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Whales give clues

A void for 0

Predicting soil erosion

Fear factor

Grasshoppers, like humans, indulge in emotional eating

Fitting in

Fish evolved to adapt to their swimming environments  

China loses its patent

Human’s best friend originated from a wolf in West Asia  

Mars rover finds water

Images sent by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter show dark streaks up to four metres wide running down the sides of some slopes on the …

A second too long

The world has been adding an extra second at regular intervals to keep pace with the slowing Earth. Will the practice be stopped as the US says …

An empire withers away

Recent findings suggest the Akkadian empire, which once flourished on the banks of the Euphrates, collapsed because of a sudden dearth of water.

Ant’s invasion plan decoded

The fire ant first went to the US, then conquered the world

Miller's experiment revisited

Operation landslide

Sugar kills

Energy matters

Quality of light influences stomatal movement

The sun burns in a lab

Scientists strike atoms with impossibly high energy levels  

‘We are seeing a sign that dark energy is not a cosmological constant’

Shadab Alam, faculty at the Department of Theoretical Physics of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, on deviations observed with …

India is testing AI for improved weather forecasting

Weather agencies around the world are focussing on AI, which can help in cutting down costs and improving speed

Predicting disasters: Technology behind early warning systems & countries with lowest adoption

Asia and Africa have the lowest share of countries with early warning systems

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Radio gaga

A US company will provide 108 to 864 radio channels through a global satellite network

'Power' games

Crystal defence

Cutting edge

A cheap technology can help meet the demand for synthetic diamonds