What's the best way to go to the toilet – squatting or sitting?
Pauline Hanson’s concern about the ATO installing squat toilets to cater for its increasingly diverse workforce has prompted debate about …
New evidence confirms pre-continental sediments in Kutch and Cambay
The detailed study of pre-continental sediments will help in better understanding of tectonics, earthquakes, evolution and the drifting process …
Gender balance in scientific research improving in India: study
The participation of Indian women in scientific publishing is growing in fields like mathematics, economics, obstetrics, gynaecology and dentistry.
Our artificial cornea breakthrough could lead to self-assembling organs
This technology can gradually expand what we can achieve with bio-synthetic organs and tissues, bringing hope to the millions of people waiting …
Cicadas could hold the secret to self-cleaning surfaces – new study
Cicadas have a fascinating trick up their sleeves that keeps their wings spotless without any effort
Did our mammal ancestors live alongside dinosaurs? New research hopes to end long-running debate
Placental mammals co-existed with dinosaurs for several million years; they have soared since to become the most dominant animals on Earth
DTE Coverage: Here is what happened at the 108th Indian Science Congress
From the quality of Indian scientific research to women in science, the event focussed on several issues
Life on Mars? NASA's Curiosity helps discover traces of ancient ocean
A recently released set of topography maps provides new evidence for an ancient northern ocean on Mars, signifying a higher potential for life on …
India is patently way behind on 5G
Policy blocks and poor vision have held up 5G in India, while China’s breakthroughs are helping to set global standards
Life on Internet: Why people are turning to AI for creating artwork
Behind the scenes of artifical intelligence model Craiyon that has taken the Internet by storm
Gene transfer enhances insect survival, says study
Gene transfer might have helped in the development of better traits in mating, nutrition, growth and adaptation
How tech rebooted economics and platforms broke the invisible hand
Growing evidence and new research explain the evolution of economic diversity and the need to rethink monopolies in the age of technology
How ‘wise phones’ and wise humans can help avert a climate apocalypse
The right to unrestricted access to the internet ought to coexist with the responsibility to self-regulated consumption of smartphone internet …
Scientists discover a new way to detect early colon cancer
Colon cancer currently gets detected at a very late stage; the new technique could help detect it at stage I
International Women’s Day: Female biologists bring much-needed perspective to science
Scientific fields have not only overlooked female researchers, but have also overlooked research into female biology, both of humans and animals
Marsquakes: InSight lander shows active faults in the planet’s crust
It successfully managed to use a robot arm to place a seismometer on ground clear of landing platform, then cover it with a wind & thermal shield
Fast radio bursts: The mystery deepens
Research by Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment and Fast Radio Burst Project finds repeated pattern to FRBs
Farmers discuss tech innovations at 107th India Science Congress
The farmers were participating in a Farmer’s Science Congress organised at the ongoing event being held in Bengaluru
Coming up in 2020: Guide to some of the best meteor showers this year promises
The year starts with a bang with the Quadrantids providing a treat for northern hemisphere viewers
If you think the millennium bug was a hoax, here comes a history lesson
A cross section of industries and governments across the world feared their software would go berserk at the turn of the millenium
Scientists develop nanocomposite for bone implants using microwave energy
Researchers at the IIT Mandi, have developed a novel technique to fabricate a porous nanocomposite which shows potential as a bone scaffold
Red planet rumbles: NASA’s recordings of ‘marsquakes’ let us listen to the martian heartbeat
Sounds and vibrations are important, they tell us about the medium they’re travelling through
Scientists create first portrait of a Denisovan by analysing chemical changes to DNA
The ancient hominins shared many traits with Neanderthals: Low foreheads and wide rib cages, an elongated face and a wide pelvis; but differed in …
Study paves the way for new approach to boost rice yield
The new development represents a new approach towards developing rice varieties that produce bigger and consequently heavier grains
New book explodes myth about cost of instruments used by Sir C V Raman
The book provides full account of how Raman and his students created and perpetuated myth that Raman Effect was discovered by spending just 200 …