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The 2026 Assam floods drowned Sivasagar and Charaideo after ordinary rainfall, not a cloudburst. Scientists say that deforestation, mining and silted rivers pushed the land past a tipping point.

Scientists have described a newly discovered lizard species from Thailand as Acanthosaura syrax, after the dragon linked to Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen in House of the Dragon. The find underlines both the animal's distinct traits and the need to protect Mae Wong's high-elevation forests.

Researchers at Kiel University in Germany have developed a highly porous material that can pull drinking water directly out of dry air, offering a possible lifeline for regions where rainfall is becoming less reliable. The material, known as CAU-10-H, behaves like a sponge, absorbing water vapour from the atmosphere and releasing it again as liquid water.

Scientists have identified China's first known freshwater cave snail, a species so rare that only three living adults have ever been found. The tiny animal has no eyes, almost no colour in its body, and a translucent shell thin enough to reveal the delicate tissue underneath.

Rice leaves behind more than a meal. After the grain has been processed, the tough outer husk is usually treated as an unwanted agricultural residue, with enormous quantities accumulating every year.

Honeybees can be trained with nothing more than the promise of a sugary reward; they learn to pick out a specific face and keep picking it out later, even when it appears from a slightly different angle or sits among faces they have never encountered before. It is a strange and slightly humbling discovery, not because bees have any use for recognising people, but because it forces a rethink of how much brainpower a task like this actually needs.

Croatia was still dealing with the hidden legacy of the Balkan wars when scientists began looking to an unlikely ally: honeybees. Years after mines had been buried across fields, forests and rural land, uncertainty over their locations continued to complicate farming, development and everyday life.

Scientists may have found the first evidence of glueballs, matter formed from gluons, the carriers of the strong force.

AI has helped scientists create new bacteriophages that can kill E. coli, opening new possibilities for medicine while raising serious concerns about the risks of AI-designed biology., Technology & Science, Times Now

After decades of environmental decline, Florida's Indian River Lagoon is beginning to show signs of recovery. With funding from NOAA Fisheries' Office of Habitat Conservation, the Indian River Lagoon Council is leading a system-wide effort to restore the habitats that once sustained the lagoon's fish and wildlife.