Two years ago, Mundakkai and Churalmala in Kerala experienced powerful landslides that killed hundreds of people. Last year, a large village in Dharali, Uttarakhand, was washed away following heavy rains. In the monsoon season of 2025, the States in Northeast India were devastated by frequent floods. More than a hundred people lost their lives after...
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June 27, 2026June 27, 2026Children, Science & Tech
What decides your height?
The most significant factor which decides your height is genes — the basic and functional unit of heredity itself. They play an important role in determining physical traits, i.e., whether you have curly or straight hair, long or short legs, or even what your smile might look like. Scientists have identified over 700 different genetic...
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June 26, 2026June 26, 2026Science & Tech
Watch: How India uses wind energy — and what it is struggling with | The Scope
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June 26, 2026June 26, 2026Science & Tech
Science Quiz: Unusual sources of energy
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June 26, 2026June 26, 2026Children, Science & Tech
Science of deception: Why our brain loves to lie
The margay is a small wild cat native to South America. A few years back, biologists noticed a strange behaviour being displayed by this tree-dwelling animal. They found out the feline was imitating the call of a baby monkey. They conducted some studies and found out that the margay’s imitation game was a clever ploy...
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June 26, 2026June 26, 2026Science & Tech
Scientists use budget tech to probe long-standing physics mystery
When a team at IIT-Delhi recently compared the members of a family of minerals called rutile oxides, they found a significant difference between metals and insulators that a well-known mathematical model could not explain. Understanding why is a necessary precursor to design next-generation electronics and efficient industrial catalysts. While rutile oxides have the same crystal...
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June 26, 2026June 26, 2026Science & Tech
A surgeon’s paradoxical lesson for journalists to survive the news
In an episode of the TV show Elementary, a surgeon prepares to perform a surgery. After he dons his gloves and mask, with his students watching from the back, he plays some funny music from speakers. The students are pleasantly surprised. The surgeon turns around and tells them that they will need to learn to take...
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June 25, 2026June 25, 2026Environment, Science & Tech
India urges clarity as ‘tipping points’ rock Bonn climate talks
At the Bonn climate talks in Germany on June 8-18, alongside the usual laundry list of contested themes like climate finance, tipping points became an unexpected source of debate and controversy. According to the Earth Negotiations Bulletin, India urged care and clarity in using terms like “tipping points”, which it said would present challenges around...
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June 25, 2026June 25, 2026Science & Tech
Venezuela’s deadly history of earthquakes — and how they affected its politics
Two devastating earthquakes struck Venezuela within seconds of each other on the evening of June 24, reportedly affecting several of the country’s States and bringing entire buildings down in the capital Caracas. The U.S. Geological Survey reported that the first quake of 7.1 magnitude had its epicentre off Venezuela’s Caribbean coast and the second, which...
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June 25, 2026June 25, 2026Science & Tech
Why does wet paper tear so easily?
As the southwest monsoon sweeps over India, people brace for storms, floods, and the occasional sight of a damaged bookstore or library. What makes the last a particularly sad sight is that paper tears easily when it’s wet. Paper is made primarily from wood pulp, which contains a dense network of cellulose fibers. Cellulose consists...
