Brain co-processors are an emerging technology aimed at enhancing the human brain’s natural abilities in ways relevant to real-life situations. Photo: brain-computation.iisc.ac.in The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) on March 4 launched a moonshot project to develop brain co-processors that combine neuromorphic hardware and AI algorithms to enhance or restore brain function. The project is … Read more
India’s inflation index has been updated to reflect better how households allocate their spending today. Under the earlier Consumer Price Index (CPI), consumption was grouped into six broad categories, with a wide range of everyday services — such as health, education, transport, and personal care — aggregated into a single head. The revised CPI, shown … Read more
The recent announcement that China awarded its first “practical PhDs”, doctoral degrees conferred for tangible products rather than traditional research papers, is a timely catalyst for a long-overdue conversation on the relevance, design, and culture of PhD education in India. In China’s new model, doctoral candidates are evaluated on working prototypes and real-world applications instead … Read more
Skywatchers across the country and the globe turned their gaze upward as a dramatic lunar eclipse unfolded on March 3, 2026 evening, turning the full moon into a darker orb.As Earth’s shadow moved steadily across the lunar surface, the Moon shifted its shade from a bright white to deeper shades of amber and red. The … Read more
The recent announcement that China awarded its first “practical PhDs”, doctoral degrees conferred for tangible products rather than traditional research papers, is a timely catalyst for a long-overdue conversation on the relevance, design, and culture of PhD education in India. In China’s new model, doctoral candidates are evaluated on working prototypes and real-world applications instead … Read more
Oil and gas prices have surged following the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a gateway to 20% of the world’s oil exports from the Gulf | Photo Credit: Hamad I Mohammed With Iran targeting U.S. bases in other countries in the West Asian region, the U.S.-Israel attack has created a massive ripple effect extending well beyond the region, … Read more
(1) U.S. and Israeli launched an all-out war on Iran, Supreme Leader Khameini killed Israel launched strikes on Iran on Saturday (February 28 2026) leading to a broader military conflict involving the U.S. and left the world concerned about a bigger West Asia conflict. Several of Iran’s top political, spiritual, military leaders and scientists have … Read more
Twenty-one MPs recommended works outside the State or constituency they were elected from or are associated with, using their Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) funds, an analysis by The Hindu has found. And of the more than ₹18 crore spent on works which were completed based on these recommendations, the vast majority — 84% … Read more
Twenty-one MPs recommended works outside the State or constituency they were elected from or are associated with, using their Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) funds, an analysis by The Hindu has found. And of the more than ₹18 crore spent on works which were completed based on these recommendations, the vast majority — 84% … Read more
From the lapis-laden trade routes of the Bronze Age, blue travelled east and west, carrying with it power, devotion, and value. By the Kushan period, between the 2nd and 4th centuries CE, ultramarine pigment was extracted from Afghan lapis lazuli through a complex and painstaking process of crushing it carefully and treating it with beeswax … Read more
Rain comes down steadily, painting the skies a dull grey and sending a chill breeze wafting through the windows of high-rise buildings. On the street below, water creeps out of cracks and pores. Next to the highway lies a lake but the boundary between water and land has blurred. What was once contained spreads across … Read more
Modern cancer research is closely linked to the study of genes, with a particular focus on variants. Image used for representational purposes only | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto According to a World Health Organization (WHO) report, nearly 20 million new cancer cases were recorded in 2022, with the figure projected to surpass 35 million annually … Read more
The team tests the QR code. | Photo Credit: TU Wien By shrinking a QR code to the size of a microbe, researchers from the Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien) and the German-Austrian start-up Cerabyte have shown that the future of the digital world could depend on ceramics, one of the oldest and most … Read more
Using data from NASA’s MAVEN mission, scientists have detected a type of radio wave called a whistler. | Photo Credit: NASA Radio whistles are first clear sign of Mars lightning Scientists have reported the first clear evidence of lightning on Mars. Using data from NASA’s MAVEN mission, they detected a type of radio wave called … Read more
Image used for representational purposes. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Gross GST collection increased by 8.1% to over ₹1.83 lakh crore in February, led by higher growth in revenues from imports and improved domestic sales. Gross domestic revenue rose 5.3% to about ₹1.36 lakh crore, while gross import revenue climbed 17.2% to ₹47,837 crore. Total … Read more
A webinar on ‘Constitution Under the Microscope: Federalism, Free Speech and the Indian Republic’ at Future Career Conversations. A webinar on Constitution Under the Microscope: Federalism, Free Speech and the Indian Republic, jointly organised by the SRM Institute of Science and Technology and The Hindu, focused on strained Centre-State ties in many States, the role … Read more
Indian young adults have performed poorly in Mind Health Quotient (MHQ) scores, ranking 60 out of 84 nations featured in an ongoing global mental health study. The study by US-based Sapien Labs — Global Mind Health in 2025 — also revealed that not only did Indian youths in the 18-34 age group score poorly globally, … Read more
Artificial intelligence (AI) models like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini often give the impression that there’s a mind at work within the machine. These days they “think” in response to queries, go back and correct themselves, apologise for mistakes, and mimic many tics of human communication. There’s no direct physical evidence to this day that a … Read more
The ascent of a launch vehicle is a battle against gravity to gain the immense velocity required to stay in orbit — while re-entry is a struggle against the atmosphere to shed that same energy in a systematic way. Initially, aerospace scientists believed that surviving atmospheric re-entry would be impossible because the massive kinetic energy … Read more
People can witness a rare celestial phenomenon, the total lunar eclipse Blood Moon, because of its colour during totality. File | Photo Credit: K. Murali Kumar A total lunar eclipse will occur on Tuesday (March 3, 2026), and many places in India will be able to view the celestial event. Here is everything you need … Read more
NASA’s Artemis II SLS moon rocket with the Orion spacecraft slowly rolls back towards the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center on February 25, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) added a new mission to its Artemis moon programme involving a spacecraft docking test in Earth’s orbit … Read more
The outbreak of fresh hostilities between the U.S.-led coalition, including Israel and the United Arab Emirates, and Iran seems to have triggered a newly integrated regional air defense network different from the one these actors deployed during their brief yet intense conflict in June last year. The Twelve-Day War in 2025 was until then the … Read more
A view of the Salar de Pajonales from the International Space Station’s Expedition 6, 2003. | Photo Credit: NASA One of the best places to practice hunting for life on Mars could be in the Atacama Desert in Chile. Scientists recently studied the Salar de Pajonales, an incredibly dry and freezing salt flat located 3.5 … Read more
NASA on February 27 abruptly said it was shaking up its Artemis lunar program that has suffered multiple delays in recent years, a bid to ensure Americans can return to the Moon’s surface by 2028. That goal remains unchanged, but the US space agency is shifting its flight line-up to include a test mission before … Read more
From childhood inspiration to working at the Institute for Advanced Study — once home to Albert Einstein — she reflects on curiosity, challenges, and uncovering the Sun’s deepest secrets. The Sun is right under our noses, so to speak, and when one thinks of astrophysics, one thinks of more distant celestial objects. What made you curious … Read more
A prodigious student Born on November 7,1888, in Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu, Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman displayed remarkable brilliance from the beginning. As Physics and academia ran in the family (his father, R. Chandrasekhar Iyer, was a lecturer in Physics and Mathematics), he was drawn to Physics. He went on to earn gold medals in his Bachelor’s and … Read more
*Note: The answers are from A to Z (that is, the first question’s answer would start with A, the second one’s with B, so on and so forth. Please note that in case the answer is a person’s name, it would be the last name that would start with the designated letter. Reference image for … Read more
More often than not, in the larger Indian context, students learning science at school follow a formulaic manner of engaging with the subject. There is a strict syllabus, way of learning, way of grading that learning, and even an inquisition that’s tied to viewing science as merely an academic subject. Those of you sitting in … Read more
Science fiction has been a popular genre throughout generations and continues to occupy the hearts of young fans even today. Whether it be the words in a book or the clips of a movie, the genre always has something exciting and unique to showcase. From Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, where a man’s journey to create a … Read more
