Tag: Science

The robotic spacecraft that failed to rescue an aging NASA telescope plunged back to Earth on Friday (September 25, 2026) less than three months after launching on the bold mission. Katalyst Space Technologies announced the demise of its three-armed spacecraft named Link. It reentered the atmosphere overnight, bringing the $30 million, NASA-sponsored salvage effort of...

IIT-Madras tool bridges quake science and dam safety An IIT-Madras team evaluated 6,545 dams under India’s National Dam Safety Authority and found standard seismic zone maps misjudge earthquake risks. For Himalayan ‘mega-dams’ like Tehri and Bhakra, site-specific modelling revealed previously projected ground accelerations were too conservative. The team achieved this using a combination of a...

From the largest ever study of bat genome and fossils, scientists deduced that the world’s only flying mammals — that account for one fifth of all living mammals — likely originated in Europe, and spread to every continent except Antarctica. The scientists, in a paper in the journal Nature, pegged the bat’s evolution at 65 million...

The Hindu’s weekly Science for All newsletter explains all things Science, without the jargon. (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!) When did our ancestors begin walking on two legs? This evolutionary question about our terrestrial bipedalism has...

Well after a few months of a hectic summer, rains are here. The campus is green and nature is once again abundant. With rains, however, has also come a usual game of hide and seek. Every time I take my umbrella out, the rain is nowhere to be seen. But when I forget it, I...

Several experts on a United Nations artificial intelligence committee have warned against the apocalyptic rhetoric used by some professionals in the sector regarding AI risks. “As scientists, it’s very important to invest in the science, to really understand what we know (from) what we don’t know, and investing in fear is not that helpful,” said...

— Radhika S., Mumbai A good song can make us cry because listening to it simultaneously invokes parts of the brain involved in emotion, memories, expectations, and arousal. Expectation is particularly notable. As we listen, the brain constantly predicts what will come next, from a melody resolving itself to a voice reaching a particular high...