In tiny specks

...is written the history of the Solar system's formation and life on the Earth

Hydrogen at the core

New evidence

Himalayan risks

Antarctic retreat

Most glaciers in peninsular region melting rapidly

Current affair

Science & Technology - Briefs

Seafloor spreading that creates crust slowed 35%, growing mountains may be driving it: Study

Seafloor spreading at around 140 millimetres per year at present

Earthquake of magnitude 5.5 hits Tripura; tremors felt in Assam, Bangladesh

The tremors caused by a shallow earthquake lasted for about a minute

Hyperactivity In Hypersea

A new theory on how life moved from sea to land

Finding faults

Macroseismic and aftershock studies reveal a major seismic fault in Madhya Pradesh

Fossils found

Scientists unearth 178 million year-old dinosaur fossils in Kutch

Lava tracking

Scientists try to explain massive volcanic eruptions of the past

Neptune's desiccation

A fault discovered

Scientists spot a new tectonic fault in Nepal

Sulphurs journey

The element travelled far to help form nickel ores on Earth

Sense the core

Noninvasive technology to study geological samples

News 360° - Briefs

‘Missing element’ in earth's core identified; scientists say it is silicon

The third element at the Earth's core has baffled scientists until now

The Anthropocene is a nuclear epoch – so how can we survive it?

This year saw nuclear weapons tested, stockpiles renewed, and disasters remembered

Hot Spotting

Geophysicists work out a new way to find the Earth's hidden heat sources

Precious metals unearthed

Old as the mountains

Fungi create fertile soils

It wasn't the asteroid