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Cloudy weather delays SpaceX Starship’s latest launch to overcome testing troubles

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Cloudy weather delays SpaceX Starship’s latest launch to overcome testing troubles

Elon Musk’s SpaceX postponed the 10th launch of its Starship rocket due to cloudy weather in Texas on Monday (August 25, 2025), another slight delay in its efforts to overcome development setbacks and achieve several long-sought milestones essential to the Mars rocket system’s reusable design. The 71-metres tall Super Heavy booster and its 52-metres tall…

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IIT Bombay researchers use microbes to unlock nature’s hidden rules  

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IIT Bombay researchers use microbes to unlock nature’s hidden rules  

Prof. Supreet Saini’s research group at IIT-Bombay uses microbes to understand what makes evolution unpredictable and deterministic at the same time. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement In a breakthrough that sheds new light on one of biology’s most puzzling questions, researchers at IIT-Bombay have shown that subtle differences in how nutrients are presented can push…

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Like bronze idols, India’s dino egg fossils risk being sold abroad

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Like bronze idols, India’s dino egg fossils risk being sold abroad

In Western India, some of the country’s richest fossil beds lie inside open coal mines. It is gruelling work for palaeontologists with long days under a haze of dust, the deafening hammering of tools, and nights in small-town hotels with basic comforts. In 2024, palaeontologist Sunil Bajpai reported that at one such dig, he and…

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Air-drop test success a big step in Gaganyaan mission: ISRO scientist

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Air-drop test success a big step in Gaganyaan mission: ISRO scientist

A. Rajarajan, Director, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, displays a scale model of the crew module for the Gaganyaan programme on August 25, 2025. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The first Integrated Air Drop Test (IADT-01) conducted successfully at Sriharikota on Sunday (August 24, 2025) marks an important step for Gaganyaan, India’s keenly watched programme for…

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IIA and French team develop new method to compute more realistic properties of stellar atmospheres

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IIA and French team develop new method to compute more realistic properties of stellar atmospheres

The new method developed by the Indian Institute of Astrophysics and the Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie, France, is said to open the door to more realistic simulations of stellar spectra. A researcher from the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), working with collaborators from Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie, France, have…

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IIT Bombay charts path to cool data centres using deep ocean water 

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IIT Bombay charts path to cool data centres using deep ocean water 

  As the world’s digital appetite grows, so does its energy bill. Data centres — the backbone of streaming, e-commerce, artificial intelligence, and cloud services— already consume around 1–1.13% of global electricity and are projected to use far more in the coming years. Nearly 40% of this power goes into cooling the massive server farms,…

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Shubhanshu Shukla gets rousing welcome in Lucknow

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Shubhanshu Shukla gets rousing welcome in Lucknow

Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla waves upon his arrival at the airport, in Lucknow on August 25, 2025 | Photo Credit: PTI Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla arrived in Lucknow on Monday (August 25, 2025) amid a rousing welcome by children and admirers. Uttar Pradesh deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak was present at the airport to welcome…

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Is India underestimating the cost of dealing with invasive species?

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Is India underestimating the cost of dealing with invasive species?

Damage from non-native plants and animals expanding into new ecosystems has cost society more than $2.2 trillion worldwide, a new study by an international team of researchers has said. Published in Nature Ecology & Evolution, the study used numbers from InvaCost, a public database that records the economic costs of biological invasions by country, and…

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ISRO completes first integrated air drop test for Gaganyaan

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ISRO completes first integrated air drop test for Gaganyaan

In this image posted on August 24, 2025, ISRO embarks on the first integrated air drop test (IADT-1) of its Gaganyaan programme. Photo: ISRO via PTI The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully carried out its first Integrated Air Drop Test (IADT-1), a critical milestone in preparations for the country’s maiden human spaceflight programme, Gaganyaan,…

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