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Forget synthetic meat, lab-grown dairy products are here

Synthetic whey is relatively flavourless & incorporates well into a range of food formulations for everyone from infants to adults.

New fish farming tech with smart use of water aims to double agriculture incomes

Farmers will get up to 60% subsidy to set up aquaculture system that allows fish farming with limited use of water and reuse wastewater for irrigation.

2 possible gravitational waves spotted, scientists suspect black hole mergers caused both

Gravitational waves — ripples in the fabric of space and time caused by cosmic events — were first predicted by Albert Einstein in 1916.

Elon Musk’s satellites dot the heavens, leaving stargazers upset

Astronomers are worried that the vast number of satellites, including nearly 12,000 of Elon Musk’s Starlink fleet, will interfere with research.

New study shows hundreds of sharks and rays entangled in discarded fishing nets, ropes

Scientists say direct threat posed by over-fishing of sharks and rays has brought the menace of plastic entanglements under the radar.

All set for Moon mission, ISRO unveils images of Chandrayaan 2 lander, rover, orbiter

Images show the Vikram Lander, the Pragyan Rover and the Chandrayaan 2 Orbiter in the process of integration at Sriharikota ahead of 15 July launch.

Lunar and solar eclipses make animals do strange things

During a solar eclipse, puzzled animals that are active during the day head back to their nighttime abodes while nocturnal animals think they’ve overslept.

Changing land use is making this eastern state in India hotter

The IITs at Bhubaneswar and Kharagpur, and Southampton University analysed satellite data on land use, land cover as well as temperature across Odisha to understand why it was getting hotter.

Watch launch of Chandrayaan 2, registrations open on 4 July

ISRO spokesperson Guru Prasad says the registration link will be available on the Satish Dhawan Space Centre website.

NASA mission Dragonfly will scout for signs of life on largest Saturn moon Titan

Dragonfly will launch from Earth in 2026 and is expected to reach Titan in 2034. It will explore the moon for close to three years.

On Camera

After a brief surge, private investment & hiring has again turned cautious. Focus is on cutting debt

Financial year 2022-23 saw private investments & hiring surge, but since then firms are using cash to reduce debt. General elections didn’t help matters, either.

Indian envoy in Oman dons Army combat print for photo ops, sparks controversy

Ambassador Amit Narang wore combat uniform at closing ceremony of India-Oman joint military exercise. Only serving personnel can wear service uniforms, say veterans.

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?