Tag: Science

The story so far: On September 14, 2026, U.S. Air Force secretary Troy Meink said the country has “space control” weapons deployed in Earth’s orbit to defend U.S. forces against “hostile adversary action”. The disclosure drew backlash from Russia and China, among other quarters. What is a ‘space control’ weapon? As per the U.S. Space...

The story so far: Noisy celebrations have now become a part and parcel of urban as well as rural Indian life. As vehicles packed with powerful new speakers known as DJs are available at lower prices and the competition to play high-volume music has reached all parts of the country, it is posing a challenge...

A researcher at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has found a massive, recently formed crater on the Moon, a rare occurrence that only happens “once in a century or even longer”, according to scientists. The crater, dubbed “McGetchin”, measures 730 feet (222 metres) wide, NASA said in a blog post. It is believed...

The dream of heading out to space and colonising distant celestial bodies isn’t one that is unique to the time we live in. It is one that humans have aspired for long and continue to strive towards, despite the problems plaguing the only known planet that supports life as we know it: Earth. Even as...

 A diminutive wild cat that inhabits Bolivia’s ​cloud forest has been identified as a previously unknown species, marking the first time a new living cat species has been formally ‌named and described in more than a century. The cat, called Tilcayo by local communities, is ​part of a group called tiger cats found across much...

 A diminutive wild cat that inhabits Bolivia’s ​cloud forest has been identified as a previously unknown species, marking the first time a new living cat species has been formally ‌named and described in more than a century. The cat, called Tilcayo by local communities, is ​part of a group called tiger cats found across much...

As NASA and China speed up their lunar space programmes, a more-than-temporary human settlement on the moon inches closer to reality. Space agencies with these plans are targeting the moon’s south pole region, where permanently shadowed craters are supposed to hold large quantities of water ice, which a human base can use as a water...

— Delin Paul Recent research has actually suggested that this description is misleading. Many moths may not be deliberately flying towards the lights but because artificial lights interfere with a technique they use to keep themselves flying in the right direction. For an insect flying at night, the brightest part of the natural environment is...

Herpetologists first discovered in 1933 that rattlesnakes are immune to their own venom. Native to the Americas, rattlesnakes are pit vipers, a family of vipers with a heat-sensing pit organ between each nostril and eye. Venom resistance in snakes comes in two forms: either the targets in their bodies have evolved such that the venom...