World Hoover Dam’s construction submerged a US town in 1935: 90 years later, Lake Mead’s falling water levels are helping it reemerge August 10, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com As Lake Mead’s water levels continue to fall, numerous headlines are being made. Among them lies one about the reemergence of one of the country’s ghost towns. St. Thomas, Nevada…
World Scientists discovered China’s first freshwater cave snail in a dark mountain cave, but only three living adults have been found | August 10, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Representative Image of a rare freshwater cave snail with a translucent shell in a dark cave environment (AI-generated image) Scientists have identified China’s first known freshwater cave snail, a species…
World German scientists made a sponge-like material that pulls drinking water from air as dry as 18% humidity, producing up to 1.8 litres per kg each day | August 10, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Representative Image of water harvesting technology collecting and storing water (AI-generated image) Researchers at Kiel University in Germany have developed a highly porous material that can pull drinking water directly…
World Singapore: In 2012, Singapore replaced a 2.7 km concrete drainage channel with a 3 km winding river; biodiversity in the park increased by 30% August 10, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com The project showed how an urban waterway could be designed to serve several functions at once. (Pictures: Landazine) In 2012, Singapore turned a major urban drainage channel into natural-like river.…
World Maryland: Two people bitten by beavers in less than two weeks at Maryland park force partial closure after both animals test positive for rabies | World News August 10, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com At Cunningham Falls State Park, two people experienced beaver bites that resulted in positive rabies tests for both animals involved. Consequently, park authorities have restricted access to water areas to…
World US mosquito numbers have crashed during a historic drought, but scientists say fewer mosquitoes can still mean a higher risk of West Nile virus | World News August 10, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Representative Image of dry environmental conditions affecting mosquito numbers and public health (AI-generated image) Mosquitoes have all but vanished from parts of the United States this summer, and residents in…
World Mercury is still shrinking after billions of years: How its giant cooling core is cracking the planet’s thin crust | August 10, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Mercury is the smallest planet in the Solar System, only slightly larger than Earth’s Moon, but what lies beneath its battered surface is anything but small. Its metallic core stretches…
World Boston: In the 1990s, Boston sent nearly a quarter of the Big Dig’s 16 million cubic yards of soil to a burning former dump island and helped turn it into a park August 10, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Areas once linked to the old city dump were transformed with trees, shrubs and grasses. (Boston preservationa alliance photo) When Boston began work on the Central Artery/Tunnel Project, better known…
World A half-mile solar strip floats above an irrigation canal in Gujarat, generating 1.6 million kilowatt-hours of power while saving 2.38 million gallons of water from evaporation August 10, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com When it comes to solar panels, they are usually spread across rooftops or open fields where they serve more purposes than just providing energy. But near Chandrasan village in the…
World Scientists trained honeybees to recognise human faces, showing how tiny brains can distinguish faces by the arrangement of their features | August 10, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Honeybees can be trained with nothing more than the promise of a sugary reward; they learn to pick out a specific face and keep picking it out later, even when…
