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A fresh start to the morning. | Photo Credit: File photo/KSL Electric method can identify coffee strength and roast The industry’s current tools can measure coffee strength but can’t separate roast colours. Researchers used cyclic voltammetry to pass a current through brewed coffee and found the electrical response revealed the strength. They also found the…
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) begins assembly of Human-Rated Launch Vehicle Mark-3 for the first Gaganyaan uncrewed flight at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on December 18, 2025. | Photo Credit: ISRO/ANI While the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has not come out with any firm dates as to when it plans to…
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India alone uses 35-40 million tonnes of urea per year. Woody nitrogen-fixing species such as Senna spectabilis (shown) benefit from such altered conditions. | Photo Credit: Philipp Weigell (CC BY) Across India, campaigns against invasive alien species (IAS) are gathering administrative and judicial force. Authorities now identify, map, classify, and remove species deemed ecological threats….
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A striking, electric-blue spider from the Eastern Ghats has spun its way into public conversation after Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan shared a post on Instagram, calling the Peacock Tarantula “a rare jewel of the Eastern Ghats… finally getting the attention it deserves.” The species in focus, Peacock Tarantula (Poecilotheria metallica), is among…
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A woman carries her child through the Chennai heat on April 27, 2026. | Photo Credit: RAGU R./THE HINDU Large commercial complexes, textile shops, and jewellery showrooms blast cold air onto the high street in T. Nagar, Chennai, where the average summer temperature is over 35 °C. Shoppers dart from one air-conditioned building to another….
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Name this Norwegian adventurer, who set out on April 28, 1947, on the infamous Kon-Tiki expedition, since considered to be racially motivated, to the Polynesian islands. Published – April 30, 2026 05:05 pm IST Read Comments Copy link Email Facebook Twitter Telegram LinkedIn WhatsApp Reddit Source link
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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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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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 headlines focus mainly on breakthroughs in curing diseases; the infrastructure needed to enable that research gets little attention except in times of crisis Source link