggest the shape may result from long-exposure…
Anna Menon is an accomplished American engineer and astronaut candidate whose remarkable career bridges the worlds of NASA, SpaceX, and private spaceflight. Born in Houston, Texas, she has played key roles in advancing human spaceflight — from managing astronaut operations at SpaceX to serving as a mission specialist on the historic Polaris Dawn mission. In…
The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi for their groundbreaking “discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance that prevents the immune system from harming the body.“The Nobel Assembly at Sweden’s Karolinska Institute announced the award on Monday, recognising the trio for their pioneering work…
Every year, the Nobel Prize in Medicine honours people who help us understand how the human body works — and how to fix it when it doesn’t. In 2025, the prize went to Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi. They discovered something remarkable: how the immune system stops itself from attacking the body it’s…
WARNING NOTES: Jane Goodall’s research showed humans were not so superior to chimpanzees — she thus paved the way for questioning speciesism and the ecocides done by the Anthropocene (Getty Images) The primatologist and scientists like her illuminate our minds — their vision alters how we look at lifeDid you know, dear reader, it’s not…
Source: European Commission Across the billions of stars and galaxies in the universe, Earth remains the only known planet to host life. Yet, the search for other habitable worlds drives scientists to develop ever-smarter observational tools. Despite cataloguing over 6,000 exoplanets, astronomers have yet to find a true Earth analogue, a planet similar in size…
In an exciting fusion of science and creativity, marine biologists have identified a new deep-sea coral species named Iridogorgia chewbacca. Native to the tropical western Pacific Ocean, this coral enriches our understanding of ocean biodiversity and showcases the remarkable ecosystems that thrive in the ocean’s dark, unexplored depths. Its distinctive, hair-like branches and iridescent surface…
The tomb of Pharaoh Amenhotep III, ruler of ancient Egypt between 1390 B.C.E. and 1350 B.C.E., was opened on Saturday to the public in Luxor.The tomb is one of the largest in the Valley of the Kings and has been undergoing two decades of renovation work under a Japanese-led, three-phased restoration project.Tomb over 3,000 years…
