Nature & Environment

The night sky has always fascinated people with its countless stars, planets, and celestial events. Among these wonders, the Blue Moon stands out as one of the most intriguing and widely misunderstood phenomena. Despite its name, a Blue Moon is...

India suddenly faces a serious cooking gas shortage because of the war on Iran. The country imports about 20 million tons of LPG every year, which covers nearly 60 percent of its total needs. This heavy dependence on foreign supplies...

More than half a century after the last Apollo mission, humanity is heading back toward the Moon—but this time, with new ambitions and a new crew. The NASA-led Artemis II is not just another spaceflight; it is a symbolic and...

The Economic Survey 2025-26, tabled in Parliament on January 29, 2026, highlighted the heavy burden of rural-to-urban migration on Indian cities and called for revival of the rural economy to reduce “distressed migration.” It noted that two-thirds of India’s population...

China's dramatic improvement in air quality over the past decade stands as one of the most significant environmental achievements in modern history. Since declaring a "war on pollution" in 2013, the country has reduced fine particulate matter faster than any...

Himachal Pradesh and parts of the western Himalayas experienced fresh snowfall in mid-to-late March 2026, with significant accumulations reported in areas like Manali, Solang Valley, Rohtang, Dalhousie, Keylong, and higher reaches of Lahaul-Spiti and Kinnaur. News reports described heavy snow...

A surge of headlines and viral posts claim that the United States is currently experiencing an “unprecedented” heatwave, with temperatures soaring past 44°C across multiple states and hundreds of weather stations reporting broken records. The language is dramatic, but does...

The Strait of Hormuz sits at the narrow exit of the Persian Gulf. At its tightest point, it measures only 21 miles wide. Every day before the current war, its shipping lanes carried about 20 million barrels of oil—roughly one...

On March 6, 2026, IQAir reported that Dhaka’s real-time Air Quality Index (AQI) exceeded 200 at 9:00 PM PT, placing the city in the “very unhealthy to hazardous” range due to elevated PM2.5 levels. Subsequent coverage, including a March 14...

On March 6, 2026, news outlets reported that astronomers had confirmed GJ 887 d as a super-Earth orbiting in the habitable zone of the nearby red dwarf star GJ 887, only 10.7 light-years away. The discovery, based on new radial-velocity...

Between March 13 and 17, 2026, a massive and complex storm system swept across North America, bringing blizzard conditions to the Upper Midwest, severe thunderstorms and tornadoes to the South and East Coast, and even fueling wildfires in the Plains....

Eid brings joy and togetherness to more than one billion Muslims around the world. There are two main Eids each year. Eid-ul-Fitr marks the end of Ramadan, the month of fasting. Eid-ul-Adha links to the Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca. Families...

The ongoing US-Israeli war on Iran has once again shown how easily energy supplies can be disrupted. Strikes have affected key routes like the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway that carries most of the oil and liquefied natural gas...

In the world of industrial commodities, few materials have enjoyed as quiet and steady a reputation as tungsten. Known primarily for its use in drill bits and light bulb filaments, this dense, gray metal has long been a workhorse of...

Tiny living things hidden in the soil might play a bigger part in our skies than anyone thought. For years, people have looked for safe ways to make rain fall where it is needed or to keep food fresh in...