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Gobar Times: Shaming globally and powered by AI

Gobar Times: Shaming globally and powered by AI

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Tomorrow’s problem-solvers on environment need real labs, real learning and real ideas—not shiny claims on borrowed machines

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Gobar Times: Shaming globally and powered by AI

Gobar Times: Shaming globally and powered by AI

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Map from the United States Geological Survey showing the approximate location of the earthquake on February 27, 2026.

As over 5 magnitude quake along India-Bangladesh border jolts Kolkata, here is why the metropolis is susceptible to large quakes

27 Feb 2026

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International Solar Alliance launches global AI-for-Energy mission to accelerate clean power in 120+ countries

International Solar Alliance launches global AI-for-Energy mission to accelerate clean power in 120+ countries

18 Feb 2026

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A dust-bound supermassive black hole [artist's impression]

Scientists capture clearest evidence yet of star collapsing into black hole

Nandita Banerji

13 Feb 2026

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Mount Everest lies above one of the world’s most active continental collision zones, where the Indian plate is being driven beneath Asia. This tectonic interaction generates frequent earthquakes, including deep mantle events, offering critical insight into the ongoing process of mountain building.

Scientists map rare earthquakes deep within Earth’s mantle for the first time

Nandita Banerji

10 Feb 2026

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Women remain underrepresented in science despite progress, UN chief warns

Women remain underrepresented in science despite progress, UN chief warns

02 Feb 2026

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IT a core driver of India’s growth in Budget 2026-27

IT a core driver of India’s growth in Budget 2026-27

01 Feb 2026

3 min read

Union Budget 2026: Centre pushes to strengthen tech education, capacities

Union Budget 2026: Centre pushes to strengthen tech education, capacities

Dakshiani Palicha

01 Feb 2026

3 min read

Interviews

Barren Island volcano’s activity is purely due to magmatic processes: Hetu Sheth

Barren Island volcano’s activity is purely due to magmatic processes: Hetu Sheth

08 Oct 2025

Immanuel Louis (L) and Suyash Bafna

‘We are trying to revolutionise aerospace in the way automakers once revolutionised cars’

Rohini Krishnamurthy

23 Sep 2025

'Biggest problem with India's rooftop solar industry is lack of quality guaranteed by local installer'

‘Biggest problem with India’s rooftop solar industry is lack of quality guarantee on end-to-end product by local installer’

Rohini Krishnamurthy

23 Jul 2025

Screengrab of a brush fire in LA.

Scale of LA fires is unusual compared to emissions from California fires for January over the last 20 years: Mark Parrington

Rohini Krishnamurthy

27 Jan 2025

‘India a laboratory for seismologists’

‘India a laboratory for seismologists’

Rohini Krishnamurthy

25 Jan 2025

The current Digital Data Protection Act is excessively vague: Apar Gupta

Draft Digital Personal Data Protection Rules 2025 will only be a nominal checkbox: Apar Gupta

Rohini Krishnamurthy

15 Jan 2025

‘Story of human origin is still not figured out or over’

‘Story of human origin is still not figured out or over’

03 Jan 2025

‘Space profoundly alters microbes’

‘Space profoundly alters microbes’

20 Jul 2024

Priya Moorjani, assistant professor in the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley (Illustration: Yogendra Anand)

‘Indians have largest variety of Neanderthal, Denisovan genes’

Rohini Krishnamurthy

15 Apr 2024

Image: Custom colormap package by cmastro; Claire Lamman / DESI collaboration

‘We are seeing a sign that dark energy is not a cosmological constant’

Rohini Krishnamurthy

05 Apr 2024

How India’s lunar landing shapes future of space exploration, geopolitics — an expert explains

How India’s lunar landing shapes future of space exploration, geopolitics — an expert explains

Rohini Krishnamurthy

20 Sep 2023

‘There is a fundamental joy in exploring our universe, but it comes with great responsibility’

‘There is a fundamental joy in exploring our universe, but it comes with great responsibility’

26 Aug 2023

Blog

The AI-first University: India’s next great academic revolution

The AI-first University is India’s next great academic revolution

24 Feb 2026

5 min read

Putting farmers first: How Bharat-VISTAAR turns digital infrastructure into real-world decisions for Indian agriculture

Putting farmers first: How Bharat-VISTAAR turns digital infrastructure into real-world decisions for Indian agriculture

Giriraj Amarnath

24 Feb 2026

3 min read

Bart the Bear, featured in the 1987 movie 'The Bear'.

Do animals have a future on Hollywood sets?

20 Feb 2026

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Atomic AI: Why India’s compute boom is the next climate governance test

Atomic AI: Why India’s compute boom is the next climate governance test

19 Feb 2026

4 min read

Men lose their Y chromosome as they age. Scientists thought it didn’t matter — but now we’re learning more

Men lose their Y chromosome as they age. Scientists thought it didn’t matter — but now we’re learning more

13 Feb 2026

4 min read

Vehicle traffic tailpipe emission pollution Littleton Colorado

Trump’s plan to wipe out US climate rules relies on EPA rescinding its 2009 endangerment finding — but will it survive court challenges?

12 Feb 2026

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Videos

Preparing for the next Moon landing: Inside NASA’s Artemis II Mission

Preparing for the next Moon landing: Inside NASA’s Artemis II Mission

21 Jan 2026

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Can we afford space tourism in a rapidly warming, unequal world?

Can we afford space tourism in a rapidly warming, unequal world?

19 Apr 2025

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Did science just resurrect the prehistoric dire wolf?

Did science just resurrect the prehistoric dire wolf?

12 Apr 2025

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AI Summit 2025: Safety concerns and an energy-guzzling future

AI Summit 2025: Safety concerns and an energy-guzzling future

14 Feb 2025

2 min read

Why athletes worldwide turn to genetic screening for improved performance

Why athletes worldwide turn to genetic screening for improved performance

30 Jul 2024

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

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

03 Jan 2024

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Redefining how we look at the early universe | James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)

Redefining how we look at the early universe | James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)

07 Jan 2024

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Indian Space Research Organisation’s maiden solar mission, Aditya-L1 reaches its destination

Indian Space Research Organisation’s maiden solar mission, Aditya-L1 reaches its destination

08 Jan 2024

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Books

The catalyst within

The catalyst within

Rohini Krishnamurthy

01 Oct 2025

Book Excerpt: Of algorithms we use and a small town in Bihar

Book Excerpt: Of algorithms we use and a small town in Bihar

11 Jan 2025

All-pervasive AI

All-pervasive AI

Nandita Banerji

27 Jul 2024

Science Tales

Science Tales

Rakesh Kalshian

05 Feb 2020

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India and the power of ‘Jugaad’

India and the power of ‘Jugaad’

Vikas Choudhary

12 Dec 2025

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Titles Jupiter Marble (2019), this colour-enhanced view of Jupiter shows the iconic Great Red Spot alongside the swirling turbulence of the southern hemisphere. Made from three images taken during a close pass in February 2019, it highlights the dramatic contrasts in Jupiter’s atmosphere. Citizen scientist Kevin M Gill processed the raw JunoCam data to create the image.

Juno’s last orbit: NASA’s Jupiter mission set to end next month

Nandita Banerji

22 Aug 2025

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DTE Palette: 4 books you should read this week

DTE Palette: 4 books you should read this week

12 Jul 2025

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A poster-size image of the beautiful barred spiral galaxy NGC 1300

Hubble telescope turns 35: A celestial celebration in 5 stunning images

Nandita Banerji

25 Apr 2025

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To worlds afar

To worlds afar

19 Apr 2025

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The journey of AI

The journey of AI

12 Apr 2025

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03 May 2024

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Simply Put: The mystery of Earthlings

03 Mar 2024

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