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Friday, October 31, 2025
TopicBiological sciences

Topic: biological sciences

How artificial cells could gobble up bacteria, deliver medicines 

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

Mysterious diseases in chimpanzees at Sierra Leone sanctuary linked to bacteria 

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

Japanese scientists discover microbes that survived over 100 million years on sea floor

The samples were recovered off the coast of Australia in a region where there is extremely low amounts of oxygen, energy, and nutrients.

NASA discovers 240-year-old ‘newborn’ neutron star that’s twice the sun’s mass

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

70-million-year-old fossils of one of world’s last megaraptors discovered in Argentina

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

A drunkard-at-a-pub analogy explains how animals and humans evolved

We are highly mistaken to believe that life evolved in a straight line from simple to complex. But the real path to complexity is more tortuous.

Developing anti-cancer drugs to making sugar sweeter — 5 women trailblazers in science

The contributions by these lesser-known Indian women in the field of STEM have set examples for the next generation to follow.

UK scientists stumble upon cells in body that can cure all types of cancer

T-cells have special receptors that can destroy cells associated with cancers of lung, skin, bone, blood, colon, pancreas, kidney, breast, prostate, ovary, and cervix.

On Camera

India’s defence acquisition framework is designed to prevent wrongdoing, not deliver outcomes

Vivek Rae committee highlighted the deficiencies that persist even today: Fragmented authority, weak accountability, and the absence of dedicated acquisition cadres.

What the MiG-21 taught me

Consumer Price Index gets up to date. Airfare, OTT plans, e-commerce prices in new basket—MoSPI secy

New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.

France keen to make Rafale jets in India, boost not just defence but people-to-people ties, says envoy

In a chat with ThePrint newsroom, French Ambassador Thierry Mathou indicated talks are on between French firm Safran & Indian govt for joint design & manufacture of AMCA engine.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.