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Meet Hong Wang and Yu Deng: The first Chinese recipients of the prestigious Fields Medal after breakthroughs that reshaped modern mathematics

How planet's 'blue forests', mangroves, protect coastlines, support wildlife and store up to four times more carbon than tropical rainforests

Quote of the day by Benjamin Franklin: "Many people die at twenty-five and aren't buried until…" - why a life without curiosity is only half-lived

A popular quote attributed to Benjamin Franklin highlights the idea of ceasing personal growth early. This saying, though not originally Franklin's, e…

Scientists are planting 30 million oysters in the Chesapeake Bay to restore water quality and marine life in one of America's largest restoration projects

Andromeda Galaxy entering ‘middle age’

The Andromeda’s star formation rate has been steadily dropping, especially over the last 40 million years

Space tech funding in India on the rise, Bengaluru tops the chart: Report

Bengaluru continues to be the ecosystem leader with $495 million raised across 106 rounds so far. This accounts for 57% of total sector funding.

Science of deception: Why our brain loves to lie

Let’s explore how evolution taught our brains to deceive in order to avoid conflicts.

Space Exploration Day | Meet the parts that make space exploration possible

Every space mission is a team effort. Beyond the rocket and astronauts, specialised parts like launch vehicles, orbiters, landers and rovers work toge…

The hidden polluter in your wardrobe: How fast fashion is fuelling the next pollution crisis

The clothes in your wardrobe may be silently polluting the planet. Surprising? The fashion industry is the second biggest polluter in the world.

Scientists find 30% of catfish population in Vermont lake affected by a transmissible cancer

A groundbreaking study has unveiled a new transmissible cancer affecting catfish populations, characterized by skin lesions that can spread from one f…

What makes the brain the most complicated object in the universe

For the first time, the thoughts and impressions of people unable to communicate with the outside world were translated into continuous natural langua…

Are new neurons born in the adult human brain? Study revives debate

Amid a morass of conflicting studies, new research — from researchers at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm — has provided further evidence for ad…

How groundbreaking new brain atlases capture development in motion

New brain atlases combine several advanced mapping methods to trace how neurons and glia form, migrate, and diversify across time and species, turning…

Psychedelics are revealing how the brain builds the sense of self

Psychedelics can temporarily ‘loosen’ the brain patterns that support the feeling of a ‘me’, allowing researchers to watch that system reorganise itse…

German scientists discovered naturally occurring microbes that removed 95% of dissolved uranium from contaminated water

Female African treefrogs mate with several males simultaneously; together they whip up...

Female African treefrogs engage in a fascinating mating ritual where multiple males collaborate to create larger foam nests. This teamwork is vital, a…

Hummingbird hawkmoths may have their own version of being left-handed or right-handed

Hummingbird hawkmoths exhibit a distinct preference for one eye and feeding tube side when accessing nectar. This lateralization enhances efficiency b…

In 2005, scientists began reshaping an Inner Mongolia grassland; years later, plant-eating insects...

Research conducted over several years in Inner Mongolia has identified herbivorous insects as vital players in ecosystem stability. These plant-eaters…

Nasa confirms the Sun has reversed its decades-long weakening trend after 2008; study finds

King Ratsnake eats deadly cobras and vipers; genome mapping reveals how it survives venom

Scientists have mapped the genome of the nonvenomous king ratsnake, a species known for hunting and eating deadly venomous snakes such as cobras and v…

Most scuba divers believed they rarely touched reefs; underwater observers found more...

Jeff Bezos is secretly funding a mechanical clock inside a Texas mountain to run for 10,000 years

Jeff Bezos is championing an extraordinary endeavor by funding a 10,000-year clock hidden inside a Texas mountain. This visionary project seeks to ins…

Meet Emily Morrison: The marine biologist who sets a world record for 106 shark tattoos to raise awareness for shark conservation

Emily Morrison holds a Guinness World Record for 106 shark tattoos on her body representing diverse species. Her art showcases a lifelong dedication t…

Around 1200 BCE, major Mediterranean civilisations began collapsing; scientists have now reconstructed the climate conditions surrounding the crisis

A new study suggests prolonged drought pressured eastern Mediterranean societies. This drying significantly affected agriculture and food security acr…

200 years after the first dinosaur, scientists use brain scans on a 100-million-year-old snake fossil from Brazil

Palaeontology has transformed from examining fossil fragments to digitally reconstructing ancient creatures. A new Cretaceous snake fossil from Brazil…

Quote of the day by Florence Nightingale: ''I attribute my success to this: I never gave...''

Lonely whooping crane that refused to mate helped save one of the world’s rarest birds

Researchers made flying harder for Alaskan Seabirds; only 67% returned, survivors bred better

Researchers clipped a few wing and tail feathers of wild black-legged kittiwakes in Alaska to make flying more energy-intensive and tracked them for s…

Comet which makes appearance once in 5.5 years now visible in Bengaluru sky

The comet has been becoming brighter during June and July, and it will continue to be observable through late July and the first half of August, with …

Let’s go round and round: the history and science behind carousels

Carousel, carrousel, merry-go-round, flying horses, galloper... this amusement ride goes by many a name, but the joy it brings is always the same. A.S…

How one political term can significantly fix urban India’s water woes

India is trying to build a ‘Viksit Bharat’ on top of a leaky and crumbling urban water system. Fortunately, a focused agenda for one political cycle c…

Fields Medal: Hong Wang makes history as star mathematicians claim 2026 honours

Wang has become the third woman to win the Fields Medal, after Maryam Mirzakhani and Maryna Viazovska; Wang and Deng are also the first Chinese nation…

India’s first dengue vaccine arrives with a crucial safety caveat

Qdenga could be responsible for enhancing dengue in children who have not had an infection yet in their lives. In such cases, the vaccine could simula…

PRAXIS: a NASA mission to graze planet rings

The mission will consist of a bio-inspired robotic explorer driven by an AI model, and will be capable of directly sampling particles from planetary r…

India’s green transition is missing long-duration energy storage

The longer the time over which a technology discharges energy, the better its economics. At the same time, storing more energy also costs more. So for…

Zoopharmacognosy — when animals medicate themselves

Based on the fact that animals use plants to treat themselves, plant biologists have coined the term ‘zoopharmacognosy’ — ‘zoo’ stands for animals, ‘p…