In this Feb 2025 photo provided by Colossal Biosciences a genetically edited mouse with long, thick, woolly hair at a lab in Dallas, Texas. | Photo Credit: AP Extinction is still forever, but scientists at the biotech company Colossal Biosciences are trying what they say is the next best thing to restoring ancient beasts — … Read more
From seed distribution to crop calendars, the Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SKUAST) has an action plan to tackle the dry conditions it expects in Kashmir this summer. Kashmir has had a dry winter this year with the months of January and February recording a rainfall deficit of around 80%. Even though the … Read more
Kangaroos and cockatoos are synonymous with Australia and tigers and orangutans with Asia. Both these continents boast rich biodiversity that is also very unique. A simple yet popular way to understand these ‘separate greatnesses’ has taken the shape of the Wallace line. What is the Wallace line? In the late 19th century, the English naturalist … Read more
The latest exchanges between Tamil Nadu and the Centre over Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) funds have reignited the long-standing language debate. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin has reaffirmed the State’s opposition to Hindi imposition and reiterated its commitment to the two-language policy. Meanwhile, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has dismissed allegations of Hindi imposition, … Read more
Firefly Aerospace succeeded in its first attempt to land on the moon with its uncrewed Blue Ghost spacecraft on Sunday, kicking off a two-week research mission as a handful of private firms compete to reach the frontlines of a global moon race. The size of a compact car, the four-legged Blue Ghost carried 10 scientific … Read more
About a fourth of men and women in India were either ‘overweight’ or ‘obese’ in 2019-21, an increase of 4 percentage points from 2015-16, underscoring the rising health risk posed by obesity in the country. While the problem is prominent among women in most South Indian States, as well as in Delhi and Punjab, the … Read more
SpaceX’s Super Heavy booster is seen on the launch pad, as Starship is prepared to be placed on top, at the company’s Boca Chica complex, ahead of Starship’s eighth test flight which is targeted from Starbase, near Brownsville, Texas, U.S. | Photo Credit: Reuters SpaceX on Monday (March 3, 2025) called off its eighth Starship … Read more
A metal is a material defined by specific properties, including conducting electricity well. Every metal has a finite conductivity — a measure of how well it conducts — in particular conditions. It changes when the metal is heated or cooled. For example, at a pleasant 20º C, the electrical conductivity of zinc is roughly … Read more
Aditya-L1, the first space-based Indian observatory to study the Sun. | Photo Credit: ANI The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has released the second set of scientific data from the Aditya-L1 solar mission. “The datasets comprise valuable scientific information about the Sun’s photosphere, chromosphere and its outer atmosphere (corona) along with the in-situ particles … Read more
This April 2024 image provided by NASA shows the SPHEREx telescope at a facility in Boulder, Colorado, in the US. | Photo Credit: AP NASA is preparing to launch a megaphone-shaped observatory on a mission to better understand what happened immediately after the Big Bang that initiated the universe and to search the Milky … Read more
(1) Telangana tunnel collapse: Rescue operations continues on day 10 In a breakthrough, the South Central Railway’s (SCR) mechanical engineering team has managed to cut the platform of the damaged Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) deep inside the collapsed Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) tunnel late on Sunday (March 2, 2025) night facilitating faster removal … Read more
CICMR Interim Report Links High Levels of Selenium in Wheat to Hair Loss A recent interim report from the Center for Investigative and Clinical Medical Research (CICMR) has raised concerns about the potential link between high levels of selenium in wheat and hair loss. The report, which is based on preliminary data from an ongoing … Read more
Planetary parades are not particularly significant to scientists but they can create a visual spectacle. | Photo Credit: Getty Images In a small window of time around February 28, people on the earth were in for a visual treat as seven planets, plus the moon, lined up in the night sky. These events are … Read more
Nicknamed ‘Ghost Riders in the Sky,’ the mission comes just over a year after the first-ever commercial lunar landing and is part of a NASA partnership with industry to cut costs and support Artemis, the program aiming to return astronauts to the Moon. | Photo Credit: AFP After a long journey through space, a … Read more
Traffic can contribute up to 40% of total organic aerosols at urban roadside A study published in the journal Nature Communications has investigated the sources and health impacts of PM2.5 in Northern India, particularly in the Indo-Gangetic Plain. The study has examined PM2.5 composition and oxidative potential, a key indicator of its health risks, using samples … Read more
Living symbiotically with sea anemones that shelter them from predators, anemonefish (Amphiprion clarkii) drive away organisms that nibble at their hosts. Anemonefish have also shown they will provide their hosts with the food given to them by humans. A new study shows such feeding behaviour does happen in the wild by investigating food provisioning … Read more
Intake of excessive selenium leads to a condition called selenosis, which is characterised by sudden hair loss | Photo Credit: CDC Three Zika virus cases in Gujarat detected between November 2016 and February 2017 were kept under wraps till WHO announced the outbreak on May 26, 2017; the Health Ministry had informed WHO about the three … Read more
Scientists have created a new gene therapy for a debilitating genetic disorder called maple syrup urine disease (MSUD). The treatment can prevent recurrence of deadly symptoms in a cow calf born with the disease. Their protocol could one day be translated into a much-needed therapy for patients with two types of classic MSUD, who currently … Read more
Hipposideros srilankaensis a new species of bats endemic to Sri Lanka has been discovered and described by researchers from Osmania University in a global collaborative effort. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement HYDERABAD A team of researchers led by Bhargavi Srinivasulu of Zoology Department of Osmania University here, have identified and described a new species of … Read more
Jammu and Kashmir had 3 instances of Internet shutdowns due to protests in 2024 | Photo Credit: NISSAR AHMAD;NISSAR AHMAD – Globally, there were 88 Internet shutdowns due to communal violence in 2023 and 2024 and all of them were in India. In fact, nearly 95% of all Internet shutdowns ordered by the state due … Read more
Generative AI systems like large language models and text-to-image generators can pass rigorous exams that are required of anyone seeking to become a doctor or a lawyer. They can perform better than most people in Mathematical Olympiads. They can write halfway decent poetry, generate aesthetically pleasing paintings and compose original music. These remarkable capabilities may … Read more
File image of Union Minister Jitendra Singh | Photo Credit: PTI India will overtake the United States in the number of scientific publications by 2029, Union Minister for Science and Technology Jitendra Singh said at a public function on Friday (February 29, 2025) to commemorate National Science Day. “Future projections say that we will overcome … Read more
Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh along with Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy and others participate in ‘Vigyan Vaibhav 2025’ programme at Gachibowli Stadium in Hyderabad on February 28, 2025. | Photo Credit: Nagara Gopal “Today, Indians are living in cyberspace, working on the cloud, and talking to artificial intelligence,” Defence Minister Rajnath Singh remarked … Read more
Aditya-L1 is the first space-based Indian observatory to study the Sun. | Photo Credit: ISRO India’s first dedicated space based solar mission, Aditya-L1, has made a ground-breaking observation as one of its scientific payloads has captured the first-ever image of a solar flare ‘kernel’ in the lower solar atmosphere. The Solar Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (SUIT) … Read more
There are trillions of charged particles – protons and electrons, the basic building blocks of matter – whizzing around above your head at any given time. These high-energy particles, which can travel at close to the speed of light, typically remain thousands of kilometres away from the earth, trapped there by the shape of the … Read more
Forest Minister and Bidar In-charge Eshwar Khandre addressing a media conference in Bidar on February 27, 2025. 11 deliberative sessions would be held at the three-day conference. Traditional healers from across Karnataka and beyond would participate to share their rich healing experiences in these sessions. | Photo Credit: GOPICHAND T. Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre said … Read more
Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) will celebrate National Science Day on March 2 as IIA Open Day. The campus at Koramangala in Bengaluru will be open to everyone from 9.30 a.m. to 5.30 p.m.. | Photo Credit: SUDHAKARA JAIN The Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) will celebrate National Science Day as IIA Open Day on … Read more
National Science Day is celebrated in India to mark the discovery of the Raman effect by physicist C.V. Raman. File National Science Day is celebrated in India to mark the discovery of the Raman effect by physicist C.V. Raman on February 28 in 1928. India has been celebrating National Science Day since 1986 when the … Read more
Therapeutic proteins are increasingly becoming an indispensable part of healthcare, with their applications found in treating both infectious diseases, and non-communicable diseases such as diabetes and cancer. What are they and how do they work? Proteins are the largest class of biomolecules that drive cellular activities essential for life. Any aberration in their synthesis, processing … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi. File photo | Photo Credit: ANI Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday (February 28, 2025) greeted people on the occasion of National Science Day and called for leveraging science to build a Viksit Bharat. He said on X, “Greetings on National Science Day to those passionate about science, particularly our young … Read more