Farmers discuss tech innovations at 107th India Science Congress
The farmers were participating in a Farmer’s Science Congress organised at the ongoing event being held in Bengaluru
Coming up in 2020: Guide to some of the best meteor showers this year promises
The year starts with a bang with the Quadrantids providing a treat for northern hemisphere viewers
If you think the millennium bug was a hoax, here comes a history lesson
A cross section of industries and governments across the world feared their software would go berserk at the turn of the millenium
How tech rebooted economics and platforms broke the invisible hand
Growing evidence and new research explain the evolution of economic diversity and the need to rethink monopolies in the age of technology
Yoshinori Ohsumi wins Nobel Prize for experiments on cell recycling system
Ohsumi’s experiments helped us understand that mutations in autophagy genes can cause diseases like cancer
No consensus on consciousness
Despite fanciful theories by psychologists, physicists, neuroscientists and computer scientists, consciousness remains an abiding mystery
The `feeling' in nature
Andrea Wulf resurrects the forgotten intellectual explorer, Alexander von Humboldt, whose work has left a lasting imprint on our understanding of …
The fine science of copying
Scientists and academics in India plagiarise liberally and come up with ingenious excuses for unethical practices
What's the best way to go to the toilet – squatting or sitting?
Pauline Hanson’s concern about the ATO installing squat toilets to cater for its increasingly diverse workforce has prompted debate about …
Our complex world
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Riding the waves
Adaptive sampling, a new oceanographic technique, will provide an accurate picture of complicated coastal environments
Precious mine
With the help of nickel and vitreous carbon, the industrial manufacture of diamonds becomes easier
Natural is in
Synthetics are no longer coveted as natural fibres are being used for making everything from cars to tennis rackets
Interior boundaries
Cracking of a fragment of the earth's crust in Canada provides a snapshot of an amazing geological event
On borrowed time
The Hubble telescope is slowly wearing out and efforts to repair it are on, alongwith preparations for its replacement
Clean power from coal
Giving coal a 'good scrub' by using small calcium oxide crystals might greatly reduce the pollution caused by coal-based power stations
Malaria cornered
The killer malarial parasite may become vulnerable if drugs that target a particular enzyme are developed
Read this properly
Recognised specifically as a brain disease uptil now, reading disorders are now linked to the language concerned
Distance dilemma
Are quasars near or far? Doubts appear as the astronomical calculator, red shift, is challenged
Space science, biology and politics
NASA hopes to solve its resource crunch by putting forward a case that uses space science for explaining the origins of life
Caught you!
It is now possible to detect the most inconspicuous mutants -- even those having only slight aberrations
The millennium hotline
The new century will explode into your home through plastic optical fibres, say US scientists, promising an amazing, "wired" future
Hammer of God
The collision of a meteorite with the Earth produced energy about a million times more than the largest earthquake ever recorded
DTE Coverage: Here is what happened at the 108th Indian Science Congress
From the quality of Indian scientific research to women in science, the event focussed on several issues
Life on Mars? NASA's Curiosity helps discover traces of ancient ocean
A recently released set of topography maps provides new evidence for an ancient northern ocean on Mars, signifying a higher potential for life on …