Category: Science

When the Delhi High Court ordered internet service providers to block access to Sci-Hub and its mirrors, it closed a chapter in one of the more fraught debates in contemporary research: who gets to read research papers, and who must pay. The verdict followed years of litigation by Elsevier, Wiley, and the American Chemical Society…

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First contact: K.N. Viswanathan | Anmol Agrawal | Tamal Biswas | Harilakshmi M. Physics of staying airborne When the engines of this aeroplane were removed, heavy winds were able to tilt it backwards. This is because the centre of gravity in its body shifted to the rear. START THE QUIZ 1 / 5 | The…

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When an animal learns to navigate a new environment, certain brain cells begin responding at specific locations. These neurons have long been seen as key to how spatial memories form. Once a memory is established, it’s often assumed to be stable. But a new study in Nature Neuroscience has challenged that view. Researchers tracked more…

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When the court lights flicker on at the U.S. Open, tennis stars shine under illumination designed to cut light pollution. The wedge-shaped lamps around the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows direct light onto the players without spewing it into the surrounding skies. The stadium complex is the only professional sports…

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The story so far: On August 24, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully carried out its first Integrated Air Drop Test (IADT-1), a crucial milestone in the preparation for the country’s maiden human spaceflight mission, Gaganyaan. A dummy crew capsule weighing nearly five tonnes was dropped from a helicopter to test whether its parachute…

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