Sudden stratospheric warming may be behind recent cold weather

Europe and Northern Asia could be in for another ‘Beast from the East’

CSIR announces Young Scientist Award 2020

The award will be given to seven scientists working in different institutions of CSIR

Bacterial study gives fresh insights on diabetes and fibrosis

The results offer a better understanding of how carbohydrates are taken into cells

The common but differentiated challenges of COVID-19 and climate change

Realities of managing 2 planet-wide crises to soon overwhelm utopian philosophy

What exactly are the tests being used to detect coronavirus?

Here is an explainer on molecular and immunoassays currently in use

Here is how bacterial spray may help conserve decaying monuments

Study identifies bacteria responsible for calcification and hardening of lime

This glowing sensor can sniff out explosives

Potassium in our soil is running low, threatening global food security – new study proposes a way out

A proposal for a resolution on potassium at a future United Nations environment assembly holds the key to intergovernmental action

International day of women and girls in science: Getting girls beyond ‘science in school’ to ‘scientific careers’

Gender gap in STEM must be bridged to expand the talent pool and recognise women’s potential and contribution to scientific innovations

Union Budget 2024-25: Centre announces Rs 1 lakh crore in interest-free loans for private sector research

Experts question decision to prioritise profit-driven private innovation over public research

A newly identified ‘Hell chicken’ species suggests dinosaurs weren’t sliding toward extinction before the fateful asteroid hit

A study has recognised three related, chicken-like dinosaurs in North America’s Hell Creek Formation 

Magnetism of Himalayan rocks reveals the mountains’ complex tectonic history

The tectonic collision that formed the world’s largest mountain range was actually a complex, multi-stage process — and not a …

Aerosols increase drought severity over the Indian subcontinent

El Niño weakens the monsoon by transporting aerosols from lower altitudes in East Asian region up and into the higher altitudes, finds a …

Now drug-resistant genes can be identified in less than half the time

A researcher in California talks about FLASH, her new gene-based technology that can help doctors tackle antibiotic resistance better

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 …

Stockholm+50: Is science for just solutions

If science-policy interfaces are to deliver just and effective solutions to climate change, they must involve indigenous peoples and local communities

Scientists image mysterious rock zone 3,000 km beneath Earth’s surface

They found that the speed of earthquake waves travelling through the base of the structure could be 40 per cent slower than the surrounding regions

World may miss net zero by 2050, courtesy COVID-19: International Science Council

New report maps out scenarios for the year 2027 and calls for the adoption of an integrated One Health approach to protect environment, animals …

Developing economies risk exclusion as ‘age of AI’ dawns

Artificial intelligence is set to be a multi-trillion dollar industry by 2030, but developing economies risk falling behind unless changes are …

People are complaining about Mercury in retrograde. But what does it actually mean?

Humans found out retrograde motion was an optical illusion 500 years ago. However, the pseudoscientific practice of astrology continues to …

State of India’s Environment In Figures: Rural India worst hit by COVID-19 second wave

In May, over half of daily global cases happened in India on six days — triggered due to the surge in cases in rural districts  

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

New research suggests modern humans lived in Europe 10,000 years earlier than previously thought, in Neanderthal territories

It isn’t a stretch to assume that people in the Mediterranean had access to boat technologies 54,000 years ago and used them to explore …

Our expertise and observations complemented those from Europe: Gopakumar Achamveedu

Down To Earth speaks to Gopakumar Achamveedu from Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, who is part of the international team of …

Disaster, opulence and the merciless ocean: Why the Titanic disaster continues to enthral

Titanic movies and exhibitions are popular because audiences enjoy the voyeurism of gazing at the ship’s beautiful furnishings, the …