Science
Qdenga: a vaccine for dengue but not a silver bullet
India’s long wait for a dengue vaccine may finally be coming to an end. Takeda’s tetravalent dengue vaccine, TAK-003 (called…
Artemis II, the international space race, and what is at stake for the U.S.
The NASA Artemis II mission is set to launch no earlier than April 1, 2026. If the lift-off is successful,…
Before refrigeration, how did seafarers preserve food on long voyages?
A Spanish galleon (right, foreground) might carry dozens of animals to provide fresh eggs, milk, and meat for the first…
Earth’s orbits are filling up because governance hasn’t kept pace
Throughout human history, the sky symbolised freedom — vast, open, untouched. Today, that no longer holds. The earth’s orbital environment…
How BioPharma SHAKTI can transform biologics with non-animal models
In 2006, London woke up to a tragedy. Six healthy men involved in a phase I clinical trial of theralizumab,…
Scientists at CERN took some antiprotons out for a spin in a never-tried-before test drive
Scientists in Geneva took some antiprotons out for a spin — a very delicate one — in a truck, in…
West Asia war: how finding oil changed the Persian Gulf’s ecology
Military ships and oil tankers dominate how we imagine the Persian Gulf today. Yet beyond this familiar imagery of geopolitics…
What is ‘The Wow!’ signal?
What is “The Wow!” signal? | Photo Credit: Unsplash Images If you are a distinguished member of the “I think…
Antibiotic resistance fuels 87% of India’s typhoid economic burden: Study
The authors said the findings provide key evidence to support the introduction of the typhoid conjugate vaccine in the national…
What is mineral water and how does it naturally contain dissolved minerals?
Millions of people around the world drink mineral water every day because their tap water is unsafe or because they…