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Wednesday, April 8, 2026
TopicIce age

Topic: ice age

An exploding comet may have ended Ice Age, and ‘mini’ lungs on a chip!

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

Noctule Bats’ migration strategy involves hitching a ride with warm storm fronts, with multiple stops

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

Ice age teens hit puberty at same age as modern teens & Earth shook for 9 days after Greenland tsunami

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

What the Little Ice Age tells us about the devastating effects of small changes in climate

Restoring the chemistry of the atmosphere will take many decades and so communities must adapt to a hotter and less habitable planet.

On Camera

Viksit Bharat needs a ground-up reset. Bridge the gap between ambition and reality

Urban India today needs a renewed social contract, one that prioritises reliability, transparency, and responsiveness, and aligns governance structures with everyday needs.

Stocks fall, oil prices climb as Trump issues fresh threat to Iran ahead of his deadline

Fears that an escalation of the conflict could heighten a fuel squeeze & endanger the economy unnerved traders, with NYT reporting Iran stopped negotiating a truce with the US.

UAE walks away from financing Rafale F5 due to restricted access to technology, reports French media

French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.

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.