The explosive eruption of Mt Pinatubo in the Philippines on June 12, 1991. | Photo Credit: USGS Deep beneath the earth’s surface, temperature and pressure are high enough to melt parts of the mantle and crust to form molten rock called magma. Because magma is less dense than solid rock, it tends to rise and … Read more
Life on the earth depends on plants. Microscopic aquatic plants and algae make most of the oxygen on the planet. The land plants are the primary producers of human and animal food. This is why it’s important to understand how they grow and reproduce. In the last 450 million years, as plants slowly evolved from … Read more
Daily Quiz | On movies pegged on health Netflix series called The Sandman showed Encephalitis lethargica in a dramatic way to explain the sleeping sickness of the early 1900s START THE QUIZ 1 / 6 | The highly successful and entertaining movie Patch Adams starring Robin Williams in the eponymous character, and had its own … Read more
(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!) When you press on a toothpaste tube in the morning, you’re sure some paste is going to spurt out if you’re squeezing hard enough. But how much is enough? Toothpaste … Read more
Every summer, a familiar question surfaces across India, echoing from homes to newsrooms: is it genuinely hotter, or have we simply become more sensitive? This isn’t just some nostalgic lament or biological quirk. The evidence is clear and uncompromising: India’s heat is intensifying, creeping in earlier, stretching longer, and striking deeper than ever before. What’s … Read more
Jared Isaacman, U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee to be administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) testifies during a Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 9, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters President Donald Trump announced late Saturday that he is withdrawing the nomination of … Read more
Elon Musk | Photo Credit: Reuters Two days after the latest in a string of test-flight setbacks for his big new Mars spacecraft, Starship, Elon Musk said on May 29 he foresees the futuristic vehicle making its first uncrewed voyage to the red planet at the end of next year. Musk presented a detailed Starship … Read more
The Mediterranean Diet, much lauded by health researchers as an ideal one, uses plant-based foods and avoids red meat. Representative image. | Photo Credit: Odiseo Castrejon/Unsplash Across the world, the population of older adults has increased over time. And over 80% of them suffer from at least one chronic health disorder. The U.S. Centre for … Read more
Bats are important animals that help maintain ecosystem balance and human well-being. They play key roles like pollinating plants, dispersing seeds, and controlling insect populations. But of late they have become popular for a different reason: their unique ability to harbour viruses without succumbing to disease. SARS, MERS, Ebola, COVID-19 — some of the most … Read more
A path to pursue Born on August 30, 1884 at Flerang in the parish of Valbo near Gavle, Sweden, Theodor (The) Svedberg was the only child of Elias Svedberg and Augusta Alstermark. The fact that his father was a works manager at different ironworks in Sweden and Norway meant that the family lived at a … Read more