For the first time in the world, a lab-grown diamond jewel has made it to space. Named the Cosmos Bloom Diamond, the jewel, created by Bengaluru start-up Cosmos Diamonds, travelled aboard Vikram-1, the country’s first privately built orbital launch vehicle. The lotus-shaped jewel is handcrafted in gold and set with 16.9 carats of lab-grown diamonds,...
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July 29, 2026July 29, 2026Science & Tech
Science quiz: Works that won the Fields Medal
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July 29, 2026July 29, 2026Science & Tech
When is heavy rainfall a cloudburst, and when is it not? | Explained
When a wall of water suddenly crashes from the sky and sweeps away homes and roads within minutes, one of the first words officials and the media in India reach for is ‘cloudburst’. However, the term is often misused in a way that can distract from poor planning and crumbling infrastructure. What counts as a...
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July 29, 2026July 29, 2026Science & Tech
Watch | Did you know India’s space programme has turned 60?
From a small launch pad, the 715-kg Nike Apache rocket rose 208 km into the sky. The sight fascinated thousands of people in the area, which even motivated some of them to join the Indian Space Research Organisation. The Nike Apache launch was an international effort under the United Nations. The launch took place in...
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July 29, 2026July 29, 2026Science & Tech
150 years of the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science
The late 18th and 19th centuries marked a period of profound intellectual and cultural awakening across India, with Bengal emerging as its prominent centre. Although similar currents of intellectual, social, and cultural reform were taking shape in several other parts of the country, the scale, diversity, and enduring influence of this awakening found their fullest...
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July 28, 2026July 28, 2026Science & Tech
Why don’t any fruits or plant-based foods taste naturally salty?
— Mahua Ray A: The primary reason plant-based foods are rarely salty while animal products have a more savoury taste profile is because animals have nervous systems and blood and plants don’t. Animals generally need lots of sodium to maintain their extracellular fluids like blood and lymph and to fire neurons. And because salt is...
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July 28, 2026July 28, 2026Science & Tech
Andromeda Galaxy entering ‘middle age’
Astronomers have used data collected by the Hubble Space Telescope to piece together the clearest yet map of star formation across most of the Andromeda Galaxy over the last 500 million years. The Andromeda is 2-2.5-times wider than the Milky Way, and the two galaxies have a coin-toss’s chance of colliding within the next 10...
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July 28, 2026July 28, 2026Science & Tech
Space tech funding in India on the rise, Bengaluru tops the chart: Report
As India’s space tech funding reached a record $200 million in 2025, Bengaluru has emerged the ecosystem leader attracting more than half of the ecosystem funding, shows a new report by market research firm Tracxn. According to the report, the sector has raised approximately $871 million in funding as of July 2026. The top 10...
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July 28, 2026July 28, 2026Fashion, Science & Tech
The hidden polluter in your wardrobe: How fast fashion is fuelling the next pollution crisis
Fashion is a part of our lives, we breathe it every day. Look around, and you’ll find garment stores everywhere: from small roadside stalls to giant malls, from local shops to global brands. Fashion never goes out of trend. But have you heard of the term fast fashion? Let’s find out what it means. What...
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July 27, 2026July 27, 2026Science & Tech
India’s newest private physics institute hinges success on ‘less is more’
India does not lack respected homes for theoretical physics research. Asked why it needs another, Jainendra K. Jain — founding director of the Lodha Theoretical Physics Institute (LTPI) — answers by describing what the place will not do. It will be “smaller” than the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) , narrower in scope than...
