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What is NASA’s Moon Base programme and why does it want India to be part of it? | Explained

The story so far: At the ninth meeting of the India-U.S. Civil Space Joint Working Group (CSJWG), held in Bengaluru on August 5 and 6, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) offered a formal invitation to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to be part of its ambitious Moon Base programme under the Artemis Accords....

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Why bats do not fall ill from the viruses they spread

(This article forms a part of the Science for All newsletter that takes the jargon out of science and puts the fun in! Subscribe now!) The world’s only winged mammals, nocturnal bats, of which there are some 1,500 species globally, have never quite got great press. Superstition has them down as bad omens. And science implicates...

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Team led by RRI scientists predicts ‘petal-like’ structures in Sun’s corona during eclipse

As a total solar eclipse will be visible in parts of Europe on August 12 for the first time since 1999, solar physicists at the Raman Research Institute (RRI) in Bengaluru, along with collaborators, have predicted the magnetic structure of the Sun’s outer atmosphere, or its ‘crown’, called the corona, during the eclipse. On the...

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Three new cascade frog species discovered in northeast India; one named in honour of Kerala social worker Padmini Varkey

Scientists have discovered three new species of cascade frogs from the biodiverse-rich forests of Northeast India and documented five other species in the country for the first time. The findings, published in the peer-reviewed Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, are the culmination of over 15 years of extensive field research across the northeastern States....

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What psychiatric genetics can and cannot tell an Indian family

When a young man was brought to my clinic after his first episode of psychosis, his parents wanted to know when he could return to college. This is not an atypical first interaction. However, in many instances, after a few consultations later and especially once the immediate crisis had settled, the questions would take a...

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Solar eclipse 2026: Will it be visible from India?

A solar eclipse will occur on August 12, 2026, with many parts of the world set to witness the celestial event, either partially or completely.  Also read: What the night sky offers in August What is a solar eclipse? A solar eclipse is when the Sun, Moon and Earth are in alignment, and the Moon...

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