This is an AI-generated image, used for representational purposes only. An underwater volcano roughly 300 miles off the Oregon coast is rumbling back to life, with scientists warning that an eruption could take place any time before the end of the year.Known asAxial Seamount, the volcano lies nearly a mile beneath the ocean’s surface and…
In a world where international education is more accessible than ever, choosing the right city to study in can shape your academic journey and future career. Each year, QS Best Student Cities ranks destinations based on factors such as university rankings, affordability, desirability, and employer activity.The 2025 edition highlights ten cities that stand out as…
A collaborative study conducted by NASA and Japan’s Toho University has employed sophisticated supercomputers to model Earth’s habitability over the next billion years. The study presents a comprehensive timeline projecting the eventual death of life on Earth. The process will be fueled by steady but irreversible environmental changes, such as the Sun’s growing heat, which…
Spin in a black hole produces an effect called “frame dragging,” an effect where space-time is curved around the spinning black hole by the rotation of the black hole. This profoundly affects particles that are close, transferring energy to particles that move in the direction of the rotation of the black hole. A breakthrough by…
MEERUT: A fast-track court in Bulandshahr sentenced a 45-year-old man to rigorous life imprisonment for burning alive his four-month-pregnant wife over dowry in 2015. She died at a Delhi hospital after battling for life for four days. While passing the sentence on Saturday, the court also imposed a fine of Rs 17,000 on the convict.While…
Warren Buffett, the chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway, said he would step down from that position by the end of the year. Mr. Buffett, 94, transformed Berkshire Hathaway, once a textile company, into a powerful business investor, making billions along the way. Here’s a look back at some of the defining moments in his life….
With the beginning of cease-fire talks in the war between Russia and Ukraine, life has become riskier for Ukrainian civilians, according to a tally of civilian deaths by the United Nations and analysts reviewing recent Russian strikes. Since the talks began in February, Russian missile and drone strikes and fighting along the front line have…
Representative Image (TOI) SYDNEY: Whether or not we’re alone in the universe is one of the biggest questions in science. A recent study, led by astrophysicist Nikku Madhusudhan at the University of Cambridge, suggests the answer might be no. Based on observations from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, the study points to alien life on…
Herbert J. Gans, an eminent sociologist who studied the communities and cultural bastions of America up close and shattered popular myths about urban and suburban life, poverty, ethnic groups and the news media, died on Monday at his home in Manhattan. He was 97. His death was confirmed by his son, David Gans. A refugee…
Found 120 light-years away from Earth in the constellation of Leo, the K2-18b planet is causing ripples among scientists. Twice the size of the Earth, the planet orbits the habitable zone of its star where temperatures may be conducive to the presence of liquid water. Scientists recently discovered chemicals in its atmosphere in the form…