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Mechanised agriculture in the hills is a double-edged sword

Mechanised agriculture in the hills is a double-edged sword

Vikas Choudhary

3 hours ago

1 min read

While machinery can replace draught animal power, its use on fragile hill slopes can damage soil and destabilise landscapes

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Permafrost melt in the Arctic could cost $261 billion in infrastructure damages: Study

Permafrost melt in the Arctic could cost $261 billion in infrastructure damages: Study

07 Sep 2026

3 min read

Gerardus Mercator’s map is effectively consigned to history as UN votes to stop making Africa ‘look cartographically small’

Gerardus Mercator’s map is effectively consigned to history as UN votes to stop making Africa ‘look cartographically small’

05 Sep 2026

3 min read

Krishna AchutaRao

‘Major loss to Indian climate science’: Scientific community, civil society mourn demise of Krishna AchutaRao

05 Sep 2026

4 min read

Vapour on the rise

Vapour on the rise

Akshit Sangomla

01 Sep 2026

2 min read

US gas power proposals linked to data centres nearly doubled in the first half of 2026

US gas power proposals linked to data centres nearly doubled in the first half of 2026

31 Aug 2026

3 min read

Data centre water consumption could triple to 644 billion litres by 2030

Data centre water consumption could triple to 644 billion litres by 2030

28 Aug 2026

4 min read

Scientists find ticklish body parts are strikingly similar across cultures

Scientists find ticklish body parts are strikingly similar across cultures

Nandita Banerji

11 Aug 2026

2 min read

AI adoption in India’s power generation sector to rise 65 per cent by 2030: ENCIS survey

AI adoption in India’s power generation sector to rise 65 per cent by 2030: ENCIS survey

07 Aug 2026

4 min read

Interviews

Sujata with a calf at her plantation in Coorg, Karnataka, where she tries to ensure the interdependence of species.

‘Rethinking language biases would enable us to look more holistically at agroecological practices’

Preetha Banerjee

22 Aug 2026

“We saw a state apparatus completely subordinated to corporate interests”

“We saw a state apparatus completely subordinated to corporate interests”

Rosali Rüsberg

26 Jun 2026

The question is not whether technology will expand, but whether the frameworks around labour, dignity, and protection will evolve alongside it: Aranya Sahay

The question is not whether technology will expand, but whether the frameworks around labour, dignity, and protection will evolve alongside it: Aranya Sahay

Ashutosh Kumar Thakur

16 May 2026

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

Blog

India needs a human-centred and farmer-centred model of agricultural AI

India needs a human- and farmer-centred model of agricultural AI

Saurabh Bandyopadhyay

03 Sep 2026

6 min read

When rock flows like a river

When rock flows like a river

03 Sep 2026

7 min read

Thirsty data centres, thin regulation: Who is watching India’s water?

Thirsty data centres, thin regulation: Who is watching India’s water?

Shruthi Srinivasan

21 Aug 2026

5 min read

China is launching a Moon mission to find water ice. It’s unlike anything NASA has done

China is launching a Moon mission to find water ice. It’s unlike anything NASA has done

Richard de Grijs

21 Aug 2026

3 min read

Governments shouldn’t rely on AI to decide who gets a social grant: inside a South African court case

Governments shouldn’t rely on AI to decide who gets a social grant: Inside a South African court case

Mark Richard Gaffley

19 Aug 2026

A safe childhood, digital too!

A safe childhood, digital too!

Trina Chakrabarti

18 Aug 2026

5 min read

Videos

Double earthquake in Venezuela explained

Double earthquake in Venezuela explained

30 Jun 2026

1 min read

First crewed moon mission of the 21st century, Artemis II launched successfully

First crewed moon mission of the 21st century, Artemis II launched successfully

03 Apr 2026

1 min read

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

1 min read

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

1 min read

Did science just resurrect the prehistoric dire wolf?

Did science just resurrect the prehistoric dire wolf?

12 Apr 2025

1 min read

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

1 min read

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

2 min read

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Books

A laugh and think riot

A laugh and think riot

01 Sep 2026

How education and creativity keep the human signature alive in the age of AI

How education and creativity keep the human signature alive in the age of AI

Ashutosh Kumar Thakur

22 Aug 2026

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

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Mechanised agriculture in the hills is a double-edged sword

Mechanised agriculture in the hills is a double-edged sword

Vikas Choudhary

3 hours ago

1 min read

Pluto's bladed terrain as seen from NASA's New Horizons during its July 2015 flyby.

Two decades after Pluto’s demotion: The redefinition that redrew the solar system

26 Aug 2026

1 min read

- Amina J Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the UN

Transformative but democratic AI

25 Apr 2026

1 min read

India and the power of ‘Jugaad’

India and the power of ‘Jugaad’

Vikas Choudhary

12 Dec 2025

1 min read

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

2 min read

DTE Palette: 4 books you should read this week

DTE Palette: 4 books you should read this week

12 Jul 2025

2 min read

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

3 min read

To worlds afar

To worlds afar

19 Apr 2025

1 min read

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