Category: Science

Former U.S. President Barack Obama announces the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative at the White House in Washington on April 2, 2013. | Photo Credit: REUTERS The story so far: The brain remains humanity’s final frontier. In the decades ahead, neurotechnology will stretch the boundaries of what it means to understand, and…

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The Allen Forest Zoo in Kanpur is one of India’s largest zoological parks. Located in the middle of the city, it’s a vast expanse of fresh air, tall trees, and animals and birds of all shapes and sizes, and these early winter months are the best time to soak in the filtered sun when you…

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Mosquitoes have followed humanity to every corner of the world, acquiring a reputation for being one of our least welcome companions. They are carriers of some of the deadliest diseases on the planet, including malaria, dengue, Zika, yellow fever, and West Nile virus, which together claim over a million lives each year. For their ubiquity,…

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Patna: An IndiGo aircraft makes a landing at Jay Prakash Narayan International Airport in Patna, December 4, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI The recent disruptions in India’s aviation sector, in particular IndiGo’s wave of flight cancellations, have placed the spotlight firmly on the new fatigue and rest norms developed by the Directorate General of Civil…

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A computer model showing filaments, walls, and voids forming web-like structures in the universe. | Photo Credit: Andrew Pontzen and Fabio Governato Cosmic or galaxy filaments are the largest ‘threads’ in the universe’s cosmic web. A single cosmic filament is a structure spanning hundreds of millions of lightyears, formed as a result of gravity pulling…

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The passage of time, especially that inhabited by humans, has often been named based on the materials we use during that time. The Stone, Bronze, and Iron Ages are, for instance, a three-age system that divides human prehistory based on the primary materials in use then. It makes sense as the materials we use helps…

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Science quiz: Tools of writing Visual: Name this insect. The natural dye carmine is derived from an acid it secretes to protect itself. START THE QUIZ 1 / 6 | Name this insect. The natural dye carmine is derived from an acid it secretes to protect itself. 2 / 6 | This historical ink was…

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The ‘breakup’ of a water stream into droplets is not caused by external noise or dysfunctional nozzles but by “thermal capillary waves,” physicists have found. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Why is the leaky faucet – that most irksome domestic malaise – so universal? Perhaps its scourge may be behind us now as a new scientific…

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