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Axiom Mission 4 crew (from left to right) European Space Agency astronaut Slawosz Uznanski-Wisniewski of Poland, former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, ISRO astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla, and Tibor Kapu of Hungary. File photo: X@NASASpaceOps via PTI Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla and other crew members of the Axiom-4 (Ax-4) mission to the International Space Station (ISS) are … Read more

An artist’s reconstruction of what Mosura fentoni may have looked like. | Photo Credit: Joseph Moysiuk and Jean-Bernard Caron Scientists have uncovered a strange new Cambrian sea creature called Mosura fentoni in Canada’s famous Burgess shale. M. fentoni is a radiodont, a distant relative of today’s insects, crabs, and spiders, yet it breaks several rules … Read more

A schematic representation of mutational signatures associated with blue light. | Photo Credit: PLoS Genet 21(5): e1011692 Researchers from the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram, have found that blue light can greatly increase the number of genetic mutations in yeast. Since yeast is a popular model organism in biology, the findings suggest … Read more

Our brain depends on a finely tuned network of neurons, signals, and protective barriers to function seamlessly. This intricate setup underpins every thought, memory, and movement we make. But as we age, or under certain conditions, this system can break down. Neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) slowly damage neurons and … Read more

A mother holds up a mosquito net treated with insecticide in Amhara region, Ethiopia, October 2017. | Photo Credit: Public domain Researchers reported in Nature on May 22 that they had identified compounds that could target the deadly malaria-causing parasite Plasmodium falciparum during its developmental stages in Anopheles mosquitoes, potentially enhancing efforts to control malaria … Read more

File image of an Asiatic Lioness with her two Seven-month-old cubs at Sakkarbaugh Safari breeding centre in Junagadh | Photo Credit: The Hindu The story so far: The Gujarat Forest Department this week released results from the 16th Lion Population Estimation, popularly referred to as the ‘lion census.’ This was the first such census since … Read more

There are some inventions and discoveries that have an instant impact, changing our ways immediately and having a marked effect quickly. There are others that take time to make their presence felt so as to say, time during which we humans figure out the actual usefulness and put it to action in a better way. … Read more

The far side of the moon (shown) is more cratered than the near side. | Photo Credit: NASA The earth’s moon is tidally locked: one side always faces the earth and the other side always faces away. So when scientists got their first look of the moon’s far side, they were surprised to find it … Read more

Image for representation only | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStock For several weeks, research scholars spanning a range of Central and State universities and scientific disciplines across India, have been pleading with the Department of Science and Technology (DST) for their research stipends. The forum for their complaints are primarily X and LinkedIn, and their prime … Read more

Daily quiz: On Nuclear science In 1954, the Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant, a Soviet facility became the world’s first nuclear power plant to generate electricity for a power grid (about 5 MW). START THE QUIZ 1 / 5 | The ___ and the _________ methods are both used to generate supercriticality in a process known … Read more