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Discovery of ancient ‘reptile’ claw fossils kicks evolution’s timeline back by over 35 million years

Led by Uppsala & Flinders universities, the study published in Nature credits citizen science for the find & suggests tetrapods may have 1st emerged in Gondwana, not Northern Hemisphere.

How CERN’s collider achieved modern alchemy—turning lead to gold in a trillionth of a gram

Scientists at CERN use near-miss photon–nucleus collisions to create fleeting gold atoms, shedding light on rare nuclear processes & pushing limits of detector precision.

US Homeland Security knew in 2020 Pakistani firm illegally sold satellite images to Pak govt

Pahalgam satellite image orders spiked at Colorado-based Maxar Technologies just two months before the terrorist attack. Even after the 2020 complaint, BSI moved from being Maxar's customer to partner in 2023.

Gaganyaan astronaut-designate called back from Delhi to join his IAF unit after Operation Sindoor

Group Captain Ajit Krishnan was in Delhi for an international space conference and was scheduled to be there till Friday.

Gaganyaan crewed mission delayed again, likely to take flight in 2027

The first uncrewed mission will involve a robot, which will take off at the end of 2025, says ISRO chief V Narayanan.

Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla will fly to space with a piece of home—halwa & aam ras, from ISRO

Some of the dishes from this trip will also be included in the food menu for Gaganyaan, India’s first human spaceflight, which is expected to depart in 2027.

India unveils world’s 1st gene-edited rice. How it is different from genetically modified varieties

Genetic modification process has faced criticism, with many agriculturists and scientists raising concerns over its health, safety, and ethical implications.

Space farming to muscle regeneration, 7 experiments by Indian institutes to blast-off on Axiom-4

Indian Astronaut-designate Shubhanshu Shukla will lead these experiments on India's behalf. Mission to lift-off from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, next month.

Signs of life beyond Earth a start, conclusive proof will take time—researcher who led discovery team

The team lead by Professor Nikku Madhusudhan of University of Cambridge discovered chemical footprints of molecules associated with life on exoplanet K2-18b, 124 light years from Earth.

47 yrs ago, this Indian-origin physicist asked Feynman a question. He hasn’t looked back since

In an interview with ThePrint, physicist Yogendra Narain Srivastava discusses his radical new theory of black holes and a potential cancer breakthrough born from personal loss.

On Camera

Trump’s 28 points for Ukraine add up to a no-go at peace

Two questions are pertinent: Why does the Trump administration keep making the same mistakes on the peace proposal? And what does a hurried peace plan mean on the ground?

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

Tejas fighter aircraft crashes at Dubai Air Show, IAF confirms pilot’s death

This is the second such incident after a Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas had crashed into a hostel on the outskirts of Jaisalmer in March last year.

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.