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This image provided by NASA Monday, April 6, 2026, shows the Moon, the near side (the hemisphere we see from Earth) visible at the right side of the disk, identifiable by the dark splotches. At lower left is Orientale basin, a nearly 600-mile-wide crater that straddles the Moon’s near and far sides. Everything to the … Read more

The four astronauts embarking on NASA’s lunar flyby became on Monday (April 6, 2026) the humans to travel furthest from our planet, as they get set to view areas of the Moon never before seen by the naked eye. The Artemis II team broke the previous record set by 1970’s Apollo 13 mission, which they … Read more

A view of the Moon taken by an Artemis II crew member through the window of the Orion spacecraft on day five of the mission, April 6, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters The ​four astronauts of NASA’s Artemis II mission entered the moon’s gravitational sphere ⁠of influence early on Monday (April 6, 2026) morning as … Read more

Climate change is emerging as a major public health threat in India, reshaping disease patterns, straining healthcare systems, and placing nearly 40% of districts at high risk from extreme weather events, according to a new report.  The report, Under the Weather: India’s Climate-Health Intersections and Pathways to Resilience, by Dasra, a philanthropy fund organisation, highlights … Read more

The main regulator in PCOS and endometriosis are microRNAs (miRNAs), which are small molecules that act like a bridge between the two conditions, but on a molecular level. Image used for representational purposes only | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Two disorders caused by the dysfunction of the reproductive and endocrine system are PCOS (polycystic ovary … Read more

The Artemis astronauts entered the final phase of their run-up to a lunar loop on Monday (April 6, 2026), a tipping point of sorts that means the Moon’s gravity is now having a stronger pull on the spacecraft than Earth’s. The Orion capsule will now whip around the Moon, setting the crew up to travel … Read more

Cry to an onion. | Photo Credit: Getty Images It is an ordinary day. Somehow tears pool at the bottom of your eyes, threatening to spill out the canthus any moment. How did it turn out to be like this? Your eyes sting. The more you move your hands at the chopping board, the sting … Read more

Migration is the movement of birds across long distances, from temperate to tropical regions during winters, and vice versa. The birds move to areas with more or increasing resources and to stay within the climate niche to which they are adapted. They also migrate short distances up and down mountains around the world. And a … Read more

‘Challenges for replicability extend across social-behavioural sciences, illustrating the importance of identifying conditions that promote or inhibit replicability’ | Photo Credit: Hal Gatewood/Unsplash A seven-year-long project in the US that analysed 3,900 claims from research papers in social sciences has revealed that results from about half the papers examined for reproducibility were precisely reproducible as … Read more

Petrographic thin-section image an Ammonia sp. microfossil in the Gaj formation of the Dwarka Basin. | Photo Credit: DOI: 10.1017/jpa.2025.10198 In February, researchers from IIT-Bombay, the Indian Statistical Institute, and IISER-Kolkata reported that fossil beds in the Dwarka Basin date back to the early Miocene epoch. They identified 42 species of snails, including four new … Read more

Researchers have found that male octopuses have a specialised arm, known as the hectocotylus, as a sophisticated sensory organ to identify females. | Photo Credit: H. Zell (CC BY-SA) A: Octopuses often live solitary lives and rarely encounter mates, which means they need to be very good at recognising other octopuses if they are to … Read more

More than 50 years after humans first flew around the Moon, Artemis astronauts will repeat the feat on Monday (April 6, 2026) and use the most basic instrument to study it: their eyes. Despite the technological advancements since the Apollo missions, NASA still relies on the eyesight of its astronauts to learn more about the Moon. … Read more

Known as the Mission MITRA (Mapping of Interoperable Traits and Response Assessment), the study will be conducted until April 9. File image used for representational purposes only | Photo Credit: PTI@NASA The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has announced the launch of a mission in Ladakh to examine the physiological, psychological and operational dynamics of … Read more

This photo provided by NASA shows the moon seen from a window on the Orion spacecraft Integrity during the Artemis II mission on April 3, 2026 | Photo Credit: AP The Artemis astronauts were gearing up Saturday (April 4, 2026) for their long-anticipated lunar flyby, including reviewing the surface features they must analyze and photograph … Read more

People stand in a flooded area in Bundi village, Rajasthan, following heavy rains. August 23, 2025 | Photo Credit: @ombirlakota/X.com/ANI Scientists find one reason why northwest India floods more Scientists have reported evidence of two subseasonal weather patterns turning northwestern South Asia, including northwest India, from a semiarid region into a flood-prone one. First, the … Read more

Does Jupiter have a “voice”? When we say discovery of Jupiter’s “voice”, it corresponds to the discovery that the planet Jupiter is a strong source of radio waves. This discovery was made in the 1950s by two scientists at the Carnegie Institution in Washington D.C. – Bernard F. Burke and Kenneth Linn Franklin – when … Read more

NASA’s Artemis II mission to fly by the moon, comprising the Space Launch System rocket with the Orion crew capsule, lifts off from the Kennedy Space Centre in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. | Photo Credit: Reuters An irony hides in the context of the NASA Artemis II launch on April 2. The U.S. has both … Read more

NASA’s Artemis II mission to fly by the moon, comprising the Space Launch System rocket with the Orion crew capsule, lifts off from the Kennedy Space Centre in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. | Photo Credit: Reuters An irony hides in the context of the NASA Artemis II launch on April 2. The U.S. has both … Read more

Two days after the Election Commission of India announced the dates for West Bengal Assembly polls on March 18, a Trinamool Congress (TMC) booth president was hacked to death due to intra-party rivalry in North 24 Parganas district, claiming the first fatality of the upcoming Assembly elections. In the past decade, Bengal has remained the … Read more

ISRO chairman V. Narayanan receiving the K.P.P. Nambiar Award 2025 instituted by the IEEE Kerala section in Thiruvananthapuram on Saturday | Photo Credit: Special arrangement V. Narayanan, chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), on Saturday described the Artemis II mission of US’s National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as “a great effort” and … Read more

This screengrab from a NASA live broadcast video footage shows NASA astronaut and Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman (L) and NASA astronaut and Artemis II pilot Victor Glover working inside the Orion spacecraft as they pass the halfway point between Earth and the Moon on the way to their planned lunar flyby in the Orion … Read more

Examining the discussions on the 1965 Bill in Parliament, the researchers underline the arguments of Shakuntala Paranjpye, an advocate of birth control, who sought to add a restrictive clause limiting maternity benefits to the first two deliveries. Image used for representational purposes only | Photo Credit: Getty Images A scholarly dissection of a contentious chapter … Read more

This image provided by NASA shows a view of Earth taken by NASA astronaut and Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman from of the Orion spacecraft’s window after completing the translunar injection burn on April 2, 2026. Photo: NASA via AP The Artemis II astronauts have captured our blue planet’s brilliant beauty as they zoom ever … Read more

This iconic frame from an early science fiction film shows a capsule landing on the Moon. Name the silent film released in 1902. Answer: Le Voyage dans la Lune (A Trip to the Moon) Published – April 03, 2026 05:11 pm IST Read Comments Copy link Email Facebook Twitter Telegram LinkedIn WhatsApp Reddit

Representative image. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto You must have heard of hacking and how social media accounts, devices and even security systems often get hacked. But did you know there is an ethical side to hacking which helps us all in ways we do not often realise?  Ethical hacking or white-hat hacking is a … Read more

Examining the discussions on the 1965 Bill in Parliament, the researchers underline the arguments of Shakuntala Paranjpye, an advocate of birth control, who sought to add a restrictive clause limiting maternity benefits to the first two deliveries. Image used for representational purposes only | Photo Credit: Getty Images A scholarly dissection of a contentious chapter … Read more

Walk into any supermarket in an Indian city today, and you’ll likely spot a few baskets of avocados of different shapes and sizes. Once unfamiliar to most of us, this fruit has been steadily gaining popularity for its buttery texture and rich nutritional value, so much that it has become a staple on brunch menu’s. … Read more

A woman takes a picture of a handbag made with T. rex fossil-derived collagen on display at Museum ArtZoo in Amsterdam, on April 2, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Scientists and designers unveiled on Thursday (April 2, 2026) a ‌handbag made with collagen derived from Tyrannosaurus rex fossils from ​the U.S. in a unique creation … Read more