Light induced magnetisation

Copy cat

Ouch this hurts!

Killing winters

Not immune to changes

Self-healing plastic

Birth of the cool

Fridges to hum on sound waves

Simply Put: The mystery of Earthlings

What the new science of authenticity says about discovering your true self

Seeking fluency — and avoiding internal conflict — is probably a pretty good way to stay on the path to being true to yourself

Why using AI tools like ChatGPT in my MBA innovation course is expected and not cheating

We need the various manuals of style to update their rules to include work generated by an AI

Death: How long are we conscious for and does life really flash before our eyes?

A recent research speculated about life ’flashing’ past moments before death; how sound might it be? 

The horse bit and bridle kicked off ancient empires — a new giant dataset tracks the societal factors that drove military technology

Around 1000 BC, nomadic herders in the steppes north of the Black Sea invented the bit and bridle 

The ghost of Christmas yet to come: how an AI ‘SantaNet’ might end up destroying the world

Scientists identified a series of behaviours by the AI general intelligence system which, though well-intentioned, could have adverse impacts on …

TIFR Swarnajayanti fellow to study plasticity for better design of materials

Plasticity enables a solid to undergo permanent deformation without rupture under the action of external forces

Three-body problem needs real, and not artificial solution

The equation that has confounded mathematicians for over 300 years needs an elegant and beautiful solution, not something where the end is there …

Eliud Kipchoge's sub-2hr marathon: It all comes down to 15 extraordinary seconds

Kipchoge must put one foot in front of the other, at the frighteningly fast average pace of 2m 52s per km

A new technique to protect copper from corrosion

IIT (BHU) researchers used a technique called ‘floating film transfer method’ to obtain ultrathin films of an organic material, …

What determines height of mountains?

Height of the mountains stops increasing after crossing a threshold, influenced by erosion of the areas between mountains, finds the study

The dark side of 'racial science'

Angela Saini exposes how some scientists even today use race to define intelligence, behaviour, predisposition to diseases and even creativity

In thunder, lightning, or... Gamma rays may warn you of the next hurlyburly

Radiation sensors can predict lightning within 10 minutes and around 2 kilometers of where they happen

‘Potentially hazardous’ space rock to fly past Earth on June 24

Named 441987 (2010 NY65), the rock has a diameter of 130 to 300 metres and will pass the Earth at a speed of more than 45,000 kilometres per …

Diamonds are forever. But where do they come from? Watch

Do you know the diamond on your finger is most likely made recycled minerals by Earth below the ocean floor?  

Russia to grow 30 gene-edited plants, animals by 2027

The country aims to create 10 new varieties of such crops as well as animals by 2020; another 20 by 2027

Holding the mirror, truthfully, for 28 years

Down To Earth's mission is not hidden in reams of corporate gloss. It is open. It is a dare, writes our editor, Sunita Narain.

World Earth Day: A new landscape on the horizon

Changes in the East African rift system suggest that the African continent could split into two