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World Frog Day on March 20 celebrates the role of frogs, the world’s most numerous amphibians. They live at the interface between freshwater and terrestrial ecosystems, eat insects and in turn get eaten by other vertebrates, and are thus crucial in converting insect biomass into vertebrate biomass. Losing them can mean a boom in insects … Read more
The mind is more than just a bunch of cells. | Photo Credit: cdd20/Unsplash Evidence points to the human mind not being a physical object you can touch but a process the brain creates. Scientists generally agree the mind arises from the complex activity of the physical brain. The foundation of the mind consists of … Read more
The ongoing war in West Asia has plunged the world into a deep energy crisis. In India, the availability of domestic fuel, LPG, has been hit due by the disruption in supplies from the Persian Gulf. The global energy crisis is reminiscent of the Oil Shock of 1973 when members of the Organisation of Petroleum … Read more
A file picture taken on July 19, 2013 shows a scientist walking in a tunnel inside the A view of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) during maintenance works on July 19, 2013, in Meyrin, near Geneva, July 2013. | Photo Credit: AFP The Large Hadron Collider has discovered a new particle, the 80th identified so … Read more
According to the researchers, the sun vibrates constantly with acoustic waves generated by turbulent motions beneath its surface. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto GUWAHATI Researchers from Tezpur University in North-central Assam have found that the subtle vibrations on the sun’s surface could be transporting enormous amounts of energy into its outer atmosphere. The research, conducted … Read more
Melanoma is one of the most dangerous common skin cancers. It starts in melanocytes, the skin cells that make melanin, the pigment that gives skin its colour. Cancer doesn’t appear overnight. A normal cell becomes cancerous in steps, as its DNA and its gene-control systems pick up changes over time. These changes push the cell … Read more
The BRICS grouping, comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, is a globally significant collective defined by its substantial contributions to global GDP, scientific and technological capacity, natural resources, and total population. Since its formation, the group has evolved into a prominent international voice, representing countries that seek to challenge and provide an alternative … Read more
A young girl was born in the early 1900s in Kolkata, an era when girls were barely given an education and were often pushed into marriages at a very young age. She, however, stood out and went on to become one of the first Indian women to obtain a postgraduate degree in physics. This is … Read more
A young girl was born in the early 1900s in Kolkata, an era when girls were barely given an education and were often pushed into marriages at a very young age. She, however, stood out and went on to become one of the first Indian women to obtain a postgraduate degree in physics. This is … Read more
