Image: University of Toronto A groundbreaking study has uncovered staggering reserve of natural hydrogen hidden deep within the Earth’s continental crust, a potential energy jackpot that could power humanity for the next 170,000 years. Researchers from the University of Oxford, Durham University, and the University of Toronto have found that this naturally occurring hydrogen could…
NEW DELHI: Max Haot, chief executive officer of US-based company Vast, which is planning to launch the world’s first commercial space station, has evinced interest in using Indian rockets to transport crew members to its upcoming orbital laboratory.In an interview to TOI , Haot, who recently visited India to attend an international space conference GLEX-2025,…
Its soldiers are underpaid and underarmed. Its ranks are riddled with factions pursuing their own interests. And successive presidents are said to have kept it weak for fear of a coup. The Democratic Republic of Congo’s army has appeared too weak and dysfunctional to stop a militia that has swept through the eastern part of…
Rows of white concrete buildings near the Pearl River in southern China house one of the world’s fastest-growing industries: Gritty workshops are churning out inexpensive clothing that is exported straight to homes and small businesses around the world. No tariffs are paid, and no customs inspections are conducted. The laborers who make these goods earn…
For decades, sub-Saharan Africa was a singular focus of American foreign aid. The continent received over $8 billion a year, money that was used to feed starving children, supply lifesaving drugs and provide wartime humanitarian assistance. In a few short weeks, President Trump and the South African-born billionaire Elon Musk have burned much of that…
Gazans took in the scale of devastation to their old neighborhoods and Israelis awaited news about three newly released hostages as a day-old cease-fire between Hamas and Israel continued to hold on Monday. With the 15-month war paused, Palestinians have been returning to parts of the Gaza Strip they had fled, picking their way through…
Hermann Goering, Hitler’s right-hand man, survived the cut. His bottles of wine — part of a collection seized by the Soviet army as a trophy at the end of World War II and deposited in a labyrinthine underground cellar in Moldova — are still on display. A gift of 460 bottles given in 2013 to…