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  

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  

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

Science Tales

Writings on the interplay of science, history, gender, culture and politics

जग बीती: बदल रहा है विज्ञान!

October 14: World Standards Day

Explained: What is the World Standards Day and why is it significant

Vision without eyes? The new OpticSELINE tech says yes

How the kilogram has changed

Down To Earth tells you how the kilogram's definition has changed

Why only achievements, attribute modern problems as well to mythologies

A giant of the scientific community who showed how to make sense of the universe

In a first, astronomers detect light from very first stars of the universe

A discovery that could change all that we know about dark matter

Scientific stutter

Do animals have a language, and hence a mind, of their own?

Octopuses are super-smart ... but are they conscious?

The idea of non-human consciousness raises a host of philosophical questions

When rational thought comes under attack

India's energy efficiency struggle