Fungus found evolving resistance to drug meant for humans
A view of Pneumocystis jiroveci fungi under a microscope. | Photo Credit: Pulmonary Pathology (CC BY-SA) A fungus that can cause severe pneumonia in people with weaker or weakened immune…
A view of Pneumocystis jiroveci fungi under a microscope. | Photo Credit: Pulmonary Pathology (CC BY-SA) A fungus that can cause severe pneumonia in people with weaker or weakened immune…
A new research paper published in Scientific Reports in January 2026 uses the term ‘subclinical hearing damage’ to identify the effect on hearing due to high-level amplified music at recreational/celebratory…
This picture, taken by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera, shows a new crater on the Moon’s surface. | Photo Credit: X/@NASASolarSystem A researcher at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration…
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Bundles of plastic waste after being segregated at Jothi Nagar Centre in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, on September 6. | Photo Credit: RAJESH N./The Hindu Since their synthesis by the chemist…
As NASA and China speed up their lunar space programmes, a more-than-temporary human settlement on the moon inches closer to reality. Space agencies with these plans are targeting the moon’s…
A diminutive wild cat that inhabits Bolivia’s cloud forest has been identified as a previously unknown species, marking the first time a new living cat species has been formally named…
Herpetologists first discovered in 1933 that rattlesnakes are immune to their own venom. Native to the Americas, rattlesnakes are pit vipers, a family of vipers with a heat-sensing pit organ…
For an insect flying at night, the brightest part of the natural environment is usually the sky, including the moon and stars. | Photo Credit: Max Kleinen/Unsplash — Delin Paul…
On July 20, mathematician Levent Alpöge, who works at the artificial intelligence company (AI) Anthropic, dropped a casual tweet on X. He claimed the company’s advanced large language model Claude…