Leap of imagination: how February 29 reminds us of our mysterious relationship with time and space

The Julian calendar had observed a leap year every four years, but this meant time had drifted out of alignment with the dates of celestial …

Highlights of Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2024

What was on the agenda this time?

Come March and 199 district agromet units will wind up, as per Centre’s order

Scientists associated with agriculture advisories in different states express concern over decsion

Driest place in North America has been home to a lake for 6 months, show NASA images

Badwater Basin in Death Valley received more than double its average annual precipitation since August 2023

Simply Put: Earth Day reminder

Simply Put: Earth Day 2020

Vanishing glaciers forests: Google’s Earth Day doodle shows how climate change altered the planet

Mount Kilimanjaro, Sermersooq, Great Barrier Reef, Harz Forests featured in the doodle

Simply Put: The Earth goes bald

Simply Put: COVID-19 and the Earth

Chandrayaan-3 successfully enters lunar orbit

The Vikram Lander is expected to land on the moon on August 23, 2023

Simply Put: Taking Earth for a ride

This Earth Day, Stop the Money Pipeline

20 million Americans took to the streets for the first Earth Day in 1970

New evolutionary law explains how living beings, minerals & species evolve

In the early years of the Solar System, Earth was home to 20 minerals, which evolved to almost 6,000 known minerals today

How the Earth’s tilt creates short, cold January days

It all depends on where you are in the world and where your air is coming from

Global warming is universal, speedy and worldwide: Study

In contrast, other well-known cold and warm snaps of the past were more regional

Shifting seasons on Russian steppe captured by NASA

Giant ‘scratch’ marks seen across the steppe’s land surface

Earth’s energy budget is not in balance. Should we be concerned?

The Earth will continue to warm as long as this energy imbalance persists

How much life has ever existed on Earth?

A new study has looked at big questions like how much life will ever exist on Earth 

Carl Sagan detected life on Earth 30 years ago — here’s how his experiment is helping us search for alien species today

A strong case for life elsewhere will likely require a combination of mutually supporting evidence

Eco-friendly homes: How to build rammed earth

This age-old building technique is part of Nepal’s vernacular architecture

NASA’s Artemis 1 successfully takes off, heralding new era in human lunar exploration

Artemis 1 has a mission duration of 25 days, 11 hours and 36 minutes

Genetically changed mosquitoes could transform Africa’s long fight against malaria

More than 4 billion people are eligible to vote in an election in 2024. Is this democracy’s biggest test?

Even amid spreading illiberalism and disillusionment about the benefits of a democratic system, there is reason for cautious optimism 

Guidelines released for evaluation of nano drugs

Nano-pharmaceuticals are expected to be of great use particularly in cancer treatment

World Overshoot Day: World has already overshot nature’s budget for rest of the year

This has happened in just seven months this year