Topic: science
27 genes in your body now have a new name because Microsoft Excel confused them for dates
Twenty-seven genes have got a new name over the past year to tackle a longstanding problem researchers faced while keying data into Excel, a powerful research tool.
NEP finally ends science-commmerce-arts school trauma. But will Indian parents ever grow up?
The Modi govt’s ambitious National Education Policy completely overhauls India’s education system, but one major decision is to eliminate ‘rigid’ separation of streams.
Controversies over coronavirus research show science isn’t broken
In May, two papers were published on the safety of certain drugs for COVID-19 patients by the New England Journal of Medicine and The Lancet. Both were retracted.
Moon’s surface more rich in metal than believed, sheds new light on its formation
ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.
Why online astrologers are secretly thanking their stars, Covid, and science-averse Indians
Covid-19 is an uncertainty astrology cannot predict. The pseudoscience won’t tell you when the virus will leave, or when the economy will pick up.
Three IIT alumni part of top US science board now, Sudarsanam Babu latest to join
Sudarsanam Babu, who currently works at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been appointed as NSB member for 6-year term, White House says in statement.
These are the 4 pieces of good news on coronavirus this week
Long before Covid-19, scientists at University of North Carolina & Gilead began developing Remdesivir in anticipation of a new coronavirus epidemic.
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.
Evidence of brain surgery in ancient Greece, a sharp spike in methane emissions in 2019
ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.
Johns Hopkins to Peking — Universities are at forefront of COVID-19 fight. But not in India
Look at the website of any top science and medicine college in India, and you won’t see coronavirus updates. DU wants students to wash hands, but taps run dry.
Students in Kashmir attended regular classes for only two weeks in the last one year
The price Kashmir’s economy paid for 5 August: ₹40,000 cr and unemployment levels twice the national average.
India isn’t facing up to the true financial cost of Covid
Truth is currently as scarce as capital in India. The govt doesn’t have the appetite for large-scale socialisation of private losses, lest the opposition accuse PM Modi of cronyism.
Defence
India, China generals meet today as ‘PLA keeps up Pangong incursions, blocks army at Depsang’
The fresh round of dialogue comes as India and China have hit a stalemate in military talks with regard to disengagement at multiple flashpoints in Ladakh.
Modi redefined secularism with Ram Mandir as Hindu voters were fed up of Sonia-Left version
Assumptions that Indian secularism died with Ram Mandir bhoomi pujan are bunk. It is enshrined in the Constitution, and is worth preserving.