2023 in a blink: DTE’s reportage on global scientific research this year

Down To Earth recaps the primary environment, health and developmental news from 2023

Simply Put: Woman on the moon

How to outsmart your COVID-19 fears and boost your mood in 2021

Brain science has led to some drug-free techniques that you can put to use right now

Simply put: The parasite

The neuroscience of terrorism: how we convinced a group of radicals to let us scan their brains

A study of two brains in Barcelona between 2014 and 2017

Brightest object in night sky not a star: BlueWalker 3 satellite for cellular broadband interferes with astronomical studies

The trend towards the launch of increasingly larger and brighter satellites continues to grow

Economic survey 2022: India saw 47 new space start-ups

At present, India accounts for only about 2% of global space economy

Six space missions to look forward to in 2021

From Artemis 1 to Chandrayaan 3, here are some missions to keep an eye out for 

Chandrayaan 2 launch called off due to technical snag

Isro to tell revised launch date later

What are the space missions slated for launch in 2024?

2024 will be another important year for space exploration, with several new missions in the pipeline

Simply Put: Rise of the machines

Unknown viruses dating back 15,000 years found in Tibetan glacier

The viruses likely originated with soil or plants, rather than with humans or animals

Archaeological discoveries are happening faster than ever before, helping refine the human story

This century has brought unexpected discoveries from Europe and Asia

Voyager 2 becomes 2nd spacecraft to cross heliosphere

Voyager 1 achieved the milestone in 2012

IIT Delhi to establish shared research infrastructure

The new centre will come up at the institute's Sonepat campus

Simply put: ISRO and Chandrayaan 2

Fourth industrial revolution: ‘4IR is not real’

The current innovation cycle is not new. It was formulated in the 1980s if not before

Simply Put: Fate of scientists

Simply Put: Artificial Intelligence

Global electricity consumption by AI could increase by 85-134 TWh annually by 2027

This amount is comparable to the annual electricity consumption of countries such as the Netherlands, Sweden and Argentina

ISRO Report: Joshimath sank 5.4 cm in 12 days

The pictures were taken from the Cartosat-2S satellite

Satellites add to light pollution significantly, says new report

Light from space objects scatter over a larger geographic area than sources on Earth

Is India moving towards a mass surveillance state

India is building one of the largest facial recognition technology systems in the world

ICAR researchers produce coconut palm plantlets using tissue culture

The study will have applications for the farming community

Big data on weather

Why private players are competing with governments