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Teeth to dirt: Archaeological discoveries are happening faster than ever before

Researchers can now answer when Asian rats arrived as castaways on Africa-bound ships to the microbes left by a monk’s kiss on a page.

Alien life is out there, but our theories are not helping us find it

Recent years have seen changes to our theories about what counts as a biosignature and which planets might be habitable. We must expect the unexpected.

Indian astronomers spot huge hydrogen ring around distant galaxy, don’t know what caused it

With a diameter of about 3,80,000 light-years, the ring is about four times the size of the Milky Way, which contains our solar system.

Govt’s science adviser VijayRaghavan has a New Year message for ‘stewards of the planet’

K. VijayRaghavan, Principal Scientific Adviser to Govt of India, talks about the issues his office tried to address in 2019, and the paths taken.

Artificial Intelligence can spot breast cancer better than doctors, finds Google study

Based on a study published in 2018 a Google research found how AI can be used to tell whether breast cancer had spread to surrounding lymph nodes, helping pathologists make more accurate diagnoses.

Chandrayaan-3 on track, 4 astronauts selected for Gaganyaan — ISRO spells out 2020 plan

ISRO chief K. Sivan confirms land acquisition has been initiated for 2,300-acre land in Tuticorin to build the country's second spaceport.

High CO2 levels, vanishing glaciers, extinctions – why climate change is more real in 2019

Scientists have found that the Greenland ice sheet is melting seven times faster, extinctions occurring 500 times more rapidly and food supply faces threat.

In 2020, more black hole images will blow our minds

Scientists are said to be on the verge of announcing a second image of the supermassive black hole put together from an array of 10 telescopes — which is collectively called the Event Horizon Telescope.

Researchers prove bacteria can avoid antibiotics by changing shape inside humans

Not only does antibiotic resistance cause an estimated 700,000 deaths a year, but it also makes numerous infections harder to treat.

Komodo dragon blood to human nose: Where scientists are looking for new drugs

Your nose is full of life – and German scientists’ exploration of exactly what lives in there led to this brilliant new discovery.

On Camera

Gaza, Ukraine being fought on techno-battlefields. Indian military is 3 decades behind

My assessment is that the Indian armed forces are adopting emerging technologies for incremental change and not transformation—which is the need of the hour.

Even as SEBI lays down new curbs on F&O market, discount brokerages are changing business models

SEBI Tuesday unveiled rules to curtail retail participation in derivatives market. Options premia to be collected upfront from options buyer effective 1 Feb 2025.

‘No drone bombs or infiltration’, Army Chief says ‘battle of narratives’ must be controlled in Manipur

Chief of Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi says the Manipur conflict was triggered by a rumour and that the situation may be ‘stable today, but it is tense’.

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?