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Rise of a fabric

Indian coir industry pins its hopes on the growing market for coir in the West

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It's a hot shot

A pocket-sized camera with a transmitter is finding a lot of uses in police investigation

Every breath you take

Small snooper robots could make hiding impossible

Radar hunt

Landmines, minerals and even oil -the radar bullet can find them all

When rational thought comes under attack

India's energy efficiency struggle

Deep sea creatures

India is testing AI for improved weather forecasting

Weather agencies around the world are focussing on AI, which can help in cutting down costs and improving speed

Predicting disasters: Technology behind early warning systems & countries with lowest adoption

Asia and Africa have the lowest share of countries with early warning systems

Science Tales

Writings on the interplay of science, history, gender, culture and politics

October 14: World Standards Day

Explained: What is the World Standards Day and why is it significant

Vision without eyes? The new OpticSELINE tech says yes

How the kilogram has changed

Down To Earth tells you how the kilogram's definition has changed

Why only achievements, attribute modern problems as well to mythologies

A giant of the scientific community who showed how to make sense of the universe

In a first, astronomers detect light from very first stars of the universe

A discovery that could change all that we know about dark matter

Scientific stutter

Do animals have a language, and hence a mind, of their own?

Octopuses are super-smart ... but are they conscious?

The idea of non-human consciousness raises a host of philosophical questions

Dark glow

Adipose Americans

Diamond film from fullerenes