Archaeologists discover a 3,300-year-old sword at the bottom of a volcanic lake in Italy - and it's still sharp

NASA plans to fly an uncrewed Starliner-1 mission to the International Space Station in December of this year or January 2027, and later plans to return astronauts on Starliner-2 by...

Scientists Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel have won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their work on light-gated ion channels and optogenetics, receiving 12 million...

Francis Halzen receives the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics for his pivotal contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the identification of high-energy astrophysical neutrinos, leveraging South Pole ice to...

The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has been developed by DronAgni Combat Drones Pvt Ltd, a group company of AKSI Aerospace. The company describes Agni Kalash as a long-range platform designed...

A 10.22-kg rock used as a barn doorstop on a Michigan farm for decades has been confirmed as an iron meteorite from the IIIAB group. Found after a reported 1939...

Henri B Kagan and Kenso Soai received the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their groundbreaking discoveries in asymmetric organic synthesis. 

Conditioning children “from the very beginning” to rely on medication rather than shifting their dietary and exercise habits could result in substantially higher healthcare costs over their lifetimes, WHO's head...

With World Sight Day on 8 October, eye care experts tell LiveMint that dry eye can have several causes beyond prolonged screen use. They urge people to recognize broader risk...

The World Health Organization said Wednesday it could not produce a full risk assessment as it did not have the whole picture from Russia on the suspected plague death of...

During World Space Week 2026, from October 4 to October 10, a special Pokémon GO event has been organised in participating science and space museums.  Here's all you need to...

The ICMR is seeking pharmaceutical partners to commercialize a novel liquid formulation that reduces infant brain toxins by 85%, offering an easy, low-cost alternative to phototherapy and blood transfusions.

A powerful solar eruption recorded on 8 October could trigger a moderate geomagnetic storm on 11 October, NOAA has warned. The event may brighten auroras but could also affect satellite...