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Fossils reveal complex features in single-celled eukaryotes 1.7 billion years ago Photo credit: Leigh Anne Riedman via Science Daily More than 12,000 microscopic fossils recovered from 1.7-billion-year-old rocks in northern Australia are offering scientists a rare glimpse into the early history of complex life. The fossils belonged to ancient eukaryotes, the broad group that includes…

A 300-foot beach on a tiny island in the Maldives was slowly eroding away. In order to solve the problem, a Marriott resort on the island experimented with something different. Instead of dredging sand, they used an artificial reef designed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers to repair the beach.Coastal Assembly, a startup that spun…

Shaili Singh (Image credit: X) The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) will approach the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) over the measurement of Shaili Singh’s fourth attempt in the women’s long jump at the Asian Games.The AFI claims that officials measured the jump from a shorter mark, which cost Shaili a medal. Shaili finishes…

Rahul Gandhi’s fresh charge against EC over Bela Estate voter list NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi on Monday again targeted the Election Commission and CEC Gyanesh Kumar over the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, citing the case of Delhi’s Bela Estate, where he claimed 727 of 728 names were…

Though many performers start their careers in movies when they are still young, there are also South Indian celebrities who were not only successful but had great educational credentials as well. They studied such varied subjects as medicine, law, engineering, and even literature before they started making movies or parallel to their careers in cinema.Sai…

For Biddle, the farm represents decades of work and memories (Bellisario Student Media photo) For 70 years, Jeff Biddle has lived and worked on Bear Meadows Farm near Tussey Mountain in Pennsylvania. He has raised cattle, grown crops and watched bears, turkeys, deer and waterfowl from the woods around his home. In July this year,…

A Bofors gun of the artillery firing during an exercise in the North East. (Image credit: Indian Army) In the wee hours of May 7, 2025, the stillness and silence of the night was broken by the big guns of the Indian artillery. Although the attacks on the terror nerve centres at Muridke and Bahawalpur…

AAP donations drop 68%; firm founded by ex-MP who joined BJP had given Rs 5 crore NEW DELHI: The Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party received Rs 12.10 crore in contributions in 2025-26, a 68% drop from the previous financial year, according to its latest report filed with the Election Commission.Nearly 83% of the party’s contributions…

SC extends Class VII-VIII relaxations to Class VI (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday directed the CBSE to extend to Class VI students the same exemptions and relaxations available to students of Classes VII and VIII under its newly introduced three-language scheme.Under the order, Class VI students will have to study the…

NEW DELHI: Double Olympic medallist Manu Bhaker will return from the Asian Games 2026 without a medal after competing in four events in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan — an unexpected outcome for one of India’s biggest medal hopes and another indication of the shooting contingent’s struggles to match its record haul from the previous edition.India had won…