Category: Science

The evolutionary question about our terrestrial bipedalism has piqued paleoanthropologists for years. | Photo Credit: Getty Images The Hindu’s weekly Science for All newsletter explains all things Science, without the jargon. (This article forms a part of the Science for All newsletter that takes the jargon out of science and puts the fun in! Subscribe now!)…

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People hold placards and a banner during a “emergency protest” by civic action group PauseAI UK outside Downing Street in central London on September 16, 2026, after news that AI researcher Jacob Coxon had decided to leave the industry. | Photo Credit: AFP Several experts on a United Nations artificial intelligence committee have warned against…

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As India expands its clean energy capacity, finding land for solar projects is becoming a challenge. This is driving interest in innovative solar solutions that can generate power without needing more land. The recently approved PM Surya Sarovar Yojana (PM-SSY) is a step in this direction, aiming to develop 5,000 MW of floating solar capacity…

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We strongly associate music with autobiographical memories. | Photo Credit: Mike Bautista/Unsplash — Radhika S., Mumbai A good song can make us cry because listening to it simultaneously invokes parts of the brain involved in emotion, memories, expectations, and arousal. Expectation is particularly notable. As we listen, the brain constantly predicts what will come next,…

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An illustration of an indole. The black orbs are carbon atoms, the blue a nitrogen atom, and the white orbs are hydrogen atoms. Molecules containing indoles and their derivatives are important in drug chemistry. | Photo Credit: Public domain When working with drug candidates, chemists sometimes like to replace a carbon atom in a ring…

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Any spacecraft entering the earth’s atmosphere will rely primarily on atmospheric drag to reduce a significant portion of its velocity as it aerobrakes. Towards the terminal phase, to gently touchdown on land or in sea, additional decelerating systems like parachutes have to be activated to further reduce its velocity to acceptable limits. The parachute used…

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