Category Archives: Science
Reputedly, male dung beetles have rolled dung balls a thousand-times heavier than their own
Dung beetles are humble insects. They feed on the faeces of other mammals. In many [...]
Aug
Scientists soon began studying this first recorded subterranean eel-like fish in the Gangetic
(This article forms a part of the Science for All newsletter that takes the jargon [...]
Aug
“Extreme weather events can occur even without anthropogenic climate change,” Dr
Shortly after an intense heatwave struck South Asia earlier this year, World Weather Attribution (WWA) [...]
Aug
Why India’s R&D system needs a map of where the money really goes
A recent report by NITI Aayog, about ‘Ease of Doing R&D in India’ revealed some [...]
Aug
But the real cause for concern is the erratic, and unprecedented, evolution of the monsoon
And the predictions have turned out to be accurate, with the robust evolution of a [...]
Aug
The Moon passes through Earth’s faint outer shadow, and the eclipse is so subtle that it is often very
The world is scheduled to witness a lunar eclipse soon with almost 96% coverage of [...]
Aug
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has stressed creating an aura around the private sector in space research
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has stressed creating an aura around the private sector in space [...]
Aug
The value of India’s space sector can no longer rely on aura but in jobs, in long-term capital
Today, rockets and satellites are no longer emblems; they are the plumbing of the information [...]
Aug
More than four lakh of these have already been created by app users since its release last week
‘One Crore Pookalam’ by Manglish Keyboard is perfect for these times when we have very [...]
Aug