World In the 1960s a Montana landowner bought 2 mute swans for private pond. Decades later their flock reached 120; alarming Yellowstone officials | August 27, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com A pair of ornamental swans bought for a private pond in Montana in the 1960s eventually became the starting point for a very different kind of wildlife story. By the…
World In 1793, goats were introduced to Hawaii’s Kahoʻolawe; their population later reached about 50,000, and 200 years later the last feral goat was removed after severe vegetation loss and erosion August 27, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com The cultural importance of the island is demonstrated by the some 3,000 archeological and historical sites and features that were documented through 2004. From an island carved by voyagers, farmers…
World If New York’s worst recorded rainfall is 200 mm, what could a plausible 300-mm storm look like? MIT built an AI system to map extreme events that have never happened before August 27, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com The method, called Extreme Event Aware, or “η-learning”, does not need previous extreme events to create these scenarios. (Representational AP photo) What would a once-in-a-century storm look like if it…
World ‘Dracarys’: New ‘dragon’ species named after House of the Dragon’s Syrax discovered in Thailand August 27, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Image(s): Left/ HBO/Right/Walailak University, Nakhon Sithammarat, Thailand A newly described mountain horned dragon from western Thailand has given the world a species name with a fantasy-inspired twist. Researchers have named…
World A Perth homeowner hired agents to sell his house; a company they owned bought it for $705,000, their interest was disclosed six weeks later, and the homeowner later obtained an $800,000 valuation August 27, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com The issue came to light after Mr Wu became suspicious about the transaction. (Picture: ABC Australia) A homeowner in Australia says he may have sold his Perth property for nearly…
World A teaspoon of healthy soil contains more living organisms than there are humans on Earth, yet scientists say most species remain unknown | August 27, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Beneath every footstep lies a world most of us will never see. A single teaspoon of soil, scooped from a healthy forest floor, holds more living organisms than there are…
World Nepal Floods: ‘OMG, OMG!’ Villagers run for life as flash flood chases them after engulfing bridge – watch video August 27, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com People running away for safety as from huge wave A flash flood in Nepal’s Rasuwa district sent torrents of muddy water and debris through communities along the Nepal-China border, with…
World Brazil’s polluted Rio mangroves were disappearing under waste; then local fishers restored 18.2 hectares and more than 60 animal species returned | World News August 27, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Local fishers collect waste from Guanabara Bay as part of a mangrove restoration and cleanup effort in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Decades of pollution, untreated sewage, industrial activity and waste…
World Scientists found that DNA once dismissed as “junk” helps chromosomes find their partners | August 27, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com For years, the dense loops of repetitive DNA clustered near the middle of chromosomes were treated as evolutionary clutter. According to the new study published in Nature, titled ‘Meiotic pairing…
World Zebra mussel DNA detected in Utah’s Colorado River for first time, raising alarm over invasive species threat across the Upper Colorado River basin | August 27, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com An invasive species threat has reached a new stretch of the Colorado River, after scientists detected zebra mussel DNA in Utah’s portion of the river for the first time. The…
