Category Archives: Science

Rare freshwater swamps in the Western Ghats are on the cusp of extinction

In the heart of the Western Ghats lies a rare conglomeration of freshwater swamps, restricted [...]

The foray of the IITs and IISc into medical education is a necessary natural evolution

It formally applied to the National Medical Commission (NMC) to offer a postgraduate medical degree, [...]

First, Selvi tells her UPI app — which could be Google Pay, PhonePe, etc

The Unified Payments Interface (UPI) is India’s preeminent digital payments system. In July 2026 alone, [...]

We need more mega-science projects, argues CERN Director-General

Thomson also delivered an address on ‘particle physics: today and tomorrow’. The documentary was premiered [...]

Instead, they predicted that in the presence of a magnetic field, the vacuum of space would

Quantum physics has made numerous strange predictions , and scientists have checked and confirmed many [...]

New study captures Sun’s early warning signs before solar flares

In a new study, scientists have found small, short-lived brightenings in the Sun’s atmosphere that [...]

The telescope is named after the late Nancy Grace Roman, NASA’s first chief astronomer

NASA is preparing to launch its next flagship space observatory — one scientists plan to [...]

Because of this yin-yang connection between the two nations, funnily enough, the first night

There’s nearly half a world between India and the U.S., geographically speaking. You knew that, [...]

August 30, 2026 — Science Snapshots

Famous supergiant star Betelgeuse may not be alone

Now, a new contender has emerged that could rewrite the story once more: personalized mRNA

The mapping of the human genome then opened up an era of precision medicine, as [...]