India’s fossil fuel capacity grows 2.44% in FY24; non fossil-fuel rises 11%: Government data
The country's fossil fuel-based power generation capacity increased 2.44% to 243.22 GW in FY24 from ...
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China launches lunar probe mission to collect samples for first time from far side of moon
China on May 3 launched a lunar probe mission to collect samples for the first time from the far sid...
Scientists have been warning for years that bumblebee populations are declining, posing a risk to th...
A wild orangutan used a medicinal plant to treat a wound, scientists say
An orangutan appeared to treat a wound with medicine from a tropical plant— the latest example of ho...
Parched Philippine dam reveals centuries-old town, luring tourists
Ruins of a centuries-old town have emerged at a dam parched by drought in northern Philippines, givi...
Particles called quarks hold the key to the final fate of some stars
We know that all matter is composed of atoms, and atoms are made of protons and neutrons inside the ...
ISRO study finds evidence of enhanced possibility of water ice in polar craters of Moon
A study carried out by Indian space scientists has found evidence of enhanced possibility of water i...
Indian Institute of Astrophysics releases video of moon occulting Antares
The Bengaluru-based Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) has filmed the passing of the moon in fro...
Why NASA’s Mars Sample Return mission has a shaky future
A critical NASA mission in the search for life beyond Earth, Mars Sample Return, is in trouble. Its ...
Study says microbes, not fossil fuels, produced most new methane
For the last three years, Naveen Chandra has been spending most of his days running simulations at t...
Why do we shiver when it is cold?
A: Shivering (physical thermogenesis) occurs when the tension of the skeletal muscles rises beyond a...
The mind-bending maths that could stop ‘quantum hackers’
Imagine the tap of a card that bought you a cup of coffee this morning also let a hacker halfway acr...
Sex differences don’t disappear as a country’s equality develops: study
The more gender equal a society is, the more similar men and women will be, adopting more similar in...
Indian forest activist Alok Shukla awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize
Deep in an Indian forest, activist Alok Shukla greets friendly faces among a small band of protester...
The Science Quiz | Chemical weapons of the Vietnam War
Questions: 1. During the war, U.S. forces used X, substances that, when applied to a plant, cause it...
The physics and maths of keeping elections fair and representative | Explained
There are about 60 national elections in 2024 involving two billion people, including the biggest of...
More space objects were placed in orbit in 2023 compared to 2022
Indian Space Situational Assessment Report (ISSAR) for 2023 has revealed that more space objects wer...
Anticyclones, hanging even now over India, link warming to heat | Explained
The complexities of the ways in which global warming manifests in local weather continue to undersco...
Internal combustion engines are everywhere, yet they are not a common sight. They power most cars an...
Where shall the poor go for a kidney transplant in Kerala?
All over the world, kidney disease and kidney failure are most prevalent in the poor and economicall...
A paper published in 2014 by Uma Ahuja et al., in the journal Asian Agri-History, points out that th...
Longer-lasting ozone holes over Antarctica expose seal pups and penguin chicks to much more UV
Over the last 25 years, the ozone hole which forming over Antarctica each spring has started to shri...
The Science Quiz | How far can you count?
Questions: 1. If an octant is one-eighth, a quintant is one-fifth, and a trient is one-third, how mu...
Argentine scientists find speedy 90-million-year-old herbivore dinosaur
Palaeontologists from Argentina announced the discovery of a new medium-sized herbivorous dinosaur, ...
Two new malaria vaccines are being rolled out across Africa — how they work and what they promise
Malaria incidents are on the rise. There were 249 million cases of this parasitic disease in 2022, f...
China launches 3-member crew to its space station as it seeks to put astronauts on the moon by 2030
China launched a three-member crew to its orbiting space station on April 25 as part of its ambitiou...
Huge energetic flare from magnetic neutron star detected
Magnetars are among the universe's most extreme objects - a class of the compact stellar remnants ca...
Understanding of Earth's flowering plants blossoms in genome study
Flowering plants - from corn, wheat, rice and potatoes to maple, oak, apple and cherry trees as well...
Blue whales make comeback near the Seychelles after 60 years
Blue whales are fascinating animals. At 24-30 metres in length (longer than a basketball court) they...
Team including Indian scientists designs potent antidote to cobra, krait venom toxins
For some people, snakes are exotic yet dangerous creatures of the wild; eerie but elusive, and not s...
