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A model of Gaganyaan launch vehicle which was unveiled at B.M. Birla Science Centre, in Hyderabad, on Thursday. | Photo Credit: G RAMAKRISHNA A 65 ft. tall model of Gaganyaan launch vehicle (HLMV-III – Human rated Launch Vehicle Mark-III), was unveiled at B.M. Birla Science Centre, Hyderabad, on Thursday. The model, scaled down to one-third … Read more

ISRO Chairman V. Narayanan, with Rajarajan A (left), Director, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), and M Ganesh Pillai, Scientific Secretary of ISRO, at a press conference on Curtain Raiser Event of the Emerging Science, Technology & Innovation Conclave (ESTIC – 2025), at ISRO HQ, in Bengaluru on October 23, 2025.    | Photo Credit: Murali Kumar K … Read more

The pharmacogenomics, which costs ₹5,000, guides doctors in prescribing medicines suitable for a person. The image is used for representative purposes only. | Photo Credit: GETTY IMAGES Imagine a single test that can guide your doctor on which medicines will work best for your body, not just today, but for the rest of your life. … Read more

Image used for representation | Photo Credit: V Raju (This article forms a part of the Science for All newsletter that takes the jargon out of science and puts the fun in! Subscribe now!) Ice creams and carbonated drinks aren’t just innocent treats anymore. There is now quantifiable scientific research warning about people using them … Read more

Ever since Israel intensified its attacks on Palestine in October 2023, sparing not even hospitals, more than 66,000 Palestinians have been killed, according to the latest bulletin from the Gaza’s Health Ministry. But nearly three times that number of people, some 1.6 lakh, have been left grievously wounded. In this crisis comes a worrying report … Read more

Firecrackers release a variety of harmful substances into the atmosphere. | Photo Credit: Ganesh Partheeban/Unsplash The air in a particular place is likely to become more polluted when firecrackers are burst on an overcast day with high humidity. This is due to a combination of the pollutants released by the fireworks and the prevailing weather … Read more

The sun has a profound influence on life on the earth. It’s the source of life as well as motivates  the technological infrastructure that sustains modern society. Solar flares, coronal mass ejections, and energetic storms create space weather that affect satellites and astronauts in space, disrupting communications, navigation, and power grids on the earth. Understanding … Read more

Google has claimed that its quantum processor Willow has achieved the first “verifiable” quantum advantage — a technological benchmark that means a quantum computer can outperform a classical one in practice. “This breakthrough is a significant step toward the first real-world application of quantum computing, and we’re excited to see where it leads,” Google CEO … Read more

Eknath Vasant Chitnis also played a crucial role in selecting the site for India’s first rocket launch at Thumba in Kerala. (Facebook/Pune University) Renowned Indian space scientist Eknath Vasant Chitnis died on Wednesday (October 22, 2025) at his residence in Pune, his family members said. Dr. Chitnis, who had completed 100 years, was unwell for … Read more

Idealised model of a platinum nanoparticle about 2 nm wide, showing individual atoms. | Photo Credit: Vadim A. Volochaev Inspired by an artist’s stencil, a team of scientists has developed a groundbreaking method to ‘paint’ microscopic gold particles with polymer patches, giving them new and exciting functions. The technique, detailed in a paper published in … Read more

The key implications of this discovery include reducing the risk of amputation and accelerating recovery in diabetic foot ulcers and providing an affordable, natural oral therapy, improving accessibility for patients in rural and resource-limited settings |Image used for representational purpose only | Photo Credit: Getty Images Nagaland University researchers have identified a naturally occurring plant … Read more

People celebrate Deepavali in New Delhi on Monday, October 20, night. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma Following Deepavali, pollution in Delhi inched close to a five-year low with average concentrations of particulate matter (PM) 2.5 across several locations crossing 400 microgram per cubic metre (µg/m³) – levels not seen since 2021. On Deepavali day, … Read more

Maoists holding copies of the Constitution after their surrender in Chhattisgarh on Friday. PTI | Photo Credit: – Following a series of counter-insurgency operations and a wave of surrenders and arrests, India’s decades-old Maoist insurgency has significantly weakened, data show. This year, all three key metrics — the number of militants killed, arrested, and surrendered … Read more

While humans have been drinking alcohol for thousands of years, some scientists think this history could go back millions of years. According to the drunken monkey hypothesis, humans’ taste and indeed preference for alcohol may have evolutionary roots, shaped by our primate ancestors consuming small doses of alcohol found inside ripe fruit. Our bodies may … Read more

Scientists have interpreted the TLPs’ existence to mean the moon is more dynamic than they once believed. | Photo Credit: Mike Petrucci/Unsplash For centuries, sky-gazers have reported seeing peculiar, short-lived events on the moon’s surface, from strange flashes of light to hazy glows and patches of unusual colour. These fleeting occurrences are called transient lunar … Read more

The carabid ground beetles of the family Carabidae are as common as they come. These little nocturnal hunters are found in almost any terrestrial habitat on the planet. To some, they’re simply pests — infamous for their pungent smell, which they emit when they’re threatened. Others, but farmers in particular, are fond of them because … Read more

Many people fervently believe that coin tosses are random. The Indian men’s test cricket team captain Shubman Gill lost all five of his tosses against England this summer. The probability of such an event is only 3.1%, or one in 32, if winning or losing is assumed to be random. Some cricket enthusiasts realised then … Read more

The northeast monsoon has kicked in early this year, and at least four days sooner for the second year running, over Tamil Nadu. Last year, this phase of the monsoon ended with the State recording 33% more rain than the long-period average, and forecasters expect this year to go the same way as well. Historically, … Read more

Immunology has increasingly taken centerstage in modern biomedicine, powerfully capturing the popular imagination. From revolutionising vaccine development during the COVID-19 pandemic to yielding profound insights into autoimmune disorders and cancer treatment, immunological research now drives biomedical innovation more significantly than ever. The recent pandemic revealed immunology not as an esoteric branch of science but as … Read more

The politics of welfare in India has become increasingly gendered, with cash transfers emerging as both a social policy instrument and an electoral strategy. Just weeks before Assembly elections, the Bihar government has rolled out the Mukhyamantri Mahila Rojgar Yojana — a ₹10,000 transfer to 75 lakh women as seed capital for self-employment. The goal … Read more

Baratang’s mud volcano in Andaman and Nicobar Islands. | Photo Credit: Wikipedia Commons The samples collected from India’s only active mud volcano at Baratang in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands belong to the Oligocene age, which was around 23 million years ago, a Geological Survey of India (GSI) official said. The lithoclasts ejected from the … Read more