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Menopause may not be a gradual process taking years as is commonly thought — instead

Menopause may not be a gradual process taking years as is commonly thought -- instead, [...]

In humans, the sclerae (in both eyes) are white

A: The tough outer covering of the eyeball is called the sclera. In humans, the [...]

What are type I and type II errors?

A: The null hypothesis is a cornerstone of scientific experiments. It is the hypothesis that [...]

This changes the usual relationship between the white dwarf’s mass and size with a new limit(s)

Simulations by researchers of Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and their collaborators show that strong [...]

Ramanujan Prize winner, Mahesh Kakde, on maths education in India — ‘Overemphasis on MCQs’

It honours Prof. He is the fifth Indian to receive this award. The 2026 Ramanujan [...]

‘If a sibling uses a skin-lightening product, you may be more likely to use one too’

‘If a sibling uses a skin-lightening product, you may be more likely to use one [...]

However, finding the answer to molecular biology’s foundational question opened a Pandora’s box

The field of molecular biology began when scientists attempted to answer a simple question: what [...]

October 4, 2026 — Science Snapshots

Breaking up forests is just as bad for global warming

Now a new global study has found that once destroyed, grasslands that grew for millennia can

(This article forms a part of the Science for All newsletter that takes the jargon [...]

Because listening to it simultaneously invokes parts of the brain involved in emotion

— Radhika S., Mumbai