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Sea’s toxic touch

Methylation in oceans turns harmless mercury harmful

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Chemical imbalance

Waters of the Sunderbans are turning hostile to estuarine life

ISRO launches XPoSat; here is what it is expected to do

The mission will study the origin of cosmic rays in the universe as well as the nature and role of black holes in the evolution of galaxies

From the Moon’s south pole to an ice-covered ocean world, several exciting space missions are slated for launch in 2024

Expect lots of space missions to launch this coming year, with exciting new science to follow

Projected increase in AI’s electricity use comparable to annual consumption of Netherlands, Argentina: Report

If generative AI is used in every Google search, the daily electricity consumption would amount to 80 GWh  

Unravelling DNA’s structure: A landmark achievement whose authors were not fairly credited

History has acknowledged how Rosalind Franklin was sidelined

Simply Put: ChatGPT

CAG report highlights gaps in spectrum allocations

India’s 5G spectrum auction has begun, entering day 3 July 28, 2022

Pluto: ‘Recent’ volcanism raises puzzle — how can such a cold body power eruptions?

What extra details are lurking in the poorly imaged half of Pluto? 

Analysis of 2,000 galaxies using the MeerKat radio telescope reveals fresh insights

The findings help understand how galaxies evolve

Simply put: Engineers beware

Simply put: The missed Nobels

Shape of the universe: Could it be curved, not flat?

New research places probability of a curved universe at more than 99%

Indian engineers develop software for world’s largest telescope

The software has been developed by ThoughtWorks Technologies based in Pune

This is how hot stars evolve in Globular Clusters in the Milky Way

AstroSat unravels the nature of the special kinds of stars

Everything is timing

Daniel H Pink has used circadian rhythms to understand the science of perfect timing

Indian astronomers make surprise discovery of 25 'giant radio galaxies'

A radio galaxy is a strong source of electromagnetic radiation or radio waves

World’s first three-parent baby raises questions about long-term health risks

It's a landmark case but there are many unknowns

Summing up the golden ratio

What's behind our puzzling fetish to find beauty in numbers?

Presumed ideals

Any utopia, whether founded on reason or faith, contains the seeds of dystopia within

A navigation start-up is mapping the world to reach unaddressed locations

What3words will also be integrated in the postal system of Mongolia

The genesis of a knot

If our early ancestors were polygamous, then how did we become monogamous?