Twitter’s design stokes hostility and controversy. Here’s why, and how it might change
Twitter needs to reconsider the algorithms and metrics (such as likes and retweets) that enable the company to profit from co-ordinated …
Tokyo Olympics: Sports science the ‘ultimate winner’
Sports and sports science have been complementing each other for the last three decades when technology was given top priority to maintain …
Evolution and Science-fiction: Marriage of facts and fantasy
It is nearly impossible to consume a work of science-fiction that concerns itself with evolution without acknowledging Darwin’s role
Your phone and your brain - what we know so far
The evidence indicates that there’s still a lot of uncertainty about the long-term impacts of digital device use on cognition
Can DNA tests find our soulmate? We study sex and sexuality — and think the idea is ridiculous
There is no compelling evidence as to whether or not DNA matching can support a more fulfilling love life
A math teacher’s plea: Let’s keep pi irrational
What does it mean for students if they are learning technology can answer every challenge?
Look back at the decade: The virtual world
The WikiLeaks exposé showed us the significance of the internet in today’s interconnected world
Google and IBM are at odds over 'quantum supremacy' — an expert explains what it really means
Quantum computers can perform very difficult calculations much faster than anything possible on conventional “classical” computers
An app that can detect distress speech and trigger SOS
The innovation won the first prize in a national contest organized in India by the US-based Marconi Society under its Celestini Programme
Grand challenge for cancer research announced
The India Cancer Research Consortium will organize a challenge to develop cost effective and affordable approaches for screening, early diagnosis …
Physics Nobel awarded for Big Bang-related theory and exoplanet discovery
US scientist James Peebles and Swiss scientists Michael Mayor and Didier Queloz are recipients of the prize for 2019
CSIR announces the winners of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar prize for 2019
The prize carries a cash component of Rs 5 lakh and is awarded for outstanding research, both fundamental applied
New ride sharing algorithm promises better deal for riders and drivers
Researchers at IIT-Delhi have developed an algorithm that can guide taxi drivers to take a route where they can find more commuters for sharing
European-origin pathogen poses big threat to potato crop in India
Scientists at West Bengal State University have found 19 unique and highly aggressive variants of Phytophthora infestans, a microorganism that …
Did scientists just discover the largest organ of your body?
Interstitium—fluid-filled spaces within and between tissues all over our body spaces—could be bigger than skin
Develop simplest methods to communicate science to the unreached: experts
They also call for setting up Science Centres in remote areas to communicate the basic concepts of science to the rural population
A pest gene can help fight pesticide contamination in environment: study
A group of reseachers from Pune have isolated an enzyme from a pest which can be clean up pesticide residues from food and environment
Indian scientists develop mechanism to rejuvenate aged stem cells
With the new mechanism, it might be possible to rejuvenate aged stem cells and thereby expand donor pool
Scientists identify bacterium that could be source of antibiotics
Preliminary studies have indicated that the bacterium could be used to produce antibiotics for several diseases including malaria
Gold nano particles can detect lead in wastewater
Gold changes colour in the presence of metal particles such as lead because of their optical properties
Earthquake alert system in Uttarakhand to be expanded
100 new sensors along with the existing 84 spread over 200 kilometres will cover the gap area and help monitor the seismic activity
Scientists develop natural material for faster blood clotting
The biomaterial with enhanced blood clotting efficiency can treat injuries in people with impaired blood clotting capacity
Seven defining scientific contributions that impact every Indian
In the past seven decades, India has built satellites, sent probes to the moon and Mars, established nuclear power stations, among many other …
New antibiotic delivery system could improve cancer treatment
The strategy, according to researchers, may specifically be useful in treating infected cancer cells where conventional antibacterial agents …
In caste-ridden India, genetic isolation may be harmful to health
Occurrence of genetic diseases could be due to genetic isolation caused by endogamous marriages over generations