In the heart of Rajasthan’s Thar desert, on the outskirts of the agro-pastoralist landscape of Bikaner, is a dumpsite of livestock carcasses where, traditionally, a feeding frenzy plays out among multiple species of beasts and birds everyday. Importantly, every winter, a large number of migratory Himalayan and Eurasian griffon, whose numbers have dwindled catastrophically in...
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October 24, 2026October 24, 2026Science & Tech
Starshield | The non-state sovereigns
SpaceX logo and miniature satellite model. File | Photo Credit: Reuters On October 14, Ukrainian soldiers using drones to attack Russian forces in Zaporizhzhia and elsewhere started to find many of their machines were losing satellite connectivity. Given Ukraine’s extensive and largely successful use of drones in the war, the anomaly was noticeable, forcing operators...
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October 24, 2026October 24, 2026Science & Tech
PROFILES: Starshield | The non-state sovereigns
SpaceX logo and miniature satellite model. File | Photo Credit: Reuters On October 14, Ukrainian soldiers using drones to attack Russian forces in Zaporizhzhia and elsewhere started to find many of their machines were losing satellite connectivity. Given Ukraine’s extensive and largely successful use of drones in the war, the anomaly was noticeable, forcing operators...
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October 24, 2026October 24, 2026Science & Tech
ISRO will not be privatised, says chairperson Narayanan
Dr. V. Narayanan, Secretary, Department of Space, Chairman, ISRO, Chairman, Space Commission, Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Bangalore, handing over a degree certificate to students at Graduation day in Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education on October 24, 2026 | Photo Credit: VELANKANNI RAJ B The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is under the Government of...
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October 24, 2026October 24, 2026Science & Tech
Ashoke Sen becomes first Indian physicist to receive Oskar Klein Medal
Professor Ashoke Sen. File. | Photo Credit: R. Ravindran Professor Ashoke Sen has been awarded the Oskar Klein Medal for 2026, becoming the first Indian physicist to receive the honour, the Bengaluru-based ICTS said on Saturday (October 24, 2026). Mr. Sen, an ICTS-Infosys Madhava Chair Professor, is internationally recognised for his pioneering work on S-duality,...
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October 24, 2026October 24, 2026Science & Tech
New form of carbon found: diamondiyne
The newly made allotrope closely resembled two jungle gyms, a.k.a. climbing frames, smushed together. | Photo Credit: Public domain The Hindu’s weekly Science for All newsletter explains all things Science, without the jargon (This article forms a part of the Science for All newsletter that takes the jargon out of science and puts the fun...
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October 23, 2026October 23, 2026Science & Tech
Inadequate sleep increases the risk of fatty liver disease
In 2018, anatomists at the Toho University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, performed a sleep deprivation experiment on lab mice. Mice usually sleep for 12 hours a day. In this experiment, researchers induced sleep deprivation using the ‘gentle handling method’ during sleep hours so that the mice could sleep only for six hours daily....
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October 22, 2026October 22, 2026Environment, Science & Tech
A ferocious El Niño is brewing thanks to record Pacific heat
On October 5, the Niño 3.4 region recorded a sea surface temperature that exceeded 30° C for the first time in recorded history. | Photo Credit: ClimateReanalyzer.org For most of this year, climate scientists have been closely monitoring the Niño 3.4 region in the central-equatorial Pacific — the primary index area to define the phases...
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October 22, 2026October 22, 2026Science & Tech
After Musk punishes Ukraine, how exposed is India to foreign tech?
U.S. space tycoon Elon Musk recently throttled the military-grade Starshield network provided by his company SpaceX to Ukraine in retaliation for Ukraine’s attacks on Russian oil infrastructure, The Wall Street Journal has reported. Musk’s actions are not without precedent — with a similar move in 2022 (although SpaceX disputed media reports) — but his most...
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October 22, 2026October 22, 2026Science & Tech
Musk punishes Ukraine: how exposed is India to foreign tech? | Explained
U.S. space tycoon Elon Musk recently throttled the military-grade Starshield network provided by his company SpaceX to Ukraine in retaliation for Ukraine’s attacks on Russian oil infrastructure, The Wall Street Journal has reported. Musk’s actions are not without precedent — with a similar move in 2022 (although SpaceX disputed media reports) — but his most...
