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A recent study from research labs in China was highlighted in Scientific American because it reveals new information about microplastics. Many know that they are only becoming more pervasive, polluting the planet’s water and soil. Now, researchers have confirmed microplastics can also be a cozy home for drug-resistant bacteria. What’s happening? Microplastics have proved to be the ideal surface for …

Published on: Oct 12, 2025 06:11 pm IST Katy Perry and former Canadian PM, Justin Trudeau, seemingly confirmed their romance as they were spotted on a vacation. Katy Perry and former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau were spotted kissing and cuddling on the singer’s 24-meter yacht, off the coast of Santa Barbara, California, the Daily Mail reported. The outlet also …

Bill Belichick’s days in Chapel Hill may already be numbered.  247 Sports’ Andrew Jones reported that “potential exit strategy discussions” took place at North Carolina on Tuesday as the Belichick experiment goes off the rails.  The school has reportedly had “preliminary conversations” about firing the legendary football coach just five games into the new era, which has included the constant …

As predicted, interstellar object 3I/ATLAS came within spitting distance of the surface of Mars as it continued blazing its path through the solar system. The mysterious object, widely believed to be a comet, is only the third object from beyond the solar system to have ever been identified as it cruises through. It’s fascinated scientists ever since it was first …

For more than twenty years, the Mars Express orbiter has studied the Red Planet and remains the European Space Agency’s (ESA) only operational mission. In that time, it has provided the most complete map of the Martian atmosphere and its chemical composition. It has also studied Mars’ innermost moon (Phobos) in stunning detail, and traced the flow channels, delta fans, …

International Observe the Moon Night 2025 is upon us! Here’s what to look for when the lunar disk rises above the eastern horizon on Oct. 4. Each year NASA teams up with a host of international partners to hold events to engage the public in observing the moon and learn about humanity’s efforts to explore Earth’s natural satellite. Be sure …

Samsung’s first Android XR headset, codenamed Project Moohan, was rumored to launch on September 29, but it has reportedly been delayed to October 21. While we are still awaiting official confirmation on that from Samsung, a new media report has revealed when the Korean brand will begin pre-registrations for its first XR headset. According to ChosunBiz, Samsung will begin pre-registrations …

The surface of Venus is scoured with strange, quasi-circular features called coronae. Unlike anything seen on Earth today, they can stretch hundreds of miles in diameter, even going past the thousand mark. Or they can be as little as a few dozen miles across. In images taken from orbit, they look like chaotic scribbles etched into the rock, surrounding a …

3D Perspective View of Latona Corona and Dali Chasma on Venus. Source: Getty Images The surface of Venus is scoured with strange, quasi-circular features called coronae. Unlike anything seen on Earth today, they can stretch hundreds of miles in diameter, even going past the thousand mark. Or they can be as little as a few dozen miles across. In images …

In 2007, something strange happened over the eastern Atlantic Ocean. According to satellites orbiting Earth, our planet’s gravity field developed a continent-scale anomaly before subsiding to its original state. The odd event, undetectable to humans on the surface, has only just been discovered in data collected by gravity-monitoring satellites – and the cause was a tremendous redistribution of mass far …