Science
Earth’s magnetic flips can last 70,000 years, new study finds
A numerical simulation of the earth’s magnetic field. Blue lines are moving into the core and yellow lines are moving…
Tamil Nadu needs more basic science funding to create green technology
As Tamil Nadu approaches its Assembly elections, its ambition to become a $1-trillion economy and its position as one of…
LPG crisis: India needs to electrify heat and win thermal independence
In the industrial town of Morbi in Gujarat, the air usually hums with the roar of gas-fired kilns producing millions…
The Uncut Diamond: Book explores the life of pioneering physicist and meteorologist Anna Mani
Anna Mani | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Researcher and writer Asha Gopinathan remembers asking children to name a female scientist…
The Rearview Podcast | PC Mahalanobis: India’s First Data Cruncher
Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis (1893–1972) was a Bengali statistician and institution-builder who became one of the most consequential figures in twentieth-century…
Scientists rewire bacteria to build ‘designer’ proteins on demand
Researchers have found a way to hijack the natural protein-making facilities of bacteria to manufacture specific proteins of interest. They…
Why can’t anything travel faster than light and what would happen if it did?
It’s possible to travel faster than light in a particular medium. | Photo Credit: Logan Voss/Unsplash – Sai Karthikeya Duggirala…
What is cheaper to cook with, LPG or induction?
LPG cylinders being transported in a vehicle for distribution in Visakhapatnam on March 10, 2026, amid public concerns about supply…
HALEU-Thorium fuel unsuitable for Indian nuclear reactors: study
An indigenous pressurised heavy water reactor under construction at Kakrapar, Gujarat, 2016. | Photo Credit: Reetesh Chaurasia (CC BY-SA) Bhabha…
India’s Project Cheetah must stop importing big cats, say scientists
Last week, nine wild African cheetahs were tranquilised in Botswana’s savannah, quarantined for a few weeks in the country, and…