World A ketchup bottle cap inspired Princeton engineers to build a shape-shifting robot that moves without a motor | August 26, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Kevin Liu showcases a geometry-powered robot that moves without motors or controls, PC: Aaron Nathans At Princeton Engineering, a team led by Glaucio Paulino has answered a question few people…
World An Oregon high-school junior remembered feeling lost during her first research internship, so she built a free student-led platform to help other teens find mentors and publish research August 26, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Riya Velhal, Founder & President of StratScholar (Image Credit: StratScholar) For many high-school students, becoming interested in research is easier than figuring out how to actually begin. Finding a mentor,…
World 1,500-year-old child burial unearthed in Peru with whistles, a rattle and a striking sculptural vessel, archaeologists uncover clues to an ancient civilisation’s rituals August 26, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Huacas de Moche (Image Credit: Canva) Archaeologists working at the Huacas de Moche Archaeological Complex in northern Peru have uncovered the burial of an infant estimated to be about 1,500…
World A San Francisco woman hires a humanoid robot for $30 an hour to clean her apartment while controlling it remotely from her sofa | World News August 26, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com A San Francisco woman has given a glimpse of what home cleaning could look like in the age of humanoid robots after hiring one for $30 an hour to work…
World SpaceX’s $100 billion bet on Louisiana Starbase: 3,000 jobs, rocket hub – why it matters August 26, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com SpaceX has officially announced Starbase, a new $100+ billion spaceport in South Louisiana near Pecan Island. (Photo: @SawyerMerritt) SpaceX plans to build a $100 billion, 125,000-acre (50,585-hectare) Starship launch complex…
World In 2025, 11-year-old Touren Pope spotted a fossil exposed on the ground in Wyoming; it turned out to be a nearly complete 48-million-year-old turtle shell, and he was allowed to name it August 26, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com 11-year-old Touren Pope finds 48-million-year-old turtle fossil in WyomingPhoto credit: Craig Thomas, BLM Rock Springs Field Office What began as a routine family rock-hounding trip in southwest Wyoming turned into…
World Amur Region Fire: Seven dead, nine Chinese workers missing after fire at gas chemical complex in Russia August 26, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com The incident occurred at a gas chemical complex in the Amur region (representative image) Six Chinese nationals were killed and nine others remain missing after a fire broke out at…
World A Kentucky county closed a 225-acre golf course after it averaged only 9,000 to 10,000 rounds a year; the site is now becoming one of the county’s largest new public parks, with 70% preserved as greenspace August 26, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com From golf fairways to a 225-acre public park: Kentucky’s former Fox Run Golf Course is getting a new life, with 70% of the property preserved as greenspace. A former golf…
World A small Scottish town raised £6 million to buy 10,500 acres from a major landowner; its new nature reserve is now restoring 190 hectares of degraded peatland | World News August 26, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com When people in the small Scottish town of Langholm set out to raise £6 million, they were not simply trying to buy a piece of countryside. Their campaign secured 10,500…
World Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement: Donald Trump sends Saudi civil nuclear deal to Congress, keeps Israel normalisation as condition August 26, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com File photo: US President Donald Trump with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (Picture credit: Reuters) US President Donald Trump’s administration has submitted a proposed civil nuclear cooperation agreement with…
