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NASA’s Artemis II moonship returns home to its launch site after historic voyage

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NASA’s Artemis II moonship returns home to its launch site after historic voyage

This photo provided by the U.S. Navy shows the Orion spacecraft’s heat shield underwater after Artemis II splashed down Friday, April 10, 2026. The spacecraft that flew four astronauts around the moon is back where its record-breaking journey began. NASA’s Artemis II capsule returned to Florida’s Kennedy Space Centre on Tuesday (April 28, 2026), almost…

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A short video helps science reporting, but not India’s newsroom realities

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A short video helps science reporting, but not India’s newsroom realities

Younger journalists could feel culturally uncomfortable about critiquing a claim made by a scientist at an IIT or the Indian Council of Medical Research | Photo Credit: Getty Images Lara Marie Berger, Anna Kerkhof, and Nikola Noske, ‘Improving science literacy in the newsroom: Experimental evidence’, PNAS Nexus Science journalism is an endlessly fascinating enterprise. Being…

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How decentralising therapy can help bridge India’s treatment gap

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How decentralising therapy can help bridge India’s treatment gap

The Indian Psychiatric Society recommends a stepped-care model, where people with milder issues are first managed with psychosocial interventions before initiating pharmacotherapy. | Photo Credit: Mika Baumeister/Unsplash India continues to face a large mental health treatment gap, with nearly 85% of individuals with common mental disorders receiving no formal care. However, over the past decade,…

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The evolving China-Pakistan space cooperation

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The evolving China-Pakistan space cooperation

Today, China has built and launched satellites for Pakistan and in 2026 announced that it will send one Pakistani astronaut to the Tiangong space station. (Representational image) | Photo Credit: REUTERS The Chinese space programme has undertaken major strides since it built and launched its first satellite in 1970. In last half a century Beijing…

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Trump administration fires entire National Science Board

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Trump administration fires entire National Science Board

President Donald Trump. File | Photo Credit: AP President Donald Trump’s administration has terminated the entire National Science Board of more than 20 members, two fired members ‌of the board said on Monday (Aprl 28, 2026). The independent board was ⁠established in 1950 to guide the governance of the National Science Foundation and to advise…

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NASA’s Artemis II moonship returns home to its launch site after historic voyage

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NASA’s Artemis II moonship returns home to its launch site after historic voyage

This photo provided by the U.S. Navy shows the Orion spacecraft’s heat shield underwater after Artemis II splashed down Friday, April 10, 2026. (U.S. Navy via AP The spacecraft that flew four astronauts around the moon is back where its record-breaking journey began. NASA’s Artemis II capsule returned to Florida’s Kennedy Space Centre on Tuesday…

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Nano urea and public health: why India must proceed with caution

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Nano urea and public health: why India must proceed with caution

Agricultural inputs operate within complex ecological and biological systems where unintended consequences often emerge slowly. File photograph used for representational purposes only India’s agricultural transformation has long been driven by technological shifts—from the Green Revolution’s high-yielding varieties to the widespread use of synthetic fertilisers. Today, nano urea is being positioned as the next leap: a…

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Why science and scientists must learn to celebrate their failures

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Why science and scientists must learn to celebrate their failures

Science progresses by trial and error. | Photo Credit: Sasun Bughdaryan/Unsplash Failure is part and parcel of research but many scientists consider discussing it in a scientific forum to be taboo. Laboratories are littered with unfinished experiments and inconclusive facts and theories that failed to stand the test of study. However, when science is being…

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