Archaeological discoveries are happening faster than ever before, helping refine the human story

This century has brought unexpected discoveries from Europe and Asia

वैज्ञानिकों ने बनाई तकनीक, भूकंप-सुनामी आने से कई दिन पहले पता चल जाएगा

इस तकनीक को मैक्सिको की खाड़ी के‘एग्मोंट की’में स्थापित किया गया था। यह तब से समुद्र तल में होने वाली हलचल के तीन आयामी ...

Voyager 2 becomes 2nd spacecraft to cross heliosphere

Voyager 1 achieved the milestone in 2012

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

IIT Delhi to establish shared research infrastructure

The new centre will come up at the institute's Sonepat campus

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

Simply put: ISRO and Chandrayaan 2

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

शून्य छाया दिवस, जब परछाई भी साथ छोड़ देती है

क्या आप शून्य छाया दिवस के बारे में जानते हैं? 

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

Simply put: Politics shakti

Researchers convert carbon dioxide in to coal

Researchers at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia have for the first time developed a process to turn CO2 into coal. The new process uses …

Definition of kilogram set to change

Since 1879, the kilogram has been defined as the weight of Le Grand K, a cylinder of platinum and iridium weighing a little over 2 ounces and …

Meet Bandicoot India's new robot that can end manual scavenging

A robotics start-up from Kerala called GenRobotic Innovations has developed a solution to end manual scavenging

State Science & Technology councils should work in synergy: Harsh Vardhan

At the S&T ministers’ conclave at India International Science Festival 2018, Vardhan said every year 4-5 states should hold a science …

New technology to detect chikungunya virus

Indian scientists have developed a biosensor technique, which can be used to develop a point of care device for rapid identification of the …

Scientists a step closer to potential vaccine against Leptospirosis

Gujarat Biotechnology Research Centre scientists used tools to identify important regions on the bacteria that could play an important role in …

The dark side of big data

Latest Facebook data breach episode is a reminder that rise of Big Data represents a massive engineering of society with ominous implications for …