Simply Put: Our votes matter

Simply Put: ‘Bluetooth’ kites

Progress against a neglected tropical disease in east Africa is under threat

Kalaazar is neglected because it is a disease of poverty

Coffee out of cafe

A new book lays bare the popular myths about the beverage you sip daily

Double river

KEAN & PARKER STUDIO 20 min

NASA tweets audio of what a black hole sounds like — and it is super eerie

Space agency debunks popular misconception of no sound in space 

Rats not responsible for ‘Black Death’ in medieval Europe: study

Climate change and gerbils, another rodent species spread the deadly disease, it says

Drought in the Amazon can cause local caiman extirpations, spike human-caiman conflict

Drought conditions have previously been cited as a potential factor in increased alligator attacks on humans

Two cases of pneumonic plague reported in northern China

Chinese officials downplay, say both patients are being treated as rules mandate

First ever image of a black hole unveiled

It is a 'breakthrough for humanity', say scientists

Not just lungs, carbon particles can penetrate into placenta of pregnant women

A new research has found evidence that air pollutants pass from lungs to the placenta

India’s rice trade at risk in Red Sea attacks

India’s famed basmati rice variety is among the commodities hit by supply chain disruption caused by the Houthi attacks on the Red Sea

Coffee bean prices have doubled in the past year and may double again – what’s going on?

The principal reason for surging prices is a series of environmental events in Brazil

What is Green fungus and how is it affecting COVID-19 patients

Wormholes may be lurking in the universe — and new studies are proposing ways of finding them

Nature may have found a way to create wormholes to keep the universe from expanding

Deadly blooms

Troule in Black Sea

Study disproves Hawking, shows tiny black holes may not account for Dark Matter

For a whole night, the research team took 190 consecutive images of Andromeda galaxy

Run-up to World Rhino Day 2023: Poaching, climate change & habitat loss threaten global population

African and Indonesian rhinos are critically endangered and near threatened 

In pictures: Black kites of the national capital

Down To Earth photographer Vikas Choudhary captures the birds of prey in Delhi

Six new spider species discovered in the Western Ghats

One of the species identified is closely related to the notorious 'black widow' spider

World Turtle Day 2020: Here's an app for you to aid conservation

Kurma mobile application lets users collate, exchange data on turtles

COVID-19: Hundreds of black fungus patients await Ambisome injections at Bihar hospitals

As many as 45 patients have died of the disease in Patna so far

Odessa defiled

A proposed oil plant threatens to maim and stunt Odessa's marine environment

India to eradicate kala-azar by 2015: Harsh Vardhan

AmBisome injection to be provided free, incentive to ASHA workers and patients