Category: Science & Tech

Every spring, lakhs of people suffering from allergies brace for sneezing fits and itchy eyes as trees release pollen into the air. Now, a team of researchers from France and the U.S. has built a tool that can predict exactly how pollen travels through a city once the wind picks it up. In the study,...

“All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy” goes the proverb. Now, it seems no working out can also make Jack a dull boy — especially if Jack is a mouse. A team of researchers from Seoul National University and the Korea Brain Research Institute, both in South Korea, has found that aerobic...

A new study conducted during the final phase of the Chandrayaan-3 mission when the Vikram lander performed a successful hop experiment has offered fresh insights on the moon surface. The study, In Situ Temperatures, Regolith Properties, and Evidence of Erosion at Chandrayaan-3 Post-hop Location from ChaSTE Twilight Observations was conducted by a team headed by...

Elon Musk recently claimed that in three years, there will be more expert surgical robots than surgeons on the earth. The statement generated considerable excitement, speculation, and outrage in equal measure. While medicine is a deeply personal enterprise, it is also rooted in science. The fundamental challenge in surgery is not precision but adaptability. Surgery...

Ravish Malhotra is the Indian Air Force officer seen with Rakesh Sharma who served as the backup cosmonaut in 1984 Published – April 14, 2026 05:11 pm IST Read Comments Copy link Email Facebook Twitter Telegram LinkedIn WhatsApp Reddit

A: There is a major disagreement among physicists about how fast the universe is expanding. Astronomers use a value called the Hubble constant to measure it. However, the two main ways to calculate this number have produced different results. In the first method, astronomers use the cosmic distance ladder. They observe nearby objects like pulsating...

In many Indian homes, ageing unfolds quietly. A grandfather who once walked to the local market now pauses every few steps. A grandmother takes days to recover from a minor fall. Such changes are often dismissed as “normal ageing”. Medicine, however, increasingly recognises these signs as part of a condition called frailty, which is a...