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New drug candidates from Australia could prevent Covid infection, stop disease in its tracks

Drugs have been developed by QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute. Researchers have detailed findings in a study published in Nature Cell Discovery on 24 May.

Nobel laureate who found HIV now backs homoeopathy, anti-vaxxers & calls Covid a lab accident

French virologist Luc Montagnier went viral on WhatsApp for apparently saying ‘people who take any Covid vaccine won’t survive’. That’s fake, but he has made many such claims.

How did a tornado form in Bengal? Science behind the stormy air column that’s uncommon in India

A tornado ripped through 24-Parganas and Hooghly districts Tuesday. ThePrint explains the weather phenomenon that has been documented in Bengal since 1838.

Insects are climbing out of the ground in North America after 17 yrs only to mate, die in weeks

Brood X Cicadas have an unusual life cycle of 13 or 17 years underground. However, climate change is disrupting their cycle.

Rainbow-coloured sun halo has Bengaluru photographing the sky today. This is how it formed

A sun halo is more common than rainbows and comes in many shapes and sizes, including a standard circular halo.

Moon & Mars done, Jupiter & Uranus next on the list — China’s racing away in space too

Chinese space programme was initiated in 1956, when the country’s first rocket research institution was founded. It launched its first rocket into space on 19 July 1964. 

What is gain of function? Research field back in focus as Covid linked to China ‘lab accident’

Gain of function research focuses on growing generations of microorganisms under conditions that cause mutations. For years, there has been an ethical debate around it.

Another novel coronavirus detected in humans, and it likely came from dogs

A novel coronavirus was isolated from pneumonia patients in Malaysia in 2018. It could be the 8th coronavirus to have entered the human population but poses no pandemic risk yet.

Pfizer shot after AstraZeneca is safe, could induce better immune response, researchers find

India isn’t looking at a mixing option just yet as Pfizer is unavailable in the country so far and there is no data on mixing Covaxin and Covishield.

Can a dog tell if you have Covid? Yes, according to a new study

The study says dogs’ detection reached 97% sensitivity, meaning that’s how well the canines could identify positive samples.

On Camera

Dear Indian women, leave your fundamental rights at the wedding altar

How have we arrived in 2024, where summarily divorcing your wife can land you in jail, but sexually assaulting her will not?

How businesses can become more resilient to the physical impacts of climate change

Extreme weather events have impacted 50% of corporate respondents to a recent survey. This underlines the importance of significant action now to increase climate resilience.

‘Nightmare at Chennai Marina’: 4 dead, 96 hospitalised after pandemonium at packed IAF air show

Lakhs of people were stranded at beach in heat as crowd control measures apparently failed. At least 14 lakh people were in attendance though police had expected around 10 lakh.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?