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According to the study, the discovery expands the known diversity of the Eristalinus genus in India, with the last major contribution to the group's taxonomy dating back to 1923

A bird preserved in a museum drawer for years has begun to draw attention after closer inspection revealed an unusual tail structure. The fossil belongs to Plumadraco bankoorum, a small bird that lived around 121 million years ago in what is now northern China.

The emotional atmosphere in the classroom is not an easy phenomenon to describe, but the young mind is exceptionally aware of its presence. It has been observed for centuries that the mood of the teacher can change the mood of the class.

In 2016, researchers described a remarkable piece of fossilised amber containing a partial tail from a feathered dinosaur from the mid-Cretaceous period. Reported in Current Biology, the study was based on a specimen found in Burmese amber from northern Myanmar and has since been cited in studies of feather evolution.

High on the Tibetan Plateau, where the air feels thin in a way that is hard to describe unless you've stood there, human life has been quietly adjusting itself for thousands of years. Villages sit at heights where most visitors feel breathless within hours, sometimes minutes, yet whole communities carry on with farming, family life, and routine movement as if the atmosphere is simply another part of the landscape rather than a limitation.

India's climate scientists warn of lost instrument-making skills, risking credibility and calling for studies on renewable energy impacts.

In 2021, a long-standing historical puzzle was solved when researchers identified a rare and remarkable finish line at L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland, pinpointing Norse activity at the site to one exact year. Scientists used ancient tree rings and evidence of a huge solar storm to date the site of Norse activity to the precise year of 1021 AD.

Researchers have made significant strides in understanding exoplanets by studying the winds on seven distant "hot Jupiters." , Technology & Science, Times Now

A typical day in the field in the dry savanna of East Africa ended up changing what scientists knew about early human evolution. As part of their research to understand and map fossils across an arid area of northern Ethiopia, a team of scientists found that what they were actually looking at was not just of geological significance but of immense significance for our evolutionary history.

More than a century after she revolutionised astronomy with a discovery that reshaped humanity's understanding of the cosmos, Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin is receiving fresh recognition for her extraordinary achievements. English Heritage has unveiled a blue plaque at her former home in Notting Hill, London, commemorating the scientist whose groundbreaking work revealed that stars are composed primarily of hydrogen and helium.