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Moss can survive space, and AI can alter poll results

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

How Jupiter saved the Earth from being sucked into the Sun & seahorses show how male pregnancies work

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

Is it too late? Researchers warn West Antarctic Ice Sheet at ‘extreme risk’ of collapse

Studies reveal Antarctic ice crisis, brainless robots powered by air, the power of ‘desert cherries’ in fighting diabetes, and the link between gut microbes and heart disease.

How 2 PhD students helped James Webb telescope see better with AI, from their desks on Earth

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

The universe’s missing mass may not be entirely invisible. Dark matter may have ‘fingerprints’

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

Biological clock argument isn’t entirely rooted in biology after all

New Delhi: Everyone has heard of the ‘biological clock’ argument, and how women are advised to have children sooner in their lives. However, is...

Why do women live longer than men? German anthropologists have an answer

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

Millions are still living with this Covid symptom & Japanese hot springs hold key to early life’s secrets

New Delhi: A study led by the National Institute of Health and published in JAMA Network on 25 September has revealed that many people...

Can a mango a day keep diabetes away? US scientists say it may cut the risk

New Delhi: In good news for mango lovers, US scientists have found that the tropical fruit may reduce diabetes risk. A new study by...

Where not to punch an asteroid hurtling towards Earth & Bronze Age Brits enjoyed potlucks too

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

On Camera

Wall Street carries big expectations this year after best run since 2009

The concern is not that 2025’s rally was irrational, but that it may be difficult to repeat. Outlooks remain anchored to AI investment and growth without reigniting inflation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.