Why the Scientific American endorses Joe Biden
The magazine’s editors explain why they have decided to break a tradition of never backing a presidential candidate in its 175-year history
Astronomers detect biggest collision of ‘impossible’ black holes
The mammoth collision of two black holes formed another one 150 times the mass of the sun
If we can change our mindsets, let’s make a heaven here… Why go elsewhere?
Wing Commander (retired) Rakesh Sharma recently completed 35 years of being the first Indian to have ever set foot in space. He talked to Down To …
Does a year in space make you older or younger?
How space travel and long-duration missions might change the human body, and whether those changes are permanent or reversible once astronauts …
Success of Mission Shakti a culmination of efforts made over two decades
India had been working on weapon systems to intercept space objects to be able to secure its own for a long time
From cosmic dust to the origin of our solar system
Dust rings discovered near Mercury and Venus’s orbits could be studied to understand the origin of planets
How did Uranus end up on its side? We've been finding out
Unlike all the other planets, which spin roughly upright with their spin axes at close to right angles to their orbits around the sun, Uranus is …
Victims of Bhopal gas tragedy continue to suffer damage in their DNA: new study
An increase in chromosomal aberrations was seen even in those who were not exposed or moderately exposed to the gas, shows the study
Fish take oil spills to heart
2010 oil spill in Gulf of Mexico may have caused heart defects in tuna species, reducing their numbers
Forests feel the heat
Photosynthetic rate of forests in high elevation areas across the world has been falling since 1990s
Maybe it’s ALIVE
Keeping plucked vegetables and fruits in daylight helps them stay alert, produce nutrients
Hard time for honeybees
Entomologist May Berenbaum of University of Illinois in USA has inspired a character in TV series, X-Files. The winner of this year’s Tyler …
Removing toxins makes kesari dal safe food
A new, non-toxic variety of kesari dal is being field-tested in different parts of the country by IARI scientists.
Alarming nets
An acoustic alarm called pinger could detract innocent porpoises that get trapped in fishing nets
Sharing the blame
The discovery of the role played by pre-historic people in the extinction of several species of animals and birds gives the subject of …
A fight to finish
Researchers have cracked the mystery behind parental aloofness among egrets as their elder offspring bloodily snuff the life out of their youngest
Of pug-marks and prowls
A recent study on the notion of territoriality among tigers reveals that females are more home-bound than the males
Calling for company
Among amphibians, vocal signals help distinguish between the different species and serve as tools for sexual selection. Recent studies …
Chew and spew
The fact that methane is crucially responsible in heating up the earth's atmosphere is well established, but the lesser-known truth is that the …
Resurrecting the dead
The discovery of the Riwoche horses in a remote area tucked away in the mountains of Tibet is being viewed as the missing block in the equine …
Letting go a good thing
After almost eradicating filaria from a Kerala taluka , there are no takers for a bio-environmental vector management project
Melting into oblivion
With rising atmospheric temperatures, glaciers worldwide are rapidly melting. This is a disaster in the making that is yet to be acknowledged
Titanic submersible: Titan search-and-rescue effort shows risky undertakings need to consider potential rescue needs
Many conventional risk assessments do not pay sufficient attention to available emergency response capacities
Did the108th Indian Science Congress uphold its theme of women empowerment?
Vedas also found a mention during the conference; general president of the Indian Science Congress Association, said women were empowered during …
A chunk of space rock may hold clues to origin of Earth
Materials like Ryugu space rock make up 5% of the planet’s mass, likely helped make planet habitable, finds study