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The earth travels around the sun at about 1,07,000 km/hr | Photo Credit: Carl Wang/Unsplash We don’t feel the earth moving even though it’s spinning on its axis and racing around the Sun because everything around us is moving with it at the same constant speed. The earth rotates once every 24 hours, which means…
The report finds countries are poised to reduce emissions only 17% of 2019 levels by 2035 — well below what is required to keep the earth from heating up 1.5°C or even 2°C by the end of the century. Image for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Ahead of the Conference of Parties…
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The report finds countries are poised to reduce emissions only 17% of 2019 levels by 2035 — well below what is required to keep the earth from heating up 1.5C or even 2C by the end of the century. Image for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Ahead of the Conference of Parties…
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In India as in many parts of the world, public money is the main funder of scientific research. Governments invest heavily in laboratories, equipment, and salaries for researchers. Yet the results of this publicly funded research are usually published in journals owned by just a handful of commercial publishers. These publishers don’t pay the authors…
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When our memory starts to feel strained, we instinctively turn to the world around us — writing, sorting or rearranging things to help us think better. This is known as cognitive offloading. While humans are good at this and have been doing it for a long time, a new review in Nature has reported that…
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Every antibiotic use puts pressure on bacteria to evolve and develop resistance. Representative image. | Photo Credit: James Yarema/Unsplash It might seem logical to combine different antibiotics to create a more powerful weapon against resistant bacteria, but this approach can surprisingly backfire. Instead of becoming stronger, some antibiotic combinations can work against each other, a…
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Observed (black line) and forecast track of Cyclone Montha at 11.30 pm hours on October 27, 2025. The green area depicts the cone of uncertainty. | Photo Credit: India Meteorological Department Tropical cyclones are carried by the large-scale wind patterns that govern the atmosphere. These storms form over warm ocean waters, where the sea surface…
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Heavy metals are polluting the Cauvery river and its fish, researchers from Tamil Nadu have reported. They have also cautioned against consuming “regular” or “excessive” amounts of fish from here. The study was conducted by a team at Bharathidasan University in Tiruchirappalli and was published in the journal Environmental Earth Sciences in August. Scientists from…
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Restaurant owner Xia Juan serves steamed hairy crabs at her restaurant in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China, October 21, 2025. | Photo Credit: REUTERS The last three years have been the toughest for Xie Dandan and her family during more than a decade cultivating one of China’s most esteemed culinary delicacies, the “hairy crab”, named for…
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Stanford University professor John Ioannidis recently published the latest version of the list of the world’s top 2% scientists. Its release every year causes much excitement among scientists and their institutions. And every year for a few weeks after, hardly a day passes without multiple announcements of the presence of Indian scientists on this list…
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