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The UK has forecast what could be the strongest El Niño in more than a century, a powerful climate event that could make 2027 the hottest year ever recorded. Britain’s national weather agency issued the warning on August 21, 2026. Source link
In Episode 3 of The Scope’s Gaganyaan — India’s Leap, we explore the Crew Escape System the last line of defence for India’s astronauts during launch. From how its powerful motors can pull the crew module away from a failing rocket, to the forces astronauts can experience, discover why Gaganyaan uses a ‘puller’ design, how…
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Union Minister of State for Science & Technology Jitendra Singh. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Union Minister of State for Science and Technology Jitendra Singh on Friday (August 21, 2026) said emerging technologies are creating unprecedented opportunities for progress, and called for stronger international collaboration to ensure that innovation remains accessible, affordable, trusted and…
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Compared to rockets, re-entering modules have a unique and unforgiving set of challenges | Photo Credit: PTI The atmospheric phase of all space missions is challenging for both ascending rockets and descending space capsules. As the rocket lifts off from the earth and heads towards its orbit, it accelerates slowly through the atmosphere to keep…
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There’s nearly half a world between India and the U.S., geographically speaking. You knew that, didn’t you? That means that our time-zones are kind of yin-yang, with most Americans sleeping when we go about our daily duties, and vice versa. If you know folks who work along with American counterparts on a daily basis and…
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Anyone waiting for municipal approval of a building plan may wonder why a local body should regulate construction on private land. In the Madras Presidency, such powers were formalised under the Madras City Municipal Corporation Act, 1919. After Independence, the first Conference of State Ministers on Town and Country Planning in 1960 gave impetus to…
Globally, more than one in 10 adults now live with diabetes. If you have South Asian roots, that risk is even higher, and it hits earlier than it does in many other populations. In India alone, the number of people with diabetes is projected to reach 125 million by 2045. Yet, when scientists try to…
Students celebrate durng the convocation ceremony at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research in Bhopal on August 3, 2026. | Photo Credit: A.M. Faruqui The Indian government created the Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISERs) to offer students an intellectually vibrant research environment and to bring them into research at a…
“Solar irrigation will worsen the groundwater crisis.” This concern is raised in most discussions about the rapid spread of solar irrigation in India — where heavily subsidised or free electricity has led to unsustainable groundwater abstraction, contributing to falling water tables, depleting aquifers, and growing fiscal burdens on energy utilities. Thus, with solar irrigation offering…
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The study argues that natural sugars and starch found in fruits and honey delivered the required glucose to power a rapidly-expanding human brain. Image used for representational purposes only | Photo Credit: istock/Serg_Velusceac Was it meat or glucose that fueled the growth of the human brain? If evolutionary science told us, hitherto, that human brain…
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