A scholarly dissection of a contentious chapter in India’s legislative history has revealed how maternity benefit policies were deeply intertwined with population control concerns in the 1960s. The study, by Prarthana Dutta and Mithilesh Kumar Jha of the Indian Institute of Technology-Guwahati’s Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, is significant given the discussions over the...
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April 3, 2026April 3, 2026Children, Science & Tech
Before the toast: The wild story of avocado
Walk into any supermarket in an Indian city today, and you’ll likely spot a few baskets of avocados of different shapes and sizes. Once unfamiliar to most of us, this fruit has been steadily gaining popularity for its buttery texture and rich nutritional value, so much that it has become a staple on brunch menu’s....
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April 3, 2026April 3, 2026Science & Tech
Dinosaur collagen used to create one-of-a-kind handbag
Scientists and designers unveiled on Thursday (April 2, 2026) a handbag made with collagen derived from Tyrannosaurus rex fossils from the U.S. in a unique creation intended to demonstrate the value of laboratory-grown leather. The teal-coloured bag will be displayed on a rock in a cage under a replica of a T. rex at Amsterdam’s...
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April 3, 2026April 3, 2026Science & Tech
Artemis II astronauts rocket toward moon after spending day around Earth
NASA’s Artemis II astronauts fired their engines and blazed toward the moon on Thursday (April 2, 2026) night, breaking free of the chains that have trapped humanity in shallow laps around Earth in the decades since Apollo. The so-called translunar ignition came 25 hours after liftoff, putting the three Americans and a Canadian on course...
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April 2, 2026April 2, 2026Science & Tech
In the running: On the Artemis II launch
The sight of the giant rocket bearing the NASA Artemis II mission and its crew of four ascending into the sky in the early hours of April 2 (IST) brought cheers among onlookers on the ground and around the world. The mission has taken many years and several billion dollars to develop and brings the...
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April 2, 2026April 2, 2026Science & Tech
Does Iran have a path to the bomb?
Iran is expected to have around 500 kg of uranium enriched to 60%. U-235 is the isotope of uranium conventionally used in nuclear weapons and nuclear reactors. Enrichment is the process of increasing the quantity of U-235 in the uranium mass. The rest will be U-238, which is not a good fissile material. Whereas a...
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April 2, 2026April 2, 2026Science & Tech
Nuclear fusion cost models too optimistic to be viable, experts warn
Researchers and investors worldwide are currently pouring billions of dollars into nuclear fusion in the hopes that it will prove to be a reliable source of green power. These investments often bank on economic models that assume the cost of the underlying technologies will drop rapidly as the industry expands. However, researchers have published an...
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April 2, 2026April 2, 2026Science & Tech
Six ISRO launches remain unfulfilled as March ‘deadline’ passes
In December last year, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said in reply to a question in Lok Sabha on the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) upcoming missions that the Department of Space had scheduled seven major missions by March 2026. Of these, only one — the LVM3 M6 mission by NewSpace India, Ltd. (NSIL) — was...
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April 2, 2026April 2, 2026Science & Tech
Making sense of the science in ‘Project Hail Mary’ and its alien world
Extra-terrestrials have always been a fascinating subject for us humans. In the media, they have been portrayed from comically homicidal Martians in Mars Attacks to stoic Spock in Star Trek and the curious and childlike E.T. The latest to join the ranks of the non-earthling denizens of the universe is Rocky, the adorable rock-like Eridian...
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April 2, 2026April 2, 2026Science & Tech
How Vizag Astronomy Club is bringing stargazing back to Visakhapatnam
On a humid evening along Beach Road in Visakhapatnam, a small crowd gathers around a telescope, waiting for a glimpse of the moon. Conversations quieten as each viewer takes a turn. Some step back in astonishment, others linger, returning for another look. These are the familiar rhythms of the Vizag Astronomy Club’s ongoing moon watch...
