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