Skygazers, it’s time for a super snow moon tonight
Today’s moon will be the biggest and brightest in 2019 as it will be the closest to Earth’s orbit
Why does India plan to send humanoids to space?
ISRO wants to send humanoids because it wants to test its space module before they are used by humans. A humanoid with the necessary sensors …
Here's a technique that can cure range of diseases using electricity, but is it safe?
A device that uses electricity to pass through your brain is believed to be a cure for many diseases, but the jury is still out on its safety
NASA's Insight mission lands on Mars
After a 300-million-mile journey from Earth over nearly seven months, NASA's InSight spacecraft landed successfully on the surface of Mars on Monday.
Charles Kao Kuen: The man who paved way for development of Internet
Known as the ‘Godfather of Broadband’, Professor Kao is known for discovering fiber-optic communication
‘We are seeing a sign that dark energy is not a cosmological constant’
Shadab Alam, faculty at the Department of Theoretical Physics of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, on deviations observed with …
India is testing AI for improved weather forecasting
Weather agencies around the world are focussing on AI, which can help in cutting down costs and improving speed
Predicting disasters: Technology behind early warning systems & countries with lowest adoption
Asia and Africa have the lowest share of countries with early warning systems
Science Tales
Writings on the interplay of science, history, gender, culture and politics
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October 14: World Standards Day
Explained: What is the World Standards Day and why is it significant
Vision without eyes? The new OpticSELINE tech says yes
Destination Moon: Half a century of 'a small step'
July 20, 1969 — Neil Armstrong became the first man on the moon
How the kilogram has changed
Down To Earth tells you how the kilogram's definition has changed
Why only achievements, attribute modern problems as well to mythologies
A giant of the scientific community who showed how to make sense of the universe
In a first, astronomers detect light from very first stars of the universe
A discovery that could change all that we know about dark matter
AI can see you
A sophisticated and frightening face-recognition algorithm being employed by technology firms could be the end of privacy as we know it
Robots develop new semiconductor materials in tests that are 10 times faster & greener
With the technology, scientists have been able to develop alloys with perovskites materials that can improve solar cells
Opinion: Earthquakes are a boon for Earth
Earthquakes are natural but huge losses of life and property during the incidence of an earthquake are anthropogenic
James Webb Telescope captures clearest view of Neptune’s rings after 3 decades
Webb images vividly display Neptune’s fainter dust bands in addition to many brilliant, narrow rings
Helping cells become better protein factories could improve gene therapies and other treatments — a new technique shows how
Gene therapy involves replacing a defective gene with a functioning one that can direct cells to produce missing or dysfunctional proteins
My PhD supervisor just won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for designing a safer, cheaper and faster way to build molecules and make medicine
How do chemists make the correct version of a molecule so that drugs work as intended
India an overperformer in frontier tech among developing countries: UN report
Several developing countries showed stronger capabilities to use and adapt frontier technologies above their GDPs, but were lagging behind
Animals can feel an upcoming earthquake, says study
Animals might sense ionisation of the air caused by large rock pressures in earthquake zones with their fur. They can also smell gases released …