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Black Bear breaks into California library and goes straight for the honey on Winnie-the-Pooh’s 100th birthday |

A black bear walked into a California library before opening hours, raided the staff snack stash and helped itself to honey. The timing made the unusual visit even funnier: it happened on the 100th anniversary of Winnie-the-Pooh.If anyone needed a reminder of how much bears love honey, a library in California just got one. On…

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Cheruvayal Raman, the Padma Shri-winning tribal farmer, passes away at 74: Who was he, who spent his life protecting more than 45 endangered native rice varieties without any formal education

Cheruvayal Raman, the Padma Shri-winning tribal farmer, passes away at 74: He spent his life protecting more than 45 endangered native rice varieties without any formal training (Photo: X/ @san_x_m) Cheruvayal Raman, the Padma Shri-winning tribal farmer who dedicated his life to saving traditional rice in Kerala, passed away on Wednesday while being treated at the…

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Bengaluru–Mumbai Vande Bharat Sleeper expected to launch in October; inside India’s second sleeper variant

Vande Bharat Sleeper Express (Wiki) Good news for travellers! As per recent update, the proposed Bengaluru–Mumbai Vande Bharat Sleeper train is all set to offer people a faster overnight rail connection between two of India’s biggest cities. According to media reports, the service is expected to start in October, most likely after Dussehra.The train will…

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Researchers watched parents interact with their 3-year-olds, then followed the children for 15 years; those who experienced more warmth and encouragement showed stronger reward responses later

A parent encourages a toddler who is struggling with a puzzle. Another responds warmly when a child tries something new. These moments may seem ordinary, but researchers have found that the quality of parent-child interactions in early childhood is linked to how children’s brains respond to rewards years later. In a study that followed 465…

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After completing his master’s in France, Bengaluru’s Prithviraj rejected job offers in Paris and returned home; an experiment with ₹180 of mushroom spawn has grown into a 4,000-bag operation |

A master’s degree from France, job offers in Paris and the prospect of an international business career gave Prithviraj several conventional paths to success. Yet the Bengaluru entrepreneur chose a different direction. He returned to India, took a second look at his family’s abandoned poultry shed and began exploring mushroom cultivation with a tiny experiment…

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Burmese pythons are helping scientists investigate invisible pollution in the Everglades: Here’s how a destructive invasive predator reveals what is contaminating an ecosystem |

TLDR: A 2026 study found PFAS, or “forever chemicals,” in the livers of invasive Burmese pythons from Florida’s Everglades. Researchers detected nine PFAS compounds in 67 snakes, suggesting these destructive predators could help scientists track invisible pollution moving through the ecosystem’s food web.Imagine a Burmese python slipping through the shallow waters of Florida’s Everglades, its…

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