This new protein may help diabetes patients with fractures
Diabetes patients are more susceptible to bone fractures and take longer than usual to heal
Why some people don’t trust science — and how to change their minds
Merely informing people about facts has been found not to change attitudes
On loony ideas
Why do some ‘crazy’ endeavours click while others don’t? Safi Bahcall’s book probes the underlying mechanics
Brightest, most distant radio signal detected till now has a rare source — a group of merging galaxies
A fast radio burst that occurred when the universe was just 5 billion years old was detected in 2022
Sexism pushed Rosalind Franklin toward the scientific sidelines during her short life, but her work still shines on her 100th birthday
Franklin’s greatest and most enduring legacy is the many women who have been inspired by her example to pursue scientific carriers
‘Reality is not as fixed as people like to think’
Neuroscientist Nadine Dijkstra talks to Down To Earth about reality and perception
Of Saint Patrick and the serpents
As the Irish celebrate the feast day of their patron saint globally, some insights into why the Emerald Isle is ‘snake-less’ and how …
We created holograms you can touch – you could soon shake a virtual colleague’s hand
It is a step beyond the current generation of virtual reality
Moon lacked a magnetic field for nearly all its history — new research resolves mystery sparked by rocks brought back on Apollo
Resolving the mystery of a seemingly magnetic Moon
Simply Put: Origin of Man
Simply Put: Big Brother is watching
Simply Put: Of DNA and double standards
2023 Retrospect | A quick recap of major science and environment events last year
DTE's multimedia team recaps health, extreme weather events, science, war, policy and governance stories covered this year
Chandrayaan-3 successfully enters lunar orbit
The Vikram Lander is expected to land on the moon on August 23, 2023
Simply Put: People fired, AI hired
Simply Put: Hepatitis C virus
CSE leads from Global South among world’s top environment think tanks
Delhi non-profit on 5 rankings in index by Univ of Pennsylvania
How ‘wise phones’ and wise humans can help avert a climate apocalypse
The right to unrestricted access to the internet ought to coexist with the responsibility to self-regulated consumption of smartphone internet …
Scientists discover a new way to detect early colon cancer
Colon cancer currently gets detected at a very late stage; the new technique could help detect it at stage I
Airplanes face a growing risk of being hit by uncontrolled re-entries of rockets used to launch satellites
An aircraft in flight could be seriously damaged by just 300 grams of space debris impacting an engine, windshield or other critical surface
Why can’t we throw all our trash into a volcano and burn it up?
Reasons include the sacred status of several volcanoes, the toxic nature of trash and the design of volcanoes
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
Gene transfer enhances insect survival, says study
Gene transfer might have helped in the development of better traits in mating, nutrition, growth and adaptation
Life on Internet: Why people are turning to AI for creating artwork
Behind the scenes of artifical intelligence model Craiyon that has taken the Internet by storm
Cicadas could hold the secret to self-cleaning surfaces – new study
Cicadas have a fascinating trick up their sleeves that keeps their wings spotless without any effort