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Meet ‘The Blob’, a smart, brainless mould which is neither animal, plant nor fungus

'Le Blob' is an ancient amoeba-like creature that is unicellular, has no brain, but can help us learn how to optimise our mathematical problems.

Green energy market booming but not enough to meet climate goals, says IEA

Though heat from renewable energy is set to increase by 22% by 2024, renewables will only support 12% of global heat consumption compared to the 10% now.

Cap on age limit for IVF could be allowed, but only with checks and balances

Undergoing IVF is a personal choice — and banning it for certain ages is probably eroding constitutional rights of those individuals.

Most genetic studies use only white participants – and that affects public health

The effects of gene variants that are present only in the unstudied groups remain unknown, which means important clues about causes of diseases might be missed.

Exoplanet and its host star assigned to India set to get Sanskrit or Bengali names

After shortlisting 5 names each for the exoplanet & the star from over 1,600 suggestions it received, Astronomical Society of India has asked people to vote.

IIT-Delhi students make 5G-enabled power meters that can alert users on energy guzzlers

The smart device will do away with the need for power distribution firms to manually take meter readings from each consumer’s house.

ISRO releases first illuminated images of moon taken by Chandrayaan-2’s orbiter

ISRO has released details of data captured by two payloads — an infrared imager and a solar x-ray monitor.

Pete takes world’s first plant ‘selfie’, move could help better monitor forest health

The maindenhair fern consistently released low amounts of energy, which snapped the camera every 20 seconds, using microbial fuel cells.

NASA unveils new spacesuits for astronauts for 2024 Moon mission

The new spacesuits are built on the existing design of the suits worn by astronauts at International Space Station and offer better resistance to lunar dust.

PM Modi’s acupressure roller could work for some, but mostly it is pseudoscience

Acupressure and acupuncture have proven to be ineffective and even China, from where they have originated, have abandoned them in the past.

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Indian industry in Bangladesh is staring at a void. New Delhi must give line of credit to Dhaka

For New Delhi, SAFTA and CEPA will be critical. Such frameworks could institutionalise economic ties with Bangladesh, making them resilient to political disruptions.


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?