Image used for representation | Photo Credit: Luisa Gonzalez (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!) Scientists at the University of Edinburgh have found a way to make a classic lab reaction, called the Lossen rearrangement, happen … Read more
Astronaut Rakesh Sharma, the first Indian to journey into space in 1984, said that space travel alters the mindset of humans, making them see the world from a perspective where “this planet belongs to everyone” and is not the sole preserve of anyone. He shared his thoughts in a recorded podcast shared by the Ministry … Read more
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Vital chemotherapy drugs used around the world have failed quality tests, leaving cancer patients in more than 100 countries at risk of ineffective treatments and potentially fatal side effects, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism (TBIJ) can reveal. The drugs in question form the backbone of treatment plans for numerous common cancers – including breast, ovarian … Read more
The Axiom-4 crew, Pilot Shubhanshu Shukla of India, Mission Specialist Tibor Kapu of Hungary, Commander Peggy Whitson of the U.S., and Mission Specialist Slawosz Uznanski-Wisniewski of Poland, take a selfie before their mission to the International Space Station, in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., on June 24, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters After a textbook launch … Read more
Parents, relatives of IAF Group Captain and astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla celebrate as Axiom 4 Mission lifts off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, U.S., in Lucknow on June 25, 2025. | Photo Credit: ANI Amid cheers and shrieks of joy, the crowd at the City Montessori School in Lucknow, the alma mater of Group … Read more
“Kya kamaal ki ride thi (what an amazing ride),” India’s astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla remarked as SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft entered the orbit around the earth within 10 minutes of launch from NASA’s spaceport in Florida. Group Captain Shukla, who became the second Indian to travel to space, spoke in chaste Hindi to announce India’s return to … Read more
Climate change appears to be making some of Switzerland’s vaunted glaciers look like Swiss cheese: full of holes. Matthias Huss of the glacier monitoring group GLAMOS offered a glimpse of the Rhone Glacier, which feeds the eponymous river that flows through Switzerland and France to the Mediterranean, shared the observation with The Associated Press this … Read more
Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla and three others aboard the Dragon spacecraft ahead of the launch of the Axiom Mission 4 to the International Space Station, at the Kennedy Space Centre, in Florida, USA. (X/@Axiom_Space) Indian astronaut Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla’s Axiom-4 mission (Ax-4) to the International Space Station (ISS) lifted off from NASA’s Kennedy Space … Read more
For representative purposes. | Photo Credit: iStockphoto On June 14, the results of the NEET-UG, India’s most competitive medical entrance examination, were declared. Among over 22 lakh candidates, Mahesh Kumar, a student from Rajasthan, stood out with a score of 686 out of 720. Yet, his percentile was reported not as 100 but as 99.9999547. … Read more