Sunscreen won’t save dark-skinned people from melanoma
The notion that regular application of sunscreen will reduce an already extremely rare occurrence is nonsensical.
A multibillion-dollar race is on to replace the egg
The market for egg alternatives is growing with fake egg whites, vegan eggs, and eggs made from any number of ingredients decidedly unrelated to chickens.
Want to know what makes chocolate taste so great? It’s physics
Not very long ago, chocolate was far from the creamy, rich delicacy it is today. Back in the 19th century, it was brittle, hard, and not quite a favoured sweet.
There’s a science behind suicides, just like any other public health issue
As the number of suicides climb, understanding the science behind it will help identify those at risk and also find ways to address their suffering.
Hiroshima, the city that disappeared, now rediscovered as tiny glass blobs on its beaches
After the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima on 6 August 1945, material from the city rained down in the form of glassy beads and settled on its beaches.
When Earth’s gravity meets a shrinking Moon, lunar quakes shake it up
Finding is significant as humans are looking to establish a base on the Moon by turn of the century. Information about tectonic activity will help decide locations for explorers to reach.
Scientists make black, hot ice in a lab, unlocking another secret of the universe
'Superionic water ice' may help scientists better understand the universe, especially the solar system's most distant planetary denizens, Uranus & Neptune.
Modi’s Balakot ‘cloud cover’ theory fails our accuracy test 100%
Radar, particularly of the kind used by the military and air traffic controllers, is designed to penetrate clouds and detect solid objects.
A shocking new report reveals 1 million plants & animals will disappear in a few decades
Human activity has 'significantly altered' 75% of our planet's land and 66% of the ocean and led to an extinction crisis.
We must stop human evolution right now. It’s our moral obligation
We remain at the mercy of natural selection, the least moral way for a species to develop.
Dead men talking
Reporting on Lanka's blood-soaked years, I watched names disappear from my notebook.
Budgam friendly fire: Should charge of culpable homicide be on the table in the fog of war?
A senior IAF officer and 3 other personnel could be booked for “culpable homicide not amounting to murder” in the February Mi-17 helicopter downing.
Defence
Bimal Verma files petition against KB Singh’s appointment as next Navy chief
He filed a petition in the Armed Forces Tribunal and contended that it should call for the service records of both him and Vice Admiral KB Singh and compare them.
Pracharak Modi: The mask you see, is the man you get
India has its first leader who is unapologetic about belonging to the social and political Right. This is how Shekhar Gupta foresaw Modi’s five years in this National Interest within three months of his victory in 2014.