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Friday, March 13, 2026
TopicScientific study

Topic: Scientific study

As dementia rises in India, study finds dancing as an unlikely fix

A 2003 study has recently gained popularity on social media. The study finds that leisure activities such as dancing can significantly lower the possibility of dementia.

It was a tough year for science, but here are 5 intriguing scientific breakthroughs from 2025

Despite setbacks, scientists around the world produced amazing discoveries every day, some of which made a big splash while others didn’t get nearly the attention they deserved.

Brace for impact: Climate change is set to intensify flight turbulence, warn scientists

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

Global life expectancy on the rise — men and women to live more than 4 years longer by 2050

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

Butterflies mimic each other’s flight patterns to evade predators, finds study

Study was carried out by researchers at the University of York. They filmed the flight patterns of 351 butterflies from 38 different species.

What’s common to sharks & humans? We both know what’s bitter, show taste receptor findings in fish

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

Collision with Theia 2.5 bn years ago left its mark on Earth — 2 giant rock structures in its mantle

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

Interlocking logs from 476,000 years ago found in Zamibia 100,000 yrs older than oldest human fossil

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

Do trees really talk to each other? New study casts doubt on claims of ‘wood wide web’

In study published in Nature Ecology & Evolution, US & Canadian scientists claim citation bias and overinterpretation of results may be leading to misunderstanding of fungal networks.

Donkeys were domesticated just once in history, study finds. They went on to change civilisation

Domestication occurred around 5,000 BCE in East Africa & donkeys then rapidly spread through Eurasia, finds genetic analysis by international team of researchers, published in Science.

On Camera

Period pain is real. Blanket menstrual leave policy isn’t a fix

The Supreme Court is right to point out the 'mindset of employers', who, because of this policy, may deduce that 'women are inferior.'

A war in the Gulf, a crisis in Gujarat’s Morbi: India’s ceramics capital counts the cost

Morbi makes 80-90% of India’s ceramic exports. The West Asia conflict has cut its propane supply, shutting 200 factories and threatening 400 more—along with 9 lakh livelihoods.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Trump brings the Age of Humiliation for friends. Modi needs stoicism abroad, humility at home

Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.