A Belgian farmer says he has not irrigated outdoor crops for 26 years; dig just 5 to 10 cm below the dry-looking surface and the soil is still moist
At first glance, the fields of Belgian farmer Diederik Steyaert look like they are struggling with drought. The top layer…
In 1936, Cotar Ramaswami became only second Indian to make Test debut after turning 40; he also played at Wimbledon, disappeared from his home in 1985 and remains listed as ‘death unknown’ | Cricket News
The All India cricket team on England tour, 1936. (left-right): Baqa Jilani, Lala Armanath, Syed Mohammad Hussain, Mushtaq Ali, Cotar…
Who is King Haakon VIII? Norway’s new king who once wanted to escape royal life
Norway’s King Harald V and Crown Prince Haakon, who has succeeded him as King Haakon VIII. (Reuters image) Crown Prince…
Second flood ‘imminent’? Nepal halts rescue ops as China border lake begins overflowing
China’s Ministry of Water Resources has warned that another 3 million cubic metres of water could flow into the already…
Norway’s King Harald dies aged 89 after more than three decades on throne
Norway’s King Harald, the country’s ceremonial head of state for more than three decades, died aged 89 on Friday after…
World’s first patient to undergo live AI-assisted surgery gets his brain tumour removed; here’s how it happened
Neurosurgeons in London have removed a brain tumour while an artificial intelligence system watched the operation as it happened and…
Scientists watched wild capuchin monkeys for 45 months and recorded around 280 vertebrate-eating events; when fruit became scarce, the monkeys increasingly turned to lizards, snakes and other animals for food
Capuchin monkeys (Representative Image/ Canva) For most people, monkeys are closely associated with fruit, leaves and insects. But when their…
In 1850, a California rancher brought 45 sheep to San Miguel Island; by 1862 there were 6,000, and after grazing denuded the island the last 148 were eliminated in 1966
Sheep grazed on San Miguel Island prior to 1850, but the ranching period expanded greatly when California pioneer George Nidever…
Scientists searched for threatened Australian rainforest frogs without seeing or hearing them; DNA in creek water collected up to 22 km downstream revealed populations in places where the frogs had disappeared
Photos of a study species: the Australian Lace-lid (L. dayi)Photo credit: Conrad J Hoskin. In the cool, wet upland streams…
5.1 magnitude earthquake strikes China' s Sichuan province
5.1 magnitude earthquake strikes China' s Sichuan province Source link