The second phase of India’s National Mental Health Survey is currently underway. The first phase identified mood disorders as an important diagnostic category in terms of prevalence in India. March 30 is celebrated worldwide as World Bipolar Day. Mood disorders are psychiatric disorders characterised by a pathological alteration in one’s mood, energy, and activity levels. … Read more
A 19th Century medallion of Giovanni Arduino. As there are no contemporary portrait of Arduino, this medallion that was made sometime before 1850 for the Venetian Pantheon in Campo Santo Stefano, Venice serves as the best option for his likeness. | Photo Credit: Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti / Wikimedia Commons What is … Read more
“Induction of the Semi cryogenic propulsion system along with an uprated cryogenic stage in the LVM3 vehicle enhances its payload capability from 4 tonne to 5 tonne in the Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO),” ISRO added. File | Photo Credit: Reuters ISRO has announced significant progress in the design and development of a Semicryogenic engine or Liquid … Read more
Rescuers resume operations at the Chatuchak site of a skyscraper collapse on March 29, 2025 in Bangkok, Thailand. In the aftermath of the 7.3 magnitude earthquake that struck Myanmar, Bangkok finds itself in an unprecedented state of paralysis on March 28, 2025. | Photo Credit: Getty Images India’s earthquake monitoring agency, the National Centre for … Read more
A partial solar eclipse will take place on March 29, 2025, lasting around four hours. File. | Photo Credit: AP A partial solar eclipse will take place on Saturday (March 29, 2025), lasting around four hours, as the moon moves in front of the Sun. The spectacle will be visible in select areas of the … Read more
Dignitaries at the event held by Apollo Proton Cancer Centre to celebrate women leaders in STEM on Thursday. | Photo Credit: B. VELANKANNI RAJ Three women leaders, who broke the glass ceiling in their respective domains, shared their experiences at the event held to celebrate women leaders in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) by … Read more
Miner worker showing stone coal Despite thousands of illegal mines identified in Telangana between 2018 and 2022, no First Information Reports (FIRs) were lodged and no court cases were filed in the State during this period, data show. But in 2023, the number of illegal mines identified surged threefold and there was a similar spurt … Read more
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin with Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu during the first day of the Budget 2025-26 session in Chennai. Various southern States have tabled their Budgets and Economic Surveys this year. An analysis of their Surveys shows that economic growth in all of these States lagged behind India’s economic growth in 2023-24. … Read more
PPIE is not the same as simply taking patient feedback. It involves deep and genuine collaboration, where patients help make research decisions alongside scientists and clinicians. Photograph used for representational purposes only | Photo Credit: Getty Images Imagine you’re at the doctor’s office, discussing your latest test results or asking about a symptom that just … Read more
Sci-Five | The Hindu Science Quiz: On Gemstone 1 / 5 | What is the famous saying about Alexandrite’s colour change? Ruby by day, emerald by night Emerald by day, ruby by night Sapphire by day, topaz by night Opal by day, diamond by night Alexandrite shines red in lamplight and green in sunlight; … Read more
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Fossils unearthed during construction of a water pipeline in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia have revealed one of the oddest members of a rather strange group of dinosaurs, a creature whose two-fingered hands sport a pair of menacing curved claws. Image for Representation. | Photo Credit: AP Fossils unearthed during construction of a water … Read more
Ice is seen on the Pastoruri glacier in the Peruvian Andes, Peru, May 7, 2024. Image for Representation. | Photo Credit: Reuters China’s glacier area has shrunk by 26% since 1960 due to rapid global warming, with 7,000 small glaciers disappearing completely and glacial retreat intensifying in recent years, official data released in March … Read more
Representative image | Photo Credit: Getty Images The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), in collaboration with the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Delhi and Dr. Shroff’s Charity Eye Hospital, in an initiative supported by the Union Ministry of Civil Aviation has successfully conducted a feasibility study to assess the potential of … Read more
Picture an ocean world so deep and dark it feels like another planet – where creatures glow and life survives under crushing pressure. This is the midwater zone, a hidden ecosystem that begins 650 feet (200 meters) below the ocean surface and sustains life across our planet. It includes the twilight zone and the midnight … Read more
An inter-State delimitation of Lok Sabha constituencies can potentially also result in a shift of power from non-BJP parties to the BJP. The anxiety about delimitation is not only about the potential reduction of political power for peninsular States to the benefit of heartland ones. An inter-State delimitation of Lok Sabha constituencies can potentially also … Read more
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope unveiled in stunning detail this small section of the expanding remains of a massive star that exploded about 8,000 years ago, now called the Veil Nebula, February 17, 2024. | Photo Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) Astronomers may be closer to solving one of the most intriguing … Read more
Representative image | Photo Credit: Getty Images The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), in collaboration with the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Delhi and Dr. Shroff’s Charity Eye Hospital, in an initiative supported by the Union Ministry of Civil Aviation has successfully conducted a feasibility study to assess the potential of using … Read more
Astronaut Sunita Williams uses the treadmill onboard the ISS in 2012. The harness is visible reaching from the treadmill’s base to a ring on her hip. | Photo Credit: NASA Are you trying to lose weight? Because in space you are already weightless. However, it is interesting to think about how astronauts can exercise in … Read more
A cow remains in a corral before being exported to the U.S. through the Jeronimo-Santa Teresa border crossing, as the U.S. allowed Mexican cattle imports to resume after lifting a temporary suspension due to the detection of the New World screwworm, at the Chihuahua Regional Livestock Union facility, outside Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, February 10, 2025. … Read more
German anaesthesiologist Joachim Boldt has an unfortunate claim to fame. According to Retraction Watch, a public database of research retractions, he is the most retracted scientist of all time. To date, 220 of his roughly 400 published research papers have been retracted by academic journals. Boldt may be a world leader, but he has plenty of … Read more
(1) Israel breaks ceasefire with attack on Gaza Israel launched a barrage of airstrikes into Gaza on Tuesday (March 18, 2025), killing hundreds. This marked the end of a fragile ceasefire with Hamas, reigniting the war that began when Hamas launched an attack in Israel on October 7, 2023, killing over a thousand people and … Read more
An undated image from NASA’s Webb Space Telescope shows an outflow from a nearby still-forming star in infrared light, with a spiral galaxy off in the distance | Photo Credit: NASA via AP The Webb Space Telescope has captured a plume of gas and dust streaming from a star in the making, with a … Read more
When we think about flood management, higher stop banks, stronger levees and concrete barriers usually come to mind. But what if the best solution – for people and nature – isn’t to confine rivers, but to give them more space? This alternative is increasingly being considered as an approach to mitigating flood risk. But allowing … Read more
Silicosis is an incurable but entirely preventable lung disease. It has only one cause: breathing in too much silica dust. This is a risk in several industries, including tunnelling, stone masonry and construction. Just last week, ABC reported that 13 workers from tunnelling projects in Sydney have been diagnosed with silicosis. It’s yet another reminder that current … Read more
US company Colossal Biosciences has announced the creation of a “woolly mouse” — a laboratory mouse with a series of genetic modifications that lead to a woolly coat. | Photo Credit: Colossal Biosciences/The Conversation US company Colossal Biosciences has announced the creation of a “woolly mouse” — a laboratory mouse with a series of genetic modifications that lead to … Read more
A grab of a handout video taken on January 26, 2025 by Condrik Research and Preserve NGO shows a humpback anglerfish near the coast of Tenerife, in the Canary Islands. The video of a humpback anglerfish is a very unusual sighting, as this kind of fish lives between 200 and 2000 metres deep in tropical … Read more
We have discovered the oldest meteorite impact crater on Earth, in the very heart of the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The crater formed more than 3.5 billion years ago, making it the oldest known by more than a billion years. Our discovery is published today in Nature Communications. Curiously enough, the crater was exactly where we … Read more
The researchers said an important aspect of the study was that it identified significant monsoon cycles linked to solar activity. Representational file image. | Photo Credit: V RAJU A recent study conducted by the Central University of Kerala has provided crucial insights into the historical behaviour of the Indian Summer Monsoon over the past 15,000 … Read more
Restorer Wang Nan, right patch up holes on a panel of patterned green silk with the Chinese character for “longevity” sewn into it, adding color in a process called “inpainting,” at a workshop on the sprawling compound of the Forbidden City also known as the Palace Museum in Beijing, on February 21, 2025. | Photo … Read more