By >William Feeney The Silk Road snaked across continents for more than a thousand years, shaping civilisations in East and West. Famously trodden by Alexander the Great and Genghis Khan, the trade route brought riches to Europe and plagues to Asia. But it is not just humans who hold its legacy. For new research shows...
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May 22, 2026May 22, 2026Science & Tech
How the cereal flakes came to be
Did you have breakfast today? It’s one thing when you are enjoying your summer holidays, when you can have delayed breakfasts, but it is quite another for most school goers on working days. The start time of the school and the hurried nature in which you get ready and get started means that breakfasts could...
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May 22, 2026May 22, 2026Science & Tech
SpaceX scrubs May 21 launch of Starship V3 from Texas
SpaceX on Thursday (May 21, 2026) scrubbed the launch of its 12th Starship rocket from Texas and said it will attempt it again on Friday (May 22, 2026). Starship V3, uncrewed and featuring dozens of upgrades tailored for rapid Starlink satellite launches and NASA moon missions, was to be a key test for the vehicle...
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May 21, 2026May 21, 2026Science & Tech
How does the Gaganyaan’s life-support system operate?
The Environmental Control and Life Support System (ECLSS) replicates the earth’s atmosphere in earth orbit by managing air, water, temperature, and waste. In short-term space missions, all supplies are carried from the earth and waste is stored for disposal later. Long-duration missions recycle the waste back into useful resources like breathable air and clean water....
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May 21, 2026May 21, 2026Science & Tech
Is a heatwave really a wave of heat?
A: A heatwave is not like a wave or pulse of heat travelling through the air. The name probably comes from the way a heatwave feels, as something that spreads, surges, and overwhelms before subsiding. Some meteorologists prefer the team “heat event” instead. For example, in April and May, the sun is almost directly overhead...
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May 21, 2026May 21, 2026Children, Science & Tech
Understanding albinism
A condition which affects not just humans, but also animals and plants, albinism is a result of little or no production of melanin, a natural pigment responsible for determining the colour of human skin, hair, and eyes. Let’s explore… Understanding the biology On average, one in 17,000 people is affected by albinism worldwide. This often...
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May 20, 2026May 20, 2026Science & Tech
New worm-eating snake named after Mizoram herpetologist
GUWAHATI The jungles of Mizoram and neighbouring Myanmar have yielded a new-to-science snake that relishes worms and prefers to stay underground. The snake, Trachischium lalremsangai, has been described in the international Herpetozoa journal of the Austrian Herpetological Society by a team of four scientists from two continents. They are Virender K. Bhardwaj, Amit K. Bal, and Chhangte L....
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May 19, 2026May 19, 2026Science & Tech
India among economies driving carbon surge from construction boom
India is among the emerging economies powering an unprecedented expansion of the world’s building stock at a moment when the sector’s decarbonisation has slowed sharply, according to the 10th edition of the Global Status Report for Buildings and Construction (GSRBC), released on Tuesday (May 19, 2026) by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Global...
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May 19, 2026May 19, 2026Health, Science & Tech
The rise of epidemiology as a discipline and the birth of hypertension as a disease
In February 1945, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, then U.S. president, arrived at the Yalta Conference to negotiate the post-war future of Europe alongside Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin. The American president appeared visibly exhausted, lethargic and physically frail. Behind those images lay a silent medical crisis. Roosevelt’s blood pressure had reached around 260/150 mm Hg before...
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May 19, 2026May 19, 2026Science & Tech
BITS Pilani Hyderabad researchers develop graphene electrode for improved supercapacitor performance
Researchers at the BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus have developed a new graphene-based electrode that could improve the performance and lifespan of supercapacitors, an emerging energy storage technology used in portable electronics, wearable devices, and microelectronic systems. The work was carried out by scientists at the MEMS, Microfluidics and Nanoelectronics (MMNE) Lab and published recently in...
