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Spinal cord relies on a ‘signal’ for healing and repair, and ‘EV’ shuttles in the human body

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

Humans were ‘lit’ long before we thought & dark chocolate a day keeps ageing away

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

Fever cannot break bird flu, and we may finally know what led to Indus Valley civilisation’s doom

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

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.

On Camera

A stronger Iran has emerged from the rubble. US learned the lesson 40 days late

The US and Israel’s assassinations of Iranian leadership ended up bestowing martyrdom on those killed. Shias saw the deaths as a continuity of martyrdom from the Battle of Karbala.

Data centre gold rush risks blackouts, central electricity body warns states against tripping grids

India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.

Theaterisation proposal to be shared with defence ministry in a week or so—CDS Gen Anil Chauhan

Theaterisation, which aims to divide the forces into three theatres with specific areas of responsibility, will become the single most far-reaching reform that the Indian military has witnessed since independence.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.