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Science for All Newsletter Why bats do not fall ill from the viruses they spread

August 13, 2026 admin

Unlike every single mammal in the world, bats possess two copies of genes that produce antibodies, a new study has found. | Photo Credit: CreativeNature_nl (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!) The world’s only winged mammals, nocturnal…

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What happens when AI begins to design viruses?

August 13, 2026 admin

The computer did not create a virus. It did not touch a test tube or handle a living cell. What it did may ultimately be more consequential: it helped decide what the virus’s genome should be. Researchers at Stanford University and the Arc Institute used artificial intelligence (AI) to design complete genomes of bacteriophages –…

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Science quiz: Patents that changed their industries

August 13, 2026 admin

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What we can learn from nature switching off human genes

August 12, 2026 admin

Some people can live apparently ordinary lives even when both copies of a gene (one inherited from the mother and the other from the father) have stopped working. Until their DNA is sequenced, they may never know that this has happened. A large study from Pakistan, published in Nature (June 2026), has now identified such…

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Millions of people in Iceland and Spain set for ‘event of the century’ eclipse

August 12, 2026 admin

Millions of people gathered in Iceland and northern Spain to witness Europe’s first total ‌solar eclipse in 27 years on Wednesday (August 12, 2026), with Spanish officials warning people to avoid areas where a heatwave has raised the risk of wildfires. Authorities were expecting up to 6 million visitors in mostly rural areas within the…

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Team led by RRI scientists predicts ‘petal-like’ structures in Sun’s corona during eclipse

August 12, 2026 admin

As a total solar eclipse will be visible in parts of Europe on August 12 for the first time since 1999, solar physicists at the Raman Research Institute (RRI) in Bengaluru, along with collaborators, have predicted the magnetic structure of the Sun’s outer atmosphere, or its ‘crown’, called the corona, during the eclipse. On the…

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Three new cascade frog species discovered in northeast India; one named in honour of Kerala social worker Padmini Varkey

August 12, 2026 admin

Ammachi’s Cascade Frog (Amolops ammachi). The name honours the late Kerala social worker and philanthropist Padmini Varkey, affectionately known as ‘Ammachi’ (or mother). | Photo Credit: special arrangement Scientists have discovered three new species of cascade frogs from the biodiverse-rich forests of Northeast India and documented five other species in the country for the first…

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What psychiatric genetics can and cannot tell an Indian family

August 12, 2026 admin

When a young man was brought to my clinic after his first episode of psychosis, his parents wanted to know when he could return to college. This is not an atypical first interaction. However, in many instances, after a few consultations later and especially once the immediate crisis had settled, the questions would take a…

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NASA invites ISRO to join Moon Base programme

August 11, 2026 admin

According to NASA, the programme envisages building humanity’s first outpost on another celestial body near the lunar South Pole. | Photo Credit: Antranik Tavitian National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has invited the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to be part of its Moon Base programme. At the ninth meeting of the India-U.S. Civil Space…

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NASA invites ISRO to join Moon Base programme

August 11, 2026 admin

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