In 2024, fishers accidentally caught a 2.5-metre goblin shark alive off the Canary Islands, marking the first recorded live sighting of the species there |

In 2024, fishers accidentally caught a 2.5-metre goblin shark alive off the Canary Islands, marking the first recorded live sighting of the species there |

Goblin shark, PC: University of La Laguna In May 2024, a group of recreational fishers off the coast of San Cristóbal, roughly 9.5 kilometres from Gran Canaria, hooked something none of them expected while fishing in 900 metres of water. What came up was a 2.5 metre goblin shark, a species so rarely seen alive … Read more

WB NEET UG 2026: Revised merit list released; 10,085 candidates eligible for Round 1 choice filling

WB NEET UG 2026: Revised merit list released; 10,085 candidates eligible for Round 1 choice filling

The West Bengal Medical Counselling Committee has issued the revised provisional merit list for WB NEET UG 2026 Round 1 counselling. Eligible candidates can check the PDF on the official website and verify their details before choice filling. The Round 1 seat allotment result is expected on August 31, with candidates advised to follow further … Read more

In 2014, scientists set off 23 explosions and deployed 3,500 seismographs around Mount St Helens; the experiment helped image a magma reservoir roughly 4 to 15 km beneath the volcano

In 2014, scientists set off 23 explosions and deployed 3,500 seismographs around Mount St Helens; the experiment helped image a magma reservoir roughly 4 to 15 km beneath the volcano

Representative Image (AI-generated) Mount St. Helens is one of the most closely studied volcanoes in the United States, but scientists still cannot directly see the complex system of magma and rock hidden beneath it. In 2014, researchers launched an ambitious experiment to change that. According to the Imaging Magma Under St. Helens (iMUSH) project, a … Read more

In 1993, Princess Diana wrote a chilling letter to her butler: ‘My husband is planning an accident in my car’ – 4 years before her fatal crash

In 1993, Princess Diana wrote a chilling letter to her butler: ‘My husband is planning an accident in my car’ – 4 years before her fatal crash

In 1993, Princess Diana put something deeply disturbing in writing.Ten months after her separation from Prince Charles was announced, Diana wrote a handwritten note to her then-butler, Paul Burrell, in which she claimed that her estranged husband was planning an “accident” involving her car.The letter later became part of the evidence examined during the inquest … Read more

H-1B Visa Fee: ‘Hire and train Americans’: JD Vance defends proposed six-figure H-1B fee

H-1B Visa Fee: ‘Hire and train Americans’: JD Vance defends proposed six-figure H-1B fee

File photo: Vice President JD Vance (Picture credit: AP) US Vice President JD Vance has backed the Trump administration’s proposal to impose a new $103,265 fee on most new H-1B visa petitions, saying American companies should prioritise hiring and training US workers.Vance shared a US media report on the proposal on X and wrote, “If … Read more

H-1B Visa Fee: ‘Hire and train Americans’: JD Vance defends proposed six-figure H-1B fee

H-1B Visa Fee: ‘Hire and train Americans’: JD Vance defends proposed six-figure H-1B fee

File photo: Vice President JD Vance (Picture credit: AP) US Vice President JD Vance has backed the Trump administration’s proposal to impose a new $103,265 fee on most new H-1B visa petitions, saying American companies should prioritise hiring and training US workers.Vance shared a US media report on the proposal on X and wrote, “If … Read more

Planes, helicopters, crews: How Europe is scrambling to contain a record wildfire season

Planes, helicopters, crews: How Europe is scrambling to contain a record wildfire season

Romanian firefighters work to prevent a wildfire from reigniting as they tackle smoldering ground following a fire in the Deliblato Sands nature reserve in Serbia. (Photo: Reuters) Wildfires are stretching firefighting capacity across Europe, forcing countries to move aircraft, helicopters and crews across borders as several blazes burn at the same time. Serbia is using … Read more

Planes, helicopters, crews: How Europe is scrambling to contain a record wildfire season

Planes, helicopters, crews: How Europe is scrambling to contain a record wildfire season

Romanian firefighters work to prevent a wildfire from reigniting as they tackle smoldering ground following a fire in the Deliblato Sands nature reserve in Serbia. (Photo: Reuters) Wildfires are stretching firefighting capacity across Europe, forcing countries to move aircraft, helicopters and crews across borders as several blazes burn at the same time. Serbia is using … Read more