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Rare caracals spotted in Thar Desert near India-Pakistan border

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Rare caracals spotted in Thar Desert near India-Pakistan border

File photo of a caracal. Only around 50 caracals remain in India, according to surveys. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Archives Officials have confirmed the return of the rare caracal in the Thar Desert near the India-Pakistan border, raising fresh hopes for conservation of the highly elusive, and critically endangered species. The officials spotted two…

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Google team finds radiation glitch that limits quantum computing

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Google team finds radiation glitch that limits quantum computing

Scientists examine a specialised refrigerator for cooling quantum computing chips at the Google Quantum AI lab in California, U.S., November 25, 2024. | Photo Credit: REUTERS What is the world’s next great frontier in technology? There are multiple contenders: artificial general intelligence, programmable biology, sustainable energy, metamaterials, human-machine interfaces, and quantum computing. The future could…

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Researchers build synthetic materials that ‘learn’ to change shape

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Researchers build synthetic materials that ‘learn’ to change shape

A robotic metamaterial spells the word ‘LEARN’. A metamaterial is a special material whose properties are not determined by its chemical composition alone but also by its structure, giving rise to unusual properties. | Photo Credit: Coulais Lab/University of Amsterdam When you exercise, your muscles become stronger. When you sow a plant, its stem will…

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Beyond cost: how to know if a medical technology actually adds value

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Beyond cost: how to know if a medical technology actually adds value

A wealthy person can afford ₹50,000 a year to catch one cancer earlier, which is an excellent personal return on investment. But a government screening 1 lakh women would spend ₹500 crore and catch 20-30 cancers earlier. Representative photo. | Photo Credit: navymedicine/Unsplash Medicine treats the evaluation of emerging technologies as a technical problem, but…

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Wastewater data revealed hidden COVID surges in Bengaluru after testing declined

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Wastewater data revealed hidden COVID surges in Bengaluru after testing declined

Wastewater monitoring can became a dependable indicator of community transmission. File photograph used for representational purposes only | Photo Credit: The Hindu Wastewater surveillance in Bengaluru closely tracked COVID-19 trends during the first Omicron wave, but later emerged as an important tool in identifying hidden surges that were not fully captured through routine clinical testing,…

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J. Craig Venter, who won the race to sequence the human genome, dies at 79

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J. Craig Venter, who won the race to sequence the human genome, dies at 79

J. Craig Venter before a gene map of a flu-causing bacterium at his office in Rockville, Md., March 12, 1997. File | Photo Credit: AP J. Craig Venter, who mapped the first draft of the human genome and helped scientists understand how genes shape our lives, died on Wednesday (April 30, 2026). He was 79….

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Mexico City is sinking so quickly, it can be seen from space

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Mexico City is sinking so quickly, it can be seen from space

A pedestrian walks past two uneven doors showing a sinking building near the Zocalo, July 28, 2016, in Mexico City. | Photo Credit: AP Mexico City is sinking by nearly 25 cm a year, according to new satellite imagery released this week by NASA, making it one of the world’s fastest-subsiding metropolises. One of the…

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GalaxEye launches Mission Drishti, India’s largest privately developed Earth observation satellite

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GalaxEye launches Mission Drishti, India’s largest privately developed Earth observation satellite

Mission Drishti, the World’s First OptoSAR Satellite after separation from SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launch vehicle. Photo credit: Special arrangement Mission Drishti, the world’s first OptoSAR satellite developed by Bengaluru based space startup GalaxEye has been successfully launched on Sunday (May 3, 2026) aboard a Falcon 9 by SpaceX from Vandenberg, California. Weighing 190 kilograms, Mission…

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How dual-use satellites are blurring the lines of modern space war

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How dual-use satellites are blurring the lines of modern space war

Conflict in orbit no longer requires satellites to be physically destroyed in order to paralyse an adversary. | Photo Credit: Image created with ChatGPT When we imagine space warfare, we picture shattered satellites and orbital debris. The reality is quieter but also more dangerous. The markers of modern orbital conflict are signal loss, deliberate misdirection,…

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India’s first State-led Centre of Excellence for space tech launched in Bengaluru

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India’s first State-led Centre of Excellence for space tech launched in Bengaluru

Minister for Electronics, IT/BT, and Rural Development & Panchayat Raj Priyank Kharge has said that the focus is not just on advancing research, but on creating an ecosystem where innovation can translate into real-world applications, economic growth, and high-quality jobs. | Photo Credit: file photo Karnataka has launched the country’s first State-led Centre of Excellence…

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