Humans have adopted body modification methods throughout history to conform to prevalent beauty standards, social status and group affiliation, and even for ritual reasons. Among such body modifications, tattooing still exists as a widely practised cultural practice. An intriguing discovery has recently shed new light on ancient South American body art. The remains of an…

While SpaceX gears up for the highly anticipated ninth test of its Starship launch vehicle, the company, being open as always, has disclosed why Flight 8’s upper stage failed, which subsequently resulted in it blowing up in midair back on March 6. The test flight, which took off from the company’s Starbase site in Texas, came…

China and Russia have agreed to build a nuclear power plant on the Moon that will be ready to be built by 2036, in a giant leap for their shared lunar ambitions. The reactor will power the International Lunar Research Station (ILRS), a joint Chinese-Russian effort to set up a permanent outpost on the Moon’s south pole….

China has successfully launched the first cluster of 12 satellites of its ambitious Three-body computing constellation on May 14 from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center aboard a Long March 2D rocket. The complete supercomputing network will comprise 2,800 satellites and will deliver a combined computing capacity of 1,000 peta operations per second (POPS). The twelve…

A Swedish Archaeologist, Greer Jarett, pilots a small sailboat along the Norwegian coast to learn in-depth about Viking trade routes. He sailed it for 5000 kilometres, which led him to identify previously known harbours towards the Norwegian coast that Vikings explored and used around a thousand years ago. This experimental expedition told about the maritime…

Last month, astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope made headlines by announcing they had detected hints of the chemicals dimethyl sulphide (DMS) and dimethyl disulfide (DMDS) on the exoplanet K2-18b, located 124 light-years away from the Earth. These chemicals are only produced by life such as marine algae on Earth, meaning they are considered…

In a finding published in the journal Science Advances on May 14, 2025, researchers have unleashed fresh evidence that Venus is still alive geologically. Venus and Earth had similar sizes and exploded by comparable amounts of water billions of years ago. This shared origin has raised questions like why Venus became extremely uninhabitable while Earth…

Ancient Roman structures have always been a major attraction for both common people and researchers. The durability of those magnificent architectural feats like the Pantheon of Rome has made researchers curious about how they are standing tall nearly after two thousand years of the height of the Roman empire. While The longevity of these structures…

Vivo S30 and Vivo S30 Pro Mini were unveiled in China on Thursday. The new Vivo S series smartphones are available in up to four colourways with a 6,500mAh battery and support for 90W fast charging. The standard Vivo S30 runs on a Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 SoC, while the Vivo S30 Pro Mini is equipped…

Microsoft on Wednesday announced that it is opening Windows Update to third-party apps. The Redmond-based tech giant has introduced a new Windows Update orchestration platform, which allows third-party app developers to deliver updates in unison with Windows updates. The company says the new platform offers several benefits for developers, including app update notifications via native…