Image used for representation. | Photo Credit: Fabrice Coffrini (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!) Usually, scientists believe that an immune system response kicks in after the infecting pathogen has entered the body. However, a new … Read more
The Indian portable harmonium is a close cousin of the larger foot-pumped organs once found in European churches and homes. It’s a wooden box roughly the size of a small suitcase. You sit on the floor behind it and pump a pair of bellows with one hand and play piano-like keys with the other. All these … Read more
GSLV-F16 rocket carrying the NISAR satellite lifts off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC), in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, on July 30, 2025. Screengrab: X/@isro The Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-F16) with the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) satellite successfully lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on (Wednesday (July 30, 2025). … Read more
GSLV-F16 rocket carrying the NISAR satellite lifts off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC), in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, on July 30, 2025. Screengrab: X/@isro The Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-F16) with the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) satellite successfully lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on (Wednesday (July 30, 2025). … Read more
Quiz: Lands kept apart, or together, by a sliver 1 / 6 | Clockwise from top left, these are the cities of Auckland, Manila, Seattle, and Madison. What do they have in common in line with this quiz’s theme? 2 / 6 | Name the narrow waterway that separates Europe from Asia and which has … Read more
GSLV-F16 carrying the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. Photo: X/@isro via PTI The Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) with the 2,392-kg satellite is scheduled to lift off from the second launch pad of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota at 5.40 p.m. IST on … Read more
Q: Name this NASA mission during which astronauts on the moon became the first to drive a lunar rover on July 31, 1971. A: Apollo 15 Q: Name the eight‑wheeled rover the Soviet Union launched in 1970, which became the world’s first robotic rover on the moon. From November 17, 1970, to September 14, 1971, … Read more
When SpaceX was negotiating a deal with the Bahamas last year to allow its Falcon 9 rocket boosters to land within the island nation’s territory, Elon Musk’s company offered a sweetener: complimentary Starlink internet terminals for the country’s defence vessels, according to three people familiar with the matter. The rocket landing deal, unlocking a more … Read more
A drone view shows a hotel under construction ahead of the COP30 climate summit in Belem, Brazil. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The United Nations’ climate bureau held an urgent meeting on Tuesday (July 29, 2025) over concerns that sky-high accommodation prices for this year’s COP30 climate summit in Brazil could price poorer countries out … Read more
Only 16% of all senior citizens seeking cataract surgery at four LVPEI centres used any insurance, a new study has found. | Photo Credit: Mohammed Yousuf India’s population is growing older and eye problems such as cataracts already cause nearly half of all vision‑loss in people over 60. However, fewer than one in eight Indian … Read more