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Monday, September 1, 2025
TopicBlack holes

Topic: Black holes

AI can’t schedule appointments, or read the time. Researchers from Scotland explain why

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

AI-enabled DNA ‘switches’ can now control gene functions in tissues, organs

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

How fast is universe expanding? Indian scientists may know a way to solve mystery using black holes

Gravitational waves can help determine expansion rate, according to team at International Centre for Theoretical Sciences. Findings published in 'Physical Review Letters'.

Black holes could be the source of ‘dark energy’ that makes up our universe

The matter that makes up the familiar world around us is just 5% of everything in the universe. The majority of the cosmos – around 68% – is dark energy.

Mummified remains of 16th-century man could help crack history of E. coli evolution

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

Two giant black holes found locked in cosmic waltz. When they merge, space & time will shake

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

Volcanic events 450 million years ago triggered wipe-out of 85% of marine life

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

Early universe explosion reveals hidden ‘Goldilocks’ black hole that few believed existed

Studying a gamma-ray burst from 3 billion years ago, Australian researchers discover mysterious intermediate-mass black hole, whose existence was doubted by many until a few years ago.

Fossils suggest world’s largest animal roamed the Earth 98 million years ago

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week.

Fossils found in Antarctica in 1980s belong to ‘giant, bony-toothed’ birds from 2.5m yrs ago

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week.

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Essential oils aren’t just about nice smells. They can change your skincare routine

Essential oils contain powerful properties that can help address concerns like acne, aging, hydration, and inflammation.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

Ahead of SCO meet, Russia & China stage maiden joint submarine patrol in Sea of Japan, East China Sea

Joint submarine patrol ‘covered more than 2,000 nautical miles’ and was joined by Russian support vessels. Beijing maintains exercise ‘not directed against any third party’.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.