Is global warming accelerating? – The Hindu

The Palisades Fire burns a beach front property, January 8, 2025, in Malibu, California. | Photo Credit: AP The world warmed to yet another monthly heat record in January, despite an abnormally chilly United States, a cooling La Nina and predictions of a slightly less hot 2025, according to the European climate service Copernicus. The … Read more

What scientists make of R&D allocations in the 2025 Union Budget

Abhay Karandikar, Secretary, Department of Science & Technology (DST): The Budget provides an overall and possibly unprecedented thrust on research and innovation by setting aside Rs 20,000 crore for DST towards research in the private sector, including corporates and startups. There is a focused attempt to bring together academia, private sector and startups  to work … Read more

NASA scheduling move poised to bring Starliner astronauts home days sooner

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams walk at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, ahead of Boeing’s Starliner-1 crewed flight test, Cape Canaveral, Florida, US, June 5, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters NASA on Tuesday swapped out the astronaut capsule it plans to use for an upcoming routine flight to the International Space Station, a scheduling … Read more