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The Jungle Owlet: India's Smallest Owl and What Its Presence Reveals About Forest Health

A Bird the Size of a Fist, With a Call That CarriesThe jungle owlet (Glaucidium radiatum) measures roughly 20 centimetres from bill to tail and weighs between 75 and 110 grams, lighter than most smartphones. It is endemic to the Indian subcontinent, found across the Western Ghats, central Indian forests,…

Times Life · Aug 4

Malabar Whistling Thrush: Why the Western Ghats' Most Melodic Bird Is Called the Whistling Schoolboy

The Bird That Sounds Like It Learned From a Music TeacherThe first time most people hear a Malabar Whistling Thrush, they look around for a person. The song is that convincing, a clear, unhurried series of melodic phrases that rise and fall like someone whistling a half-remembered tune on the…

Times Life · Aug 4

Your Scalp Microbiome Affects Hair and Dandruff More Than Your Shampoo Label Admits

What the scalp microbiome actually isThe average scalp hosts over 1,000 species of bacteria and fungi in a working balance that most people disrupt twice a week without thinking about it. The scalp is one of the oiliest surfaces on the human body, and that sebum is the primary food…

Times Life · Aug 4

‘The obsession with endless growth can only end in tears’: your questions on extreme weather this summer answered

From Europe’s deadly heat to floods in Asia, it’s been a terrifying summer. Environment writers Jonathan Watts and Ajit Niranjan answered Reddit users’ questions about their work – and their sources of hope

The Guardian - UK · Aug 3

Nigeria’s new digital economy rules leave gaps in crypto regulation – financial law expert explains

Nigerian president Bola Tinubu signed an executive order in mid-2026 aimed at harmonising the country’s oversight of the digital economy. The press statement said the order was responding “to a regulatory environment that has become fragmented as virtual assets increasingly blur the traditional boundaries between currencies, money, commodities and securities”.…

The Conversation · Aug 3

7 best shampoos for hair loss, according to an expert trichologist

Izabella Bordignon talks causes, prevention and more

The Independent UK · Aug 3

Scottish Government rules environmental report needed for Edinburgh AI data centre

THE Scottish Government has ruled a full Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is required for an AI data centre on the outskirts of Edinburgh

The National (Scotland) · Aug 3

In 1884, a Florida visitor planted water hyacinth beside the St. Johns River; by 1896, it had spread across 200 miles

Florida's waterways faced significant challenges after water hyacinth introduction in 1884. This ornamental plant spread rapidly, hindering vital river navigation and trade routes. The plant's proliferation highlighted a limited understanding of introducing foreign species then. Waterways were crucial for community formation and movement across the landscape. This episode reshaped attitudes…

The Times of India · Aug 3

Starting 1996, surprising planetary system had close encounters with NASA’s Galileo spacecraft, recent study claims it may resemble Earth in certain qualities

Nearly three decades after Galileo first revealed Ganymede's intrinsic magnetic field, the giant moon of Jupiter remains one of the Solar System's most compelling destinations. Future observations could determine just how closely its interior resembles the processes operating inside Earth—and how radically different two worlds can be while still sharing…

The Economic Times · Aug 3

Trump administration moves to block public from enforcing environmental protection laws

Reducing rampant pollution across the United States was so important that when Congress passed many environmental protection laws, including the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act and Safe Drinking Water Act, it didn’t want to leave enforcement only to the executive branch.

The Conversation · Aug 3