Scientists develop high-yielding pea variety

Scientists from the Indian Council of Agricultural Research developed a pea variety that bears more flowers per stalk and therefore yields more …

Is brain science romanticised?

Jasanoff's book takes on the enduring mystique about the human brain being abstract, sovereign and piecemeal

World’s smallest terrestrial fern found in Western Ghats

The newly-found fern is one cm long and has different genetic and physical characters compared to other known fern species

Half of Earth's satellites restrict use of climate data

Satellite data can contribute to a wide range of areas–climate change, weather, natural disasters, agricultural development and more–…

How the topmost scientific advisory body gradually slipped into oblivion

After the NDA came to power under Narendra Modi in 2014, the SAC-PM went defunct as the new government failed to reconstitute the council

Loyalty to scriptures should not breed hostility to science

Lately, a slew of remarks by political leaders in the country had nixed established scientific principles

Scientists uncover mechanism of joint cartilage formation

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur have made headway towards finding a molecule that can help treat …

Concern over gender bias in research, academic institutions on astronomy

The Working Group on Gender Equity presented results of its first survey on gender equity in the field of astronomy in India

The origin of 'us': what we know so far about where we humans come from

The story of where humans come from is growing as new evidence—and new methods of analysis—emerge all the time

How to curb illicit trade in endangered plants? DNA barcoding could help

DNA barcodes can identify species even from a minute amount of tissue, which can help in tackling illegal trade

Will machines ever take over?

Robots that can think are here, almost. But many see artificial intelligence as humanity's biggest existential threat 

Wild tomatoes can help in making commercial varieties disease-free

Indian and Israeli scientists found a way to develop tomatoes resistant to the most common disease, Early Blight

Nobel Prize for physics awarded for gravitational waves detection

Scientists Rainer Weiss and Kip Thorne, together with Barry Barish, whose effort led to the discovery 100 years it was …

Magnetic streamers to decorate eclipsed sun, scientists predict

If the prediction comes true, it will mark a major scientific achievement and could facilitate forecasting of space weather in future

Scientists edit human embryos to safely remove disease for the first time – here's how they did it

Two researchers are impressed with a pioneering study showing that it may be both safe and effective to edit out diseases in human embryos

IIT Madras develops surgical robot for medical colleges

The use of robots offers greater precision and helps surgeons minimise loss of blood by restricting incisions to smaller areas

Women aren't failing at science — science is failing women

Female scientists publish more and better research but are promoted less. New research from Mexico exposes gender gap in science there, and …

What is love? Here's the science ...

We think we know when we feel it – but here's what is really going on in our brains and bodies

2016: the year in space and astronomy

Colliding black holes to exploding spacecraft, 2016 was an incredible year for astrophysics

Should genetically modified organisms be part of our conservation efforts?

Genome editing and synthetic biology are giving rise to new forms of life. But do these organisms have conservation value as part of earth's …

We've found a new family of stars in the Milky Way that could help us work out how galaxies formed

A new discovery can help determine where all the stars in the universe's galaxies actually come from

Three scientists win Nobel Prize in physics for discoveries on exotic states of matter

Their discoveries have brought about breakthroughs in the theoretical understanding of matter’s mysteries

Greenland fossil find may force rethink on origin of life

Discovered four years ago, the finds were not publicised at that time as geologists led by Allen P Nutman of the University of Wollongong in …

Juno's closest flyby past Jupiter on Saturday

There are 35 more close flybys of Jupiter scheduled during its prime mission which will end in February 2018

Is chicken's odour the answer to mosquito-borne diseases?

Research finds that mosquitoes avoid feeding on chicken through olfactory identification