It was early 2023. In a ground-floor laboratory at the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) in north Bengaluru, Ph.D candidate Nayan Chakraborty was readying to examine the results of another iteration of an experiment he had been attempting for three months. There was no reason to believe this trial, nearly his 1,000th, would be...
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March 26, 2026March 26, 2026Science & Tech
Jury finds Meta and Google liable in social media addiction trial
A Los Angeles jury found Alphabet’s Google and Meta liable for $3 million in damages on Wednesday (March 25, 2026) in a landmark social media addiction lawsuit. The outcome could influence thousands of similar cases against the tech companies brought by parents, attorneys general and school districts. At least half of American teens use YouTube...
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March 26, 2026March 26, 2026Science & Tech
An energy transition driven by ethics
“Fossil fuel dependency is ripping away national security and sovereignty, and replacing it with subservience and rising costs,” UN climate change arm executive secretary Simon Stiell told European Union officials and Ministers in Brussels on March 16, 2026, against the backdrop of the U.S.-Israel-Iran war. He added that the disruption serves as an “abject lesson” on the pitfalls...
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March 26, 2026March 26, 2026Science & Tech
Private member bill seeks to establish central optical devices quality control and vision care regulation
Seeking to establish central optical devices quality control and vision care regulation a private member bill has been introduced in Parliament recently. The proposed bill, introduced by MP Ajeet Madhavrao Gopchade, seeks to offer remedy to the alleged vulnerability of consumers who according to the bill are in a “no-man’s land” between the manufacture of a lens and...
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March 26, 2026March 26, 2026Environment, Science & Tech
Why is Chennai’s microplastic problem bigger than it looks? | Explained
The story so far: Microplastics, especially nylon fibres, seem to be present rather sparsely in Chennai’s beach sediments but could still wreak long-term ecological damage, new research has cautioned. A study by researchers at V.O. Chidambaram College in Thoothukudi examined the abundance, sources, and ecological risks of microplastics from beach sediment samples from 15 sites...
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March 25, 2026March 25, 2026Environment, Science & Tech
India raises clean-energy ambition with 60% non-fossil fuel power goal by 2035
Updating its climate goals, India has pledged that by 2035, 60% of its installed electric capacity will comprise of non-fossil sources. It also aims to reduce by 47% the intensity of emissions per unit of GDP from 2005 level and to increase its carbon sink to 3.5 billion tonnes – 4 billion tonnes. These targets...
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March 25, 2026March 25, 2026Science & Tech
What is mineral water and how does it naturally contain dissolved minerals?
Millions of people around the world drink mineral water every day because their tap water is unsafe or because they prefer the taste. It’s packed with naturally occurring minerals that support bone and muscle health and governments and health organisations promote it as a clean, reliable source of hydration. What is mineral water? Mineral water...
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March 25, 2026March 25, 2026Health, Science & Tech
Antibiotic resistance fuels 87% of India’s typhoid economic burden: Study
Antibiotic-resistant typhoid infections accounted for at least 87% of India’s disease-related economic burden in 2023, according to a study in The Lancet Regional Health Southeast Asia. The total economic burden due to typhoid fever was estimated at ₹123 billion. Children under the age of 10 incurred the highest economic burden, contributing to over half of...
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March 25, 2026March 25, 2026Children, Science & Tech
What is ‘The Wow!’ signal?
If you are a distinguished member of the “I think about extraterrestrial life all the time!” fraternity and don’t know about ‘The Wow!” signal, then you have some catching up to do. E.T Evolved from the ideas of the ‘alien’, the SETI or Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence is the endeavour — diverse efforts, projects, etc....
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March 25, 2026March 25, 2026Science & Tech
West Asia war: how finding oil changed the Persian Gulf’s ecology
Military ships and oil tankers dominate how we imagine the Persian Gulf today. Yet beyond this familiar imagery of geopolitics and petroleum lies a mosaic of vulnerable ecosystems. It wasn’t always this way. Just six decades ago, these waters were busy not with warships but fishing boats, and the glittering megacities that now line the...
