Power and perils of artificial hand
Considering artificial intelligence through the ideas of Adam Smith
The Human Genome Project pieced together only 92% of the DNA — now scientists have finally filled in the remaining 8%
Efforts continue to create diverse genomic references that fully represent the human population and life on Earth
Scientists may have found a way to reverse age by more than two years
Using a combination of growth hormone and two common drugs used for diabetes medications, a scientist reduced epigenetic clock by an average of …
New material may hold promise for more efficient lithium-ion batteries
Researchers from IIT Gandhinagar and Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology discovered a new anode material that could …
New powering system developed for IoT applications
The potential of the proposed system is vast and includes applications such as battery-free wireless cameras, wireless monitors, sensors, skin-…
How did our Moon get its water? A new study suggests Earth’s magnetic field could be involved
A shower of water ions coming back on Earth through its magnetosphere may combine to form lunar permafrost
Landscape of Saturn’s largest moon ‘Earth-like’ but compositions different: Study
Titan, one of Saturn’s 82 orbiting moons, can be one of the most hospitable regions in solar system
Super blood Moon: Everything you need to know about the lunar eclipse
A total lunar eclipse will be visible from parts of Australia, Asia and the western parts of North and South America May 26
NASA‘s capsule returns with asteroid Bennu samples
It is likely to provide fresh insights into the formation of the solar system 4.6 billion years ago and possibly how life started
Cryptozoology is not a quest for animals but for monsters: Peter Dendle
Professor of English and expert on folklore at Penn State Mont Alto tells Down To Earth that cryptozoology is not going anywhere as there is a …
India becomes first nation to soft land on south side of moon
India has now joined an exclusive club of countries that have managed a soft landing on the Moon
Explorers of the moon
Five orbiters and one rover are currently active on the moon. Overall, countries have made 47 attempts at soft landing on the moon of which only …
Caroline Herschel was the first female astronomer, but she still lacks name recognition two centuries later
Her story reflects not only the priorities of astronomy but also how credit is assigned in the field
Looking back toward cosmic dawn — astronomers confirm the faintest galaxy ever seen
The early universe was filled with a fog made up of hydrogen atoms until the first stars and galaxies burned it away
Hiroshima Day 2023: The global footprint of nuclear fallout
Nearly 8 decades since the nuclear age started, people around the world, not to mention the flora and fauna, have all been exposed to radioactive …
Nuclear fusion breakthrough: Decades of research still needed before fusion can be used as clean energy
Regardless of the efficiency of a future fusion power plant, taking energy conversions from basic science to the real world will require …
Did life evolve more than once? Researchers are closing in on an answer
Has all of life on Earth evolved only once, or are different living beings cut from different cloths?
Shakespeare by numbers: how mathematical breakthroughs influenced the Bard’s plays
Shakespeare's plays registered the 16th-century crisis of classical mathematics in the face of newer ideas
Ghana’s fishing industry has a ‘golden seaweed’ problem — how citizen science can help
Pelagic sargassum off Ghana’s coast is affecting communities’ ability to fish and use their beaches
Radio interference from satellites is threatening astronomy — a proposed zone for testing new technologies could head off the problem
The more radio transmissions there are, the more challenging it becomes to deal with interference in radio quiet zones
India’s tryst with numbers is an old one
As the 108th Science Congress ends January 7, an excerpt from Amir D Azcel’s 2015 book, ‘Finding Zero: A Mathematician’s …
Fresh twist in Moon’s genesis; lunar body likely formed within hours after collision
Moon’s composition is similar to Earth and not Mars or other objects in the solar system
Gandhian Sanitation: Political will, proactive sarpanch changed the sanitation scene in Mariyapuram
The village sarpanch formed self-help and youth groups to motivate the village residents; the Panchayat constructed 192 individual and nine …
Neanderthals died out 40,000 years ago, but there has never been more of their DNA on Earth
Many Europeans and Asians have between 1% and 4% Neanderthal DNA while African people south of the Sahara have almost zero
Oxygen on Mars? Lunchbox-sized gadget makes it possible
It is the 1st instance of utilisation of resources in a planet’s atmosphere to meet human needs