The Atlantic Ocean hides a massive conveyor belt beneath its surface. You probably know it by another name, the Gulf Stream.

A mysterious hole the size of Switzerland suddenly appeared in Antarctica’s sea ice, baffling scientists for years. Now, new ...

To be eligible for JEE Advanced 2026, candidates must rank among the top 2.5 lakh students in JEE Main 2026, satisfy the age ...

To be eligible for JEE Advanced 2026, candidates must rank among the top 2.5 lakh students in JEE Main 2026, satisfy the age criteria. Additionally, candidates must have appeared for their Class 12 ...

Imagine holding a narrow tube filled with salty water and watching it begin to freeze from one end. You might expect the ice ...

When you think of the tallest mountains on Earth, Mount Everest probably comes to mind. But what if we told you that the real ...

Near midnight on April 15, 1912, HMS Titanic rammed into an iceberg about 325 nautical miles south-southeast off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada. The iceberg gouged a fatal hole in her side, and ...

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On August 19 Hurricane Erin is crawling past the Bahamas as a strong Category 2 storm and is due to head toward the Carolinas and then veer northeast over the open Atlantic Ocean. Although the storm’s ...

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Earth is fortunate in having a magnetic field: it protects the planet and its life from harmful cosmic radiation. Other planets in our solar system—such as Mars—are constantly bombarded by charged ...

With many people soaking up the sun at beaches this summer, recent drownings have been raising awareness about the best practices when encountering a rip current – also widely known as a riptide.