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Entangled clocks may reveal where quantum physics and gravity meet

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Entangled clocks may reveal where quantum physics and gravity meet

One of the deepest puzzles in modern science is how quantum mechanics and general relativity — the two great pillars of 20th century physics — fit together. Quantum mechanics governs the microscopic world of atoms and subatomic particles. General relativity describes gravity and the structure of spacetime. Both theories are stunningly successful in their domains,…

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ISRO working on 40-storey-tall rocket to place 75-tonne payload in space: Narayanan

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ISRO working on 40-storey-tall rocket to place 75-tonne payload in space: Narayanan

ISRO Chairman V. Narayanan on Tuesday (August 19, 2025) said the space agency has been working on a rocket as high as a 40-storey building to place a 75,000 kg payload in low earth orbit. Delivering the convocation address of Osmania University in Hyderabad, Mr. Narayanan said this year, the space agency has lined…

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Calorie, a year-long exhibit at the Science Gallery Bengaluru, questions our relationship with food

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Calorie, a year-long exhibit at the Science Gallery Bengaluru, questions our relationship with food

Long Hanging Fruits, an installation by Indonesian artist Elia Nurvista about the palm oil industry | Photo Credit: Special arrangement In the 1820s, French scientist Nicolas Clément introduced the term calorie. In the two centuries since, human beings’ and society’s relationship with food has changed drastically. Today the study of food is a complex subject that…

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Biodiversity of Thattekad Bird Sanctuary in Kerala grows richer as survey reveals nine new species

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Biodiversity of Thattekad Bird Sanctuary in Kerala grows richer as survey reveals nine new species

A comprehensive three-day faunal survey at Thettekad Bird Sanctuary, near Kothamangalam in Ernakulam, Kerala, has added nine species records to its official biodiversity checklist. The findings at Kerala’s first bird sanctuary has reaffirmed its position as one of the richest ecological zones in the Western Ghats. Organised jointly by the Kerala Forest department and Thiruvananthapuram-based…

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Lot of interest about Gaganyaan world over: Shubhanshu Shukla tells PM Modi

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Lot of interest about Gaganyaan world over: Shubhanshu Shukla tells PM Modi

In this image via PMO, Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a meeting with astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla, at his residence in New Delhi, on August 18, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla told Prime Minister Narendra Modi that there is a lot of interest about India’s Gaganyaan mission around the world and scientists were…

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Young anacondas use surprising S-shaped gait to make quick escapes

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Young anacondas use surprising S-shaped gait to make quick escapes

When we think of snakes, we often picture their iconic slithering, graceful, wave-like motion — a biological marvel that seems to defy friction and has fascinated zoologists for decades. That’s not the only move these elongated, limbless creatures have mastered. They are also known to climb trees, glide through the air, and navigate uneven terrain…

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IIT Madras finds aerosols transported from north India worsen air quality over Chennai, southeast coast

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IIT Madras finds aerosols transported from north India worsen air quality over Chennai, southeast coast

Aerosols emitted in north India not only increase the pollution levels in that region, but due to anticyclonic wind circulation the emitted aerosols get transported towards the southeast coast of India and Bay of Bengal. The regional transport of aerosols from north India to southeast coastal India occurs for two to four days at a…

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Lok Sabha discusses Shubhanshu Shukla’s space mission: Indian on moon will herald Viksit Bharat in 2040, says Jitendra Singh

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Lok Sabha discusses Shubhanshu Shukla’s space mission: Indian on moon will herald Viksit Bharat in 2040, says Jitendra Singh

An Indian astronaut will herald Viksit Bharat by landing on the moon in 2040, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on Monday (August 18, 2025) as the Lok Sabha took up the discussion on astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla’s space sojourn. Initiating a discussion on ‘India’s first astronaut aboard the International Space Station — Critical role of the…

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Auction of world’s largest Mars meteorite sparks ownership debate

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Auction of world’s largest Mars meteorite sparks ownership debate

The recent auction of a Martian meteorite — for a record-grabbing $5.3 million at Sotheby’s New York — has sparked questions over its provenance and renewed debate over who gets to claim rocks fallen from the heavens. The hefty 25-kilogram stone is the largest Martian meteorite ever discovered on the earth, according to its Sotheby’s…

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