For most of history, menstrual blood has been dismissed as biological waste. But emerging research is now recasting this material as a goldmine for non-invasive diagnostics and regenerative medicine. Its potential applications are surprisingly broad, ranging from innovative cervical cancer screenings to advanced cartilage repair. Much like saliva or blood plasma, menstrual fluid is rich...
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September 9, 2026September 9, 2026Science & Tech
Did OpenAI crack a million-dollar math problem using data stolen from mathematicians?
In what is quickly becoming an explosive controversy in mathematics, a potential solution to one of the field’s greatest open questions has been overshadowed by allegations of espionage and unethical academic work. Over the previous 48 hours (as on September 9 morning IST), the mathematical community has been rocked by claims that OpenAI leveraged its...
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September 9, 2026September 9, 2026Science & Tech
ESA to explore cooperation with ISRO in human space flight, lunar and Venus missions
The European Space Agency (ESA) will be holding discussions with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on co-operation in human space flight and lunar exploration, during the International Space Summit in Paris, which gets underway on September 9. A high-level delegation from India is in Paris to take part in the International Space Summit. Josef Aschbacher, ESA...
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September 8, 2026September 8, 2026Environment, Science & Tech
Slumping: a soft-coral threat
Ko Myeong-hyo loved the vibrant colour and thriving life of South Korea‘s soft corals when she first began diving off the coast of Jeju island six years ago, looking to harvest seafood for sale. “Watching the coral garden collapse and turn white, it was so disorienting,” Ko says now, after two years of rising temperatures...
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September 8, 2026September 8, 2026Science & Tech
From moon’s far side, a satellite to look for the first radio signal
Cosmologists are literally over the moon at the prospect of listening to the universe telling its story like never before. At the heart of this excitement is a small satellite named CosmoCube, which scientists from the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) plan to send to the far side of the moon, which permanently faces away from...
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September 8, 2026September 8, 2026Science & Tech
International Space Summit set to be held in Paris amidst calls for Europe’s strategic autonomy in space
Around 2,000 participants from 120 countries, including a high-level delegation from India, are expected to take part in the International Space Summit, which will take place in Paris, France on September 9 and 10. The summit will focus on four pillars — defence and security, space economy, space regulation, and space and scientific research. Speaking...
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September 8, 2026September 8, 2026Science & Tech
The incongruity of caste and science
All humans must be treated equally. That is a moral and constitutional position. It is not a scientific position because science does not carry moral or constitutional authority. The normative system laid out in the ‘Manusmriti’ expresses the ‘principle’ that the birth of a person says something essential about who that person is supposed to...
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September 7, 2026September 7, 2026Science & Tech
We have complete trust in our Indian partners: French National Space Agency
The French space agency Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES) said that it is not perturbed with the back-to-back failures of Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO)’s workhorse rocket, the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), and has complete trust in its Indian partner. The PSLV is scheduled to launch the Indo-French TRISHNA (Thermal Infra-Red Imaging Satellite for...
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September 7, 2026September 7, 2026Science & Tech
Ground control: On ISRO, policy and and its focus
The irony was evident: on the day the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) had its greatest success of the year — the launch of its first geosynchronous imaging satellite (EOS-05) on a temperamental GSLV — its employee organisations demanded clarity on its long-term plans. But this grievance was long in the making. Since the Indian...
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September 7, 2026September 7, 2026Science & Tech
Why do we sometimes wake up a few minutes before our alarm rings?
— Dev The human body has a built-in timekeeping system called the circadian rhythm. It is governed by a group of cells in the brain, centred on the suprachiasmatic nucleus, which uses signals such as daylight to keep the body’s roughly 24-hour cycle aligned with the outside world. When you wake up at the same...
