Is it normal to forget things once you enter a room? You stride purposefully toward the kitchen to pick up something from the refrigerator, but when you reach the kitchen door, your mind goes blank. You know what got you out of bed, but the moment you walk through the door, you suddenly don’t know…
Carl Jung (Image: Wikipedia) Some habits in other people barely register. Others set off a reaction that feels completely out of proportion to what actually happened. Carl Jung, the psychiatrist who helped shape modern psychology, thought that gap was worth paying attention to. “Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding…
Representative image generated using AI A broken tooth, embedded in the skull of a dinosaur for 66 million years, offers major hints on how Tyrannosaurus, aka T. rex, the apex predator, may have hunted. The fossil, sitting in the collection of Montana State University’s Museum of the Rockies, appears to have preserved an extraordinary moment…
Far below the Arctic Ocean surface, beyond the reach of sunlight and largely untouched by human observation, a month-long expedition has been documenting a world that few people have ever seen. Scientists working aboard a Greenpeace research mission used remotely operated vehicles to explore seamounts, hydrothermal vents and deep seabed habitats off Norway’s coast, recording…
A seismic wave generated by Japan’s devastating 2011 magnitude 9.0 Tohoku-Oki earthquake travelled nearly 2,900 kilometres to the boundary of Earth’s core, reflected back about 13 minutes later and shifted the entire country eastward by roughly six millimetres, according to a study published in the journal Science. The movement was far too small for anyone…
India’s historic Physics Olympiad sweep: Five students secure gold at IPhO 2026 in Colombia Ask an Indian teenager to name Virat Kohli, Neeraj Chopra or PV Sindhu, and the answer comes instantly. But ask the same student about Kanishk Jain, Riddhesh Anant Bendale, Rishit Garg, Shresth Suraiya or Svarit Joshi, and chances are you’ll be…
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly becoming part of cosmetic dermatology, not as a replacement for dermatologists, but as a powerful clinical tool that helps them assess skin, personalise treatments and improve patient outcomes. From analysing high-resolution facial images to predicting how a person’s skin might respond to laser procedures, AI is reshaping the way cosmetic…
Image Credit: Facebook/ @Egypt’s State Information Service Archaeologists have uncovered a 3,000-year-old tomb near Luxor, Egypt revealing fresh insights into the country’s ancient past. The tomb, discovered in the Sheikh Abd el-Qurna necropolis on Luxor’s West Bank is believed to have belonged to a senior official named Paser, who lived during the Ramesside period. The…
Scientists have developed a remarkable liquid robot that blurs the line between machines and living organisms. Created by researchers from Seoul National University and Gachon University, the robot is made from liquid metal coated with a dense armour of microscopic particles and embedded with magnetic particles that allow it to be controlled remotely. Unlike conventional…
Thomas Szasz (Image: Wikipedia) Say what you actually think and someone will call you opinionated. Keep your views to yourself and someone else will say you lack conviction. Thomas Szasz, the Hungarian-American psychiatrist known for challenging almost every accepted idea in his own field, summed up that impossible bind in one line. “If you have…