Topic: Earth
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.
Scientists reveal why North Magnetic Pole has shifted from Canada towards Siberia
ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.
Earth Day turns 50, and the world is celebrating it digitally for the first time
Theme for 50th anniversary of Earth Day is climate action, already the topic of conversation around the world in the coronavirus pandemic.
A trove of Viking-era artefacts and an ocean creature that may be the world’s largest animal
ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.
A dancing star in the heart of the Milky Way proves Einstein right, again
Astronomers at European Southern Observatory have discovered that the orbit of star S2 around a Milky Way black hole is flowery in shape, not elliptical.
Earth has a second moon — car-sized, dark and temporary
Detected by astronomers at University of Arizona, the small and dark moonlet has been in the Earth's orbit for the past three years and will be ejected by April 2020.
‘State of planetary emergency’: Global climate tipping points seen in fresh warning
Scientists lay out 9 crucial tipping points to suggest that the Earth is dangerously close to passing into irreversible planetary damage.
What Earth’s changing climate can teach us about altering the surface of Mars
Controlling the UV and infra-red radiation is a pressing issue on Earth. But it also presents a challenge for those who dream of colonising Mars.
Did a large meteorite really hit earth more than 12,800 years ago? Here’s new evidence
There is no doubt that platinum spikes in North America coincide closely with the large-scale extinction of animals about 12,800 years ago.
Move over Mars & Moon, we need to get back to Venus – the planet almost exactly like Earth
If scientists can understand why Venus turned out the way it did, we’ll know whether an Earth-sized world is the rule or the exception.
China has definitely crossed India’s Lakshman rekha but it won’t lead to 1962 again
Modi govt has brushed China's construction in Doklam under the carpet. Indians have managed to sustain the fiction of ‘victory’ at Doklam.
Does Trump help or harm India’s interests when he offers to mediate with China, Pakistan?
US President Donald Trump Wednesday offered to mediate between India and China over the "raging border dispute".
Defence
Chinese aggression in Ladakh also a message for domestic and external audience: Experts
International experts say the timing is troubling as it comes at ‘a critical phase in India's internal difficulties with the Covid-19 pandemic’.
PM, CM, DM: India’s 3 big power centres have been exposed by one disaster
The prime minister, chief minister and district magistrate are the three engines of India’s governance, but their handling of the coronavirus pandemic is going awry.