Science
How district cooling can ease India’s climate and urban planning troubles
With rising temperatures, longer heatwaves, and a rapidly growing urban economy, cooling in India is rapidly shifting from a lifestyle…
Lean into the abyss: the counterintuitive beauty of skiing
Every instinct tells you to lean back. You’re standing at the top of a slope that drops away beneath you…
Loggerhead turtles face four-pronged threats due to climate change
Scientists noticed that loggerhead turtles are getting smaller in size, reducing their reproductive output: smaller females produce smaller clutch sizes….
Anxiety is faced by 58 genetic variants, not single gene, says study
Clarifying the influence of genetic factors that increase the risk of experiencing clinical anxiety may, in the future, help us…
Cows can use tools, and one Austrian cow has now shown it clearly
In 1960, when she was studying chimpanzees in Tanzania, the primatologist Jane Goodall observed one chimp strip a stick of…
What are bio-based chemicals and enzymes? | Explained
For representative purposes. The story so far: Bio-based chemicals are industrial chemicals produced using biological feedstocks like sugarcane, corn, starch,…
Debris of rockets with ISRO logo found near uninhabited island in Maldives
A photo posted by @ispaceflight_in showing a a PLF (Payload Fairing) washed up on an uninhabited island near L. Kunahandhoo,…
Bridging a divide with an ‘Indian Scientific Service’
India’s post-Independence service rules were designed to ensure stability through generalist administrators — an approach that was essential for nation-building….
Debris of rockets with ISRO logo found near uninhabited island in Maldives
A photo posted by @ispaceflight_in showing a a PLF (Payload Fairing) washed up on an uninhabited island near L. Kunahandhoo,…
Four new astronauts arrive at International Space Station to replace NASA’s evacuated crew
Crew 12 mission astronauts, from left, pilot Jack Hathaway, Russian cosmonaut Andrei Fedyaev, commander Jessica Meir and ESA astronaut Sophia…