CoP-9 in Milan: A Fashionable Trend for Climate Agreements
What will we see at the ninth conference of parties (CoP-9) to the UN climate change convention? Three things come to my mind. By Agus P. Sari
Milky Way’s supermassive black hole exploded 3.5 million years ago: Study
The blast took place 63 million years after an asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs; and when our earliest ancestors — the Australopithecines &…
Molecular mechanism of gender differences in sexual behaviour deciphered
Hyderabad researchers study the differences in the central nervous systems of male and female of humans and other organisms and how they …
Only science can help the world achieve sustainable development: UN Report
It says the current development model is not sustainable and only a fundamental and urgent change in the relationship between people and nature …
In Australia nuclear becomes latest round in energy wars
The Australian government has formally reopened the highly contentious debate on nuclear power by referring the issue to a parliamentary committee,…
Artificial Intelligence can help decode epileptic brains
A team of interdisciplinary researchers finds that there exist independent neural networks that can carry disease-sensitive information about the …
No evidence of rift between Einstein and Bose: New book
As long as they lived, there was no sign of a sour relationship between the two, says historian Rajinder Singh who recently wrote a book titled …
AI has learned how to deceive and manipulate humans. Here’s why it’s time to be concerned
MIT research finds AI systems can strategically withhold information, lie to trick humans into certain actions and even bypass safety tests
Deepfakes: can the AI be harnessed for something good?
While audiences and users need to be educated on the negative implications of deepfakes, the technology can also have positive impacts
Do we need ‘music in our genes’ to be exceptional? Not always, shows Beethoven’s DNA analysis
A person's genetic predisposition to musicality (or the lack of it) is no indicator of their ability
Understanding oceans: Why UNESCO wants to map 80% of the world‘s seabed
A total funding of $5 billion (over Rs 37,600 crore) will be required for the project.
How did the Red Sea part in Exodus? Medicane, storm surge, Rossby waves, suggests UK study
Whether a miraculous act of God or due to some of the unlikely, coincidental phenomena discussed in this paper, the chance of ‘parting’…
Chandrayaan-3: Science on the political agenda
While science is always definitive, its use is a political decision
Scientists from Gujarat institute develop biodegradable paper supercapacitor from seaweed
This supercapacitor can fully charge a device within 10 seconds
There’s a new way to reach untapped helium reserves that may solve supply shortage
Helium gas fields with no carbon footprint could be the solution
Meet ‘Omorgus Khandesh’, a newly discovered Indian beetle: It can help forensic science
Their presence can help identify the time of death of an animal or human
Saturn’s mysterious rings & extreme tilt: Former moon may be responsible
Saturn is unlikely to have had a tilt during its formation stages
Researchers develop helix-hairpin miniproteins for inhibiting SARS-CoV-2 infection
The artificial peptides can block entry, reduce effect of viruses like SARS-CoV-2
Gorgosaurus: Sotheby’s all set to auction T-Rex’s cousin
10 years since 'god particle': How the world of physics has evolved
The Large Hadron Collider has been reignited recently with greater collision energy
Voyager at 45: What’s aboard the spacecrafts & the photos they took
Maths, physics not compulsory to study engineering: Experts differ with AICTE
Some are critical, while others believe the idea is not a bad one
Three medical innovations fuelled by COVID-19 that will outlast the pandemic
Gene-based vaccines had never been approved for humans before the coronavirus pandemic
Prime numbers, cicadas, online classes: How a lecturer brought them together in IIT-Bombay
Some cicada species mass-reproduce only at a prime-numbered gap
Wormholes may be lurking in the universe — and new studies are proposing ways of finding them
Nature may have found a way to create wormholes to keep the universe from expanding