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When you visit a website, a small pop-up appears before you explore it fully, asking you to “Accept all” or “Deny.” These are internet cookies often explained in tiny bits of texts we don’t bother to read. In today’s digital world, where so much of our information exists online, it’s important to understand what happens…
Eaglenest bush frog. Photo credit: Special arrangement In a major taxonomic revision of bush frogs, the Dehradun-based Wildlife Institute of India (WII) has recorded 13 new-to-science species of amphibians from the northeastern part of the country. These new species have been described in a study published in the latest issue of Vertebrate Zoology, an international journal….
When, in 1960, the British primatologist Jane Goodall first observed chimpanzees at Gombe National Park in Tanzania using twigs to fish termites out of anthills, she was making scientific history. Researchers had until then believed only humans could use tools. Goodall’s discovery erased that line as well as raised important questions about what it means…
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By showing how these fluids respond to even a single moving object, the method gives companies a clearer way to design materials that flow better, waste less energy and perform more predictably. Photo: dst.gov.in Researchers at the Raman Research Institute (RRI) have built a new device that reveals how thick everyday fluids like gels, shampoos, and industrial solutions…
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Before we begin This is a story about gallium’s discovery and how it played a part in the acceptance of the then newly invented periodic table. Gallium was discovered by French chemist Paul-Emile Lecoq de Boisbaudran and you probably associate the periodic table with Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev. Why then are you staring at the…
Representative image. | Photo Credit: File photo The Hindu Testing. Testing. The auto mechanics are hard at work making sure the air-filled balloon-looking pillow-like bags work and deploy properly in this sleek and brand new car. Look at the dashboard and see how firmly the system is incorporated. But wait a minute, how does it…
IIT-Chennai incubated Agnikul demonstrated a sub-orbital rocket launch last year and is planning to place small satellites into the low earth orbit using its 3D printed Agnibaan rocket next year. File | Photo Credit: ANI Space startup Agnikul Cosmos on Saturday (November 22, 2025) said it has raised ₹150 crore in a fresh funding round…
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The company, which is building the world’s first single-piece 3D-printed rocket engines and end-to-end space transportation solutions, said that it will deploy this capital in scaling production units of aerospace and rocket components and advance its stage-recovery programme | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Chennai-based space tech startup Agnikul Cosmos has raised ₹150 crore ($17 million)…
The World Health Organisation recognises snakebite envenomation as a “neglected tropical disease”. It causes between 81,000 to 138,000 deaths globally every year, and four-times the number are left with physical disabilities. And “India bears the largest burden of snakebite envenomation globally, accounting for nearly half of the world’s snakebite deaths,” per a new study in…
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