International Women’s Day: Female biologists bring much-needed perspective to science
Scientific fields have not only overlooked female researchers, but have also overlooked research into female biology, both of humans and animals
Marsquakes: InSight lander shows active faults in the planet’s crust
It successfully managed to use a robot arm to place a seismometer on ground clear of landing platform, then cover it with a wind & thermal shield
Fast radio bursts: The mystery deepens
Research by Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment and Fast Radio Burst Project finds repeated pattern to FRBs
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
Scientists develop nanocomposite for bone implants using microwave energy
Researchers at the IIT Mandi, have developed a novel technique to fabricate a porous nanocomposite which shows potential as a bone scaffold
Red planet rumbles: NASA’s recordings of ‘marsquakes’ let us listen to the martian heartbeat
Sounds and vibrations are important, they tell us about the medium they’re travelling through
Scientists create first portrait of a Denisovan by analysing chemical changes to DNA
The ancient hominins shared many traits with Neanderthals: Low foreheads and wide rib cages, an elongated face and a wide pelvis; but differed in …
Study paves the way for new approach to boost rice yield
The new development represents a new approach towards developing rice varieties that produce bigger and consequently heavier grains
New nanocomposite for flexible electronic devices in the offing
Researchers could overcome challenges like establishing electronic properties of materials and the reproducibility of nanocomposites
Hawaii to begin construction of mega-telescope on July 15
Thirty Meter Telescope got delayed over planned site of construction atop Mauna Kea, a sacred mountain to native Hawaiians — already home …
Indian astronomers find evidence of supernova remnants
The evidence of explosion in a star-forming region, called G351.7–1.2, is in the form of a high velocity jet of atomic hydrogen
How this bacterial strain from mosquito gut may help combat dengue
Researchers have been artificially infecting mosquitoes with Wolbachia, a bacteria that prevents replication of disease-causing virus in the guts …
Simply Put: Maus
Machine language
The past few years have seen a spurt in AI tools that can write. Will future books be composed by computers? How does this development threaten …
Nobel Prize winner Venki Ramakrishnan discusses ageing and death in new book
A restricted diet and proper sleep may play a key role in a long and healthy life
Analysis of 2,000 galaxies using the MeerKat radio telescope reveals fresh insights
The findings help understand how galaxies evolve
ISRO launches XPoSat; here is what it is expected to do
The mission will study the origin of cosmic rays in the universe as well as the nature and role of black holes in the evolution of galaxies
From the Moon’s south pole to an ice-covered ocean world, several exciting space missions are slated for launch in 2024
Expect lots of space missions to launch this coming year, with exciting new science to follow
Projected increase in AI’s electricity use comparable to annual consumption of Netherlands, Argentina: Report
If generative AI is used in every Google search, the daily electricity consumption would amount to 80 GWh
Unravelling DNA’s structure: A landmark achievement whose authors were not fairly credited
History has acknowledged how Rosalind Franklin was sidelined
Simply Put: ChatGPT
CAG report highlights gaps in spectrum allocations
India’s 5G spectrum auction has begun, entering day 3 July 28, 2022
Pluto: ‘Recent’ volcanism raises puzzle — how can such a cold body power eruptions?
What extra details are lurking in the poorly imaged half of Pluto?