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The deep ocean has a way of turning ordinary events into unanswered questions. Far below the waves, sounds travel through water in ways that can make distant sources appear much closer or far stranger than they really are.

The spotted lanternfly has become one of the most destructive invasive insects in the United States, threatening vineyards, orchards and forests by feeding on the sap of hundreds of plant species. Finding its egg masses before they hatch is one of the most effective ways to slow its spread, but the eggs are well camouflaged and often overlooked by human searchers.

Imagine erasing almost every insect and small animal from an island, then watching nature rebuild itself from scratch. That was exactly what a team of ecologists did in the Florida Keys during one of the most influential ecological experiments ever conducted.

Over three summers, a doctoral researcher named Douglas Boyes spent more than 400 hours crouched beside English roadside hedges after dark, tapping branches with a stick and counting how many moth caterpillars fell onto a canvas tray below. Boyes, who split his time between Newcastle University and the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, expected artificial street lighting to reduce caterpillar numbers by something like 10 per cent.

Sharvi Mahajan, a 14-year-old Indian-American student from California, has been named among the 10 finalists of the 2026 3M Young Scientist Challenge. Mahajan has developed a system to predict driver fatigue before it leads to accidents.

At first sight, Pando appears to be an ordinary forest of thousands of trembling aspen trees stretching across Utah's Fishlake National Forest. As reported by PBS, the reality beneath the ground is far more unusual.

Indian scientists at ICAR-NRRI, Cuttack, have shown that an artificial intelligence-designed enzyme, OpenCRISPR-1, can precisely edit rice DNA, matching the famous CRISPR-Cas9 across knockout, base editing and prime editing. The open-source platform, named POC1, could ease the patent burden on gene editing and speed India's push for climate-resilient, self-reliant crops.

Scientists drilling 1,640 feet beneath Michigan have discovered 689 kinds of fungi living in water that last touched the surface 11,000 years ago.

For centuries, flamingos were recognised by their vivid pink feathers, yet the reason behind that striking colour remained uncertain. Early naturalists could describe what they saw, but they could not explain why young flamingos emerged from the nest in muted shades before gradually becoming brighter as they matured.

India has said there is no official category called Super El Nino even as scientists warn of an intense Pacific event. The government said India's impact will depend on broader ocean-atmosphere conditions, not El Nino alone.