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Friday, October 24, 2025
TopicScientific study

Topic: Scientific study

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

Muslims use Halal, Hindus eat Sattvic food, Jains avoid meat. Where is terrorism in this?

Strangely enough, halal certification is perfectly fine when it comes to exports. Why that is, no one seems to know.

US sanctions Rosneft & Lukoil: What we know of 2 oil giants that produce half of Russia’s crude

Rosneft, the Russian state-owned oil behemoth, has large interests in India. Reliance has a contract to purchase 500,000 barrels of crude per day from the firm.

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.